From Plug and Play EV. Join Eric, Walter, and Steve for our final live stream before a summer hiatus, at a time when the EV landscape just shifted beneath our feet. In addition to the intended discussion around summer travel, with a charging map that looks better every month, we’ll assess the impact of the…

From Plug and Play EV. This second charging vendor spotlight provides an update on the Mercedes-Benz High Power Charging network and brings some welcome pricing news if you plan to use MB-HPC for Independence Day, holiday weekend travel! Check out the latest stations here – https://mercedesbenzhpc.com/locate-charger/ – watch the videos below for specific site visits,…

From Plug and Play EV. Join the Coast-to-Coast EVs crew for a detailed look at the ins and outs of EV charging reliability. We’ll be joined by Canadian co-founders Jennifer Buchanan and Andrea Curry, whose unique journey into the EV charging space spans frustrating road trips to creating solutions for managing the huge task of…

From Plug and Play EV. This video takes a look at the "RAN" EV fast charging stations – Rivian’s Adventure Network – from the perspective of charging non-Rivian electric vehicles heading into summer 2025 travel. More than half the RAN’s 100+ locations have now been upgraded to the company’s gen. 1.5 system, which is accessible…

From Plug and Play EV. Join Eric, Walter, and Steve with special guests Joann Orange and Diane Wallace, for a chat about charger safety and essential amenities as EV travel season gets underway. Joann and Diane will be accompanied by their spouses Darren and Steve, but it’s the ladies who will lead this one, as…

From Plug and Play EV. Take a trip from Boston, MA to SW Pennsylvania with a whole host of new DC fast charging vendors. With our complimentary Electrify America charging plan expired, it’s time to consider other DCFC vendors… and there are plenty to choose from, heading into summer 2025. This video looks at brand…

From Plug and Play EV. Take a trip with us down to southwestern Pennsylvania, to visit the home of Larry and Susan. A new Chevy Equinox EV was added to their driveway in March — the first electric vehicle in town! — but the charging options were not super. Enter the EVIQO EVI Power home…

From Plug and Play EV. Intrepid EV6 road tripper Jacob Espinoza, more commonly known as ArtiePenguin1 or AP1 – https://www.youtube.com/@ArtiePenguin1 – joins Eric, Walter, and Steve to discuss progress on public DC fast charging in his region: the Southwestern United States. We’ll cover every charging vendor active in the Desert Southwest, including new locations from…

From Plug and Play EV. Energy sector veteran David Streitfeld joins Eric, Walter, and Steve to explore why smarter AC charging solutions hold the key to unlocking wider EV adoption in the United States and Canada. As VP of Business Development at energy management provider Smappee, David takes his background in renewables and smart home…

From Plug and Play EV. Fly through a first charge session and walkthrough of the largest EV charging hub in New England, other than a couple of Tesla Supercharger sites. This week, bp pulse launched its first Gigahub outside of an HQ location… and it’s right on our doorstep in Boston. Two miles north of…

From Plug and Play EV. Returning guest Darren Orange joins Eric, Walter, and Steve to talk about long-distance EV travel and the associated value of autonomous driver assist systems like FSD. Eric and Walter speak to GM’s SuperCruise, while Steve weighs in on more limited systems like Hyundai Group’s HDA2. We’ll also get an update…

From Plug and Play EV. Join the Coast-to-Coast EVs crew for a conversation with Andrew Cornelia, CEO of Mercedes-Benz High Power Charging, exploring the network’s expansion in North America. What are the automaker’s aims and how can they translate the brand’s reputation for quality to upgrade the fast charging experience for EV drivers? https://www.mbusa.com/en/ev-charging-stations We’ll…

From Plug and Play EV. Co-host of the Urban EV Podcast Rob Hoffman joins regular Coasters Eric, Walter, and Steve to cover every angle of owning an electric car in the biggest of cities, NYC. What does he drive? How does he charge? Is it even possible to leave the city in an EV?! Yes,…

From Plug and Play EV. Join the usual trio of hosts and Hubject executive Nate Steele to unpack one of EV charging’s long-promised and most frequently confused features: Plug and Charge. We’ve had more questions on this topic than any other in the show’s short history and this is is the session we’ll try to…

From Plug and Play EV. Where have we been and why on earth is there a Polestar 2 in the driveway? A quick update to share where we are, what happened to our 2022 Hyundai IONIQ 5, and first (or, really, second) impression of the Polestar 2. Related Videos: IONIQ Guy on ICCU Recall –…

