Electronics and Semiconductors

GM, ChargePoint to build hundreds of EV charging stalls

20 December 2024
The brand GM Energy charging stalls that will number in the hundreds by the end of 2025. Source: GM

American car maker General Motors and ChargePoint will build further infrastructure in the U.S. to meet demand for electric vehicles (EVs).

The companies will collaborate to install hundreds of fast charging ports at strategic locations in the country. These stalls will be open and available to the public before the end of 2025.

The move comes after GM announced it has crossed the 2,000 EV charging stall threshold with EV charging vendor EVgo earlier in December 2024. Also earlier this year, GM finalized its deal with Tesla Motors to allow GM drivers to use the Supercharger network. This will give GM drivers access to over 17,800 Tesla Superchargers using a North American Charging System (NACS) DC adapter.

GM vehicles may also be capable of charging on Rivian’s Adventure Network, which it is building across North America for all EVs including Tesla.

“Our collaboration with GM represents a significant investment in the infrastructure to enable fast and easy charging for all,” said Rick Wilmer, CEO of ChargePoint.

The stalls

The charging points will be branded GM Energy and will be equipped with ChargePoint’s Omni Port system, which allows vehicles to charge either through the NACS or the Combined Charging System (CCS).

The stalls will charge vehicles without needing to carry an adapter or dedicate a parking space to a particular connector type, GM said. Currently, to charge via NACS, GM cars need an adapter to connect to Tesla’s SuperCharger network. This will allow any EV from Tesla, Rivian, Ford, VW, GM and more to charge on the network.

It is capable of charging speeds up to 500 kW.

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