TLDR
Pennsylvania's $34 million Southeastern Region NEVI community charging round closes August 21, and Kansas's next NEVI request for proposals is due August 28, both part of federal charging dollars that keep moving even as the 30C tax credit stays expired. New York City DOT announced on August 5 that it will add 600 new curbside charging points across all five boroughs over the next three years, prioritizing high-density neighborhoods with limited off-street parking. EVgo and Brixmor Property Group expanded their partnership on August 3 to add more than 500 fast-charging stalls at 90-plus shopping centers in six states. And EVgo announced on August 5 that it signed onto Tesla's Supercharger for Business program, making it the first network to deploy its own branded chargers on Tesla's V4 hardware, with Magic Dock support for both CCS and NACS vehicles.
Pennsylvania and Kansas Both Have NEVI Deadlines This Month
Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation is running its $100 million NEVI Community Charging program in four regional rounds through 2026, and the first one carries a hard deadline. The Southeastern Region round, covering Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, has about $34 million available and closes through the state's eGrants portal on August 21 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern. A separate $25 million is earmarked for the Western Region. Awards for this round are expected in October or November.
Kansas is on a similar clock, but with a smaller applicant pool. The Kansas Department of Transportation has proposals due August 28 for its next NEVI funding round, part of the state's 2026 Charge Up Kansas plan approved by the Federal Highway Administration. Only organizations that already submitted a Project Interest Form by an April 15 deadline can respond, so this round is not open to new applicants who haven't already registered interest.
What this means for property owners. The federal 30C charger tax credit is still gone, expired since June 30, but NEVI formula money keeps flowing on its own separate track, and it moves on a state-by-state calendar with real cutoffs. If you're a commercial site host in southeastern Pennsylvania who has been circling this program, August 21 is the date that matters. If you're in Kansas and didn't file an interest form back in April, this round has already passed you by; watch for the next one.
New York City Will Add 600 Curbside Chargers for Drivers Without a Driveway
NYC DOT announced on August 5 a major expansion of its PlugNYC curbside charging network, adding 600 new charging points across all five boroughs over the next three years, roughly eight times the 88 Level 2 points the network has today. Each new site will have at least two stalls with two charging points apiece.
The siting criteria target the drivers with the fewest options. DOT says it is prioritizing high residential density, limited off-street parking, and a high concentration of licensed taxi and ride-hail drivers, with a focus on low- and moderate-income neighborhoods that have seen little private charging investment. The first locations named include Soundview and Unionport in the Bronx, Rego Park and Far Rockaway in Queens, Red Hook and Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, the Upper West Side and Washington Heights in Manhattan, and Stapleton on Staten Island. The city also opened an online portal for residents to weigh in on future locations, and separately is adding 92 fast-charging and 180 Level 2 points at municipal parking garages and lots.
What this means for residential property owners and renters. Most EV charging incentive news is aimed at homeowners with a garage or driveway. This is the opposite case: a city-scale bet that public curbside charging is the only realistic path for the large share of urban EV owners who park on the street. If you live in one of the target neighborhoods, the feedback portal is a real chance to request a location near you rather than waiting to see where the city decides to put one.
EVgo Adds 500-Plus Fast Chargers at Brixmor Shopping Centers
EVgo and Brixmor Property Group announced an expanded partnership on August 3 to add more than 500 new DC fast-charging stalls at Brixmor-owned shopping centers, extending a relationship that dates back to EVgo's first Brixmor installation in Pleasanton, California, in 2016. The new build-out will reach at least 90 Brixmor properties, more than a quarter of the company's portfolio, in Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
The sites are grocery-anchored by design. New locations will feature up to 12 high-power DC fast chargers each, sized for the 20 to 40 minutes shoppers typically spend at a grocery-anchored center rather than a quick coffee stop. Deployment starts later this year, with the first site under the expanded deal planned for Barn Plaza outside Philadelphia.
What this means for commercial property owners. A decade-old host relationship scaling to 90-plus sites is a useful data point on what makes a charging host partnership durable: predictable dwell times, a grocery anchor that keeps foot traffic steady, and a network partner willing to keep reinvesting. If you own or manage retail property and are weighing whether charging pencils out, this is a case study in the property type that tends to work.
EVgo Becomes the First Network to Deploy Its Own Chargers on Tesla's Hardware
EVgo announced on August 5 that it has signed onto Tesla's Supercharger for Business program, under which EVgo will deploy its own branded V4 Superchargers, capable of up to 500 kW and 1,000 volts, in US cities starting this fall. Each site is planned for up to 20 stalls near retail and dining locations, and EVgo says it is the first company to deploy its own-branded chargers on Tesla-supplied hardware under the program.
The chargers support both connector standards. The new EVgo Superchargers will include Tesla's Magic Dock, letting CCS and NACS vehicles charge natively without an adapter, and will appear in Tesla's in-car navigation and Trip Planner so Tesla drivers get routed to them automatically. EVgo says the units can add up to 200 miles of range in 15 minutes.
What this means for property owners. Tesla opening its own charging hardware to a competing network operator, rather than just letting other brands' vehicles plug into Tesla-run stations, is a meaningfully deeper level of interoperability than the NACS adapter rollout of the last few years. If you're choosing a network partner for a commercial site, the lines between "Tesla's network" and "everyone else's network" are getting blurrier, which is good news for driver access regardless of which network you sign with.
By the Numbers
74,265: Public DC fast-charging ports nationwide as of July 1, 2026, up 27% from a year earlier.
$100 million: Total Pennsylvania NEVI Community Charging funding across four 2026 regional rounds; the $34 million Southeastern Region round closes August 21.
600: New curbside charging points NYC DOT plans to add across all five boroughs over three years, up from 88 today.
500+: New EVgo fast-charging stalls planned across 90-plus Brixmor shopping centers in six states.
500 kW: Peak output of the Tesla V4 Superchargers EVgo will deploy under its new Supercharger for Business agreement, its first branded presence on Tesla-supplied hardware.
Sources: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (NEVI Community Charging program pages and Southeastern Region round details, accessed August 2026), PennWatch and East Whiteland Township (PennDOT funding coverage), Kansas Department of Transportation (2026 Charge Up Kansas NEVI RFP notice), GrantExec, NYC Department of Transportation (PlugNYC curbside expansion announcement, August 5, 2026), Norwood News, Brooklyn Eagle, Hoodline, electrive.com, InsideEVs, and Electrek (NYC curbside coverage, August 2026), EVgo and Brixmor Property Group (partnership announcement via GlobeNewswire, August 3, 2026), Chain Store Age, evchargingstations.com, and Electrek (EVgo/Brixmor coverage), EVgo (Supercharger for Business announcement via GlobeNewswire, August 5, 2026), StockTitan, Not a Tesla App, and Electrek (EVgo/Tesla coverage), evchargingstations.com (State of Charge national DC fast-charging port count, July 2026 update). evcharginghelp.com is editorially independent and receives no compensation from any company mentioned.
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