From Plug and Play EV. Join Eric, Walter, Steve, and our always-welcome returning guest Chase Drum of the Grid Connections podcast to talk some Tesla. Sentiment towards the EV leader has polarized even further than anticipated in the opening months of 2025, with everything from basic anti-Elon bumper stickers signaling owner displeasure at the Tesla…

From Plug and Play EV. Landon, also known as The Arkansas eTraveler, joins the Coast-to-Coast EVs crew to share his journey from gas-guzzling truck to all-electric SUV in the American Mid-South. As we unpack how he came to join a new wave of EV content creators on YouTube, we’ll move away from the coastal elites…

From Plug and Play EV. Join the Coast-to-Coast EVs crew to explore the next generation of EV charging in North America, with special guests Quincy Edmund Lee and Lang Reynolds. With a hectic start to 2025 and EV infrastructure hitting the headlines as massive buildouts are underway, the team and our expert guests have a…

From Plug and Play EV. Join Eric, Walter, and Steve one day after the usual Wednesday PM slot to unpack the various aspects of assessing EV charging stations. What makes something a charging hub vs. just another normal station? What amenities are essential for some sites but unnecessary for others? How do EV driver needs…

From Plug and Play EV. This video looks at why warming a battery pack for cold weather DC charging takes a bit more than the push of a button. The 2025 model year IONIQ 5 adds this feature that we’ve all been asking for, but there are a few considerations that owners should keep in…

From Plug and Play EV. The first of our comparison videos with the (pre-refresh) Tesla Model Y, squaring off against our daily driver Hyundai IONIQ 5, looks at software, cabin comfort, storage, styling, dimensions, and DC charging capabilities. We’ll also unpack FSD vs. HDA2 driver assist, efficiency and driving dynamics in a future video, to…

From Plug and Play EV. Join the Coast-to-Coast EVs crew and live community for a look ahead to electric vehicles in 2025. Walter will give us the lowdown on his epic Lyriq trip across the southern US while Eric and Steve look on enviously. We’ll also cover the budget-friendly Bolts and former rental models stoking…

From Plug and Play EV. "tis the season… for car camping? Not quite yet, but as the snow descends upon North America, we take a look beyond the winter to sunnier months, when camping trips and EV adventures will begin again. Take a look at the car camping essentials that we’ve gathered over a few…

From Plug and Play EV. Happy New Year! We’re launching a few new projects in 2025, one of which is tracking fast charging prices across the United States (and Canada soon, if all goes to plan…) This first video of the year introduces the EV Charging Pricing Index (EVCPI) that has been built over the…

From Plug and Play EV. Travel to the winter wonderland of Windsor, VT for a Quick Charge session at the Harpoon Brewery, featuring one of the first new FLO Ultra charging stations in the United States. It’s a DC fast charge station with power up to 320kW in certain configurations, but what could we squeeze…

From Plug and Play EV. A bonus gift from Hyundai for all its EV owners, just in time for the holidays (sort of). We also take the occasion to test the third-party A2Z adapter on a local ChargePoint station with a NACS/J3400 handle. Hyundai Announcement: https://www.hyundainews.com/en-us/releases/4339 Related Videos: Testing Tesla V4 NEVI Site in Maine…

From Plug and Play EV. Make the short trip up to Queensbury, NY with us for a first charge session on the Rivian Adventure Network in our ’22 Hyundai IONIQ 5. Can the RAN push full power to the always hungry EGMP platform? Or will this previously exclusive network disappoint like our early 800V sessions…

From Plug and Play EV. Join Eric, Walter, Steve, and the Coast-to-Coast EVs livestream crew for a look back at 2024 in the world of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. We’ll also take a look at the road ahead and what we expect to see in 2025. Set a reminder to live chat and ask…

From Plug and Play EV. A quick mid-month update on a busy week for NEVI in Michigan and Wisconsin. Five federally supported sites went live this week, as well as a new dashboard that promises to answer a lot of questions about how and where funds are being spent. All that and a little bit…

From Plug and Play EV. This video takes our first look at the @setpowerusa PT30, a portable dual-zone fridge/freezer product that we hope will replace our cooler (and the daily ice run!) for EV car camping in the warmer months. Watch for another video with all the car camping paraphernalia we’re using in the next…

