EVgo Opens First Tesla Supercharger Site Near Downtown Chicago

EVgo said on 5 November 2026 that it has opened its first EVgo Supercharger site near downtown Chicago, calling the 12 stalls the start of hundreds it expects to add in high-demand locations under Tesla’s Supercharger for Business programme. The company’s press release frames the move as a way to attract more NACS drivers, including Tesla owners and other brands that adopted Tesla’s connector.

Sawyer Merritt posted on X with site photos and quoted EVgo CEO Badar Khan:

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“By serving both Tesla and non-Tesla NACS drivers, we’re doubling EVgo’s addressable market and continuing to meet EV drivers where they are and where they want to charge.”

That quote also appears in EVgo’s release. TESLARATI amplified the opening, noting Magic Dock support for NACS and CCS, listing in Tesla navigation, and the same $0.25–$0.35 per kWh band for Tesla and non-Tesla drivers.

Where it is and what it can do

EVgo’s release says the first Illinois site sits at a grocery-anchored Regency Centers property and can charge both NACS and CCS vehicles via Magic Dock without a personal adapter. EVwire and TESLARATI place the stalls at Riverside Square & River’s Edge (Mariano’s Bridgeport), 3145 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, with a peak of 325 kW per stall and time-of-day pricing between $0.25 and $0.35 per kWh. EVgo says Superchargers appear in Tesla’s Trip Planner and in-car navigation.

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EVgo’s release also says Illinois EV registrations grew nearly 60% over the last two years (citing Illinois Secretary of State counts), that EVgo began deploying NACS connectors on its own network in 2025, and that it expects 500 NACS stalls nationwide by year-end in addition to the Supercharger build-out. Treat those network targets as company plans, not completed installs.

Context

EVgo owns and operates the site under Tesla’s Supercharger for Business hardware programme; secondary coverage says Tesla takes a network/ops fee while EVgo sets the retail price. Peak power, street address and exact pricing bands are not all in EVgo’s short release and come from EVwire/TESLARATI reporting of the live site—flag any figure that is not in the company press page if you are citing only EVgo. This desk did not visit the site or meter the stalls.