From Plug and Play EV. As electric vehicle adoption grows across the United States and Canada, vendors and site hosts are starting to rethink EV charging. Turns out, the dark and dingy back end of a strip mall parking lot isn’t everyone’s idea of a pleasant refueling experience… Enter, charging hubs. Or, at least, dedicated…

From Plug and Play EV. Join Walter, Eric, and Steve for a deep dive on bringing home charging to apartments, condos, and other residential scenarios that have limited EV adoption… until now? We’re joined by Joseph Nagle of Pando Electric to discuss the challenges of charging at multi-unit dwellings and how Pando’s product line can…

From Plug and Play EV. Hop in for another quickfire update from the world of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which just posted a very busy November. New stations, states, and sites under construction all contributed to NEVI’s biggest month yet, so watch this monthly summary to catch up on all the latest…

From Plug and Play EV. Join fellow EV nerds for a look at all of the DCFC projects that matter across North America as the year comes to a close. With all of the Coast-to-Coast EVs crew tracking multiple projects, we’ll assess how far we’ve come in the past 12-18 months and the work that’s…

From Plug and Play EV. We rented a 2023 Hyundai IONIQ 6 for a weekend jaunt around Massachusetts, allowing us to compare the two all-electric siblings from Hyundai in the USA. From driving dynamics to storage space, how does the "streamliner" sedan form of the IONIQ 6 match up to our daily driver, a 2022…

From Plug and Play EV. A quick update on what’s new with NEVI as October 2024 comes to a close. We’ve added new maps and progress scores to better reflect each state’s respective efforts (or lack thereof). Look for more site visits as the year draws to an end and new players like Love’s, Kwik…

From Plug and Play EV. Join us for the second part of Coast-to-Coast EVs 26, covering used electric vehicles from the perspective of a dedicated dealership. We’re joined by Jesse Lore, CEO + Founder of Green Wave Electric Vehicles in North Hampton, NH, to cover the intricacies of selling pre-owned EVs, incentives that customers can…

From Plug and Play EV. Join the Coast-to-Coast EVs team to unpack the increasing importance of used electric vehicles to the volatile EV market in North America. With depreciation a major factor in EV purchases and leasing a popular option to protect against outdated tech, finding great deals on pre-owned electric vehicles is becoming much…

From Plug and Play EV. Mosey on over to Missouri with us to see our first Francis Energy EV charging experience. It’s a slightly incongruent site, nestled a stone’s throw from the heart of Hannibal, Mark Twain’s boyhood home. As was characteristic for the return part of our coast-to-coast trip over the summer, we missed…

From Plug and Play EV. Founder of the nationally-renowned Emobility show Electrify Expo, BJ Birtwell, joins Walter, Eric, and Steve to unpack the transition to electrified transportation. From Ebikes and scooters to electric cars and sports vehicles, we’ll discuss the current level of EV adoption and how BJ’s rapidly expanding event brings the benefits of…

From Plug and Play EV. Join us all the way over in Idaho for a quick charge test session of Starbucks-Volvo that rapidly turned into a DCFC duel! With a little time to spare and in need of a camping supply stop on the way back from the West Coast, we chose to compare a…

From Plug and Play EV. All the latest on the emerging IONNA DC fast charging network, including the first seven identified locations (Texas, Ohio, and North Carolina), and hardware/contractor confirmations from site plans. Texas Permit Links: https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Projects/TABS2024020354 – Houston https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Projects/TABS2024024360 – Plano https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Projects/TABS2024024952 – Dallas 12th St https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Projects/TABS2024024959 – Dallas 2500 N Hall St —-…

From Plug and Play EV. Hop in our 2022 IONIQ 5 for the final few hundred miles to the edge of Washington State! After starting at the easternmost point of the United States in Maine several weeks prior, we drive until there’s no more road to head west in the lower 48 states. On the…

From Plug and Play EV. As electric vehicles from the General Motors stable finally gain access to the Supercharger network, owners of the Chevy Bolt, Equinox EV, and Cadillac Lyriq weigh in on their early experiences with Tesla charging and how it will impact their fast charging choices. Promised Land or just pushing charging challenges…

From Plug and Play EV. Take a trip with us to Moab, where we put Utah’s first fast charge station to receive federal funds through its paces. A relatively modest sumof$200,000 was awarded to Rocky Mountain Power (RMP) for this crucial site, which serves an area that receives approximately two million visitors every year. More…