To find which stations are included in the Congestion Reduction Pilot, you can view the list above or search for your preferred station within the Electrify America mobile app. Participating stations will display an “85% Limit” banner when selected in the app.

The stations selected for this pilot are highly-utilized locations that were carefully selected in urban areas where DC fast charging is more accessible with other stations nearby. Locations along highway corridors are not part of our Congestion Reduction Pilot to ensure EV drivers can get enough charge to make it to their destination. You can also visit the Locate a Charger page to find another charging station near you if you’d like to explore other locations not involved in the Congestion Reduction Pilot.

This station is part of the Congestion Reduction Pilot and has been identified as a high utilization station. To reduce wait times and ensure EV drivers can charge in a timely manner, the chargers at this station will end your session once your vehicle reaches 85% State of Charge (SOC). For more information on charging speeds, please see the section “What happens when I charge” on the Getting Started with Electrify America webpage.

The goal of the Congestion Reduction Pilot is to reduce queuing at select high utilization charging stations – thereby allowing more people to charge in a timely manner.

The Congestion Reduction Pilot will limit your charging session to an 85% SOC.

If you try to start a charging session with an SOC at or above 85%, your charge will not initiate and you will receive a "Charge Error" message on either the HMI screen or within the Electrify America app, depending on how the charge was initiated.

SOC is the equivalent of a fuel gauge for the battery pack in an EV. SOC is calculated by the vehicle and communicated from the vehicle to the charger. The units of SOC are percentage points, with 0% meaning no charge left and 100% meaning fully charged. If your car makes the information available, our charging stations will tell you the SOC of your vehicle as you charge.

Each electric vehicle is different. It can often be found on your vehicle's dash or instrument cluster, but please see your vehicle's owner’s manual or automotive website for details.

This Congestion Reduction Pilot is currently limited to specific charging stations. We will be reviewing customer feedback and evaluating next steps.

This pilot will begin in early July 2024.

Please reference this landing page for the latest pilot location list. We will share additional information as we evaluate the next steps for this pilot.

The goal of this Congestion Reduction Pilot is to reduce queuing and evaluate customer feedback. We will be monitoring the pilot daily and making ongoing changes and adjustments as necessary.

We are evaluating the impact of State of Charge (SOC) limit enforcement on charging station congestion and queueing by reviewing customer feedback and station throughput. We will be monitoring the pilot daily and making ongoing changes as necessary.

We are currently only piloting at the locations listed above. We considered station utilization and the distance between stations when selecting locations for pilot programs.

The charging stations in the Congestion Reduction Pilot were chosen due to high utilization and queuing concerns.

The chargers will not start a session if an electric vehicle's SOC is at or above 85%.

The 85% State of Charge (SOC) limit will be enforced on all charging sessions at the select locations seen above. Please visit the Locate a Charger page to find another charging station near you if you’d like to explore other locations not involved in the Congestion Reduction Pilot.

The 85% State of Charge (SOC) limit will be enforced on all charging sessions at the select locations seen above. Please visit the Locate a Charger page to find another charging station near you if you’d like to explore other locations not involved in the Congestion Reduction Pilot.

We recommend planning your trip before departing and visiting this landing page to see which locations are included in the pilot program. Please visit the Locate a Charger page to find another charging station near you if you’d like to explore other locations not involved in the Congestion Reduction Pilot.

To reduce congestion at the pilot stations, all charging sessions and EVs will be limited to 85% State of Charge (SOC). Due to fluctuating customer utilization demands, this limitation will be in effect for all customers at all hours of this pilot to allow customers to charge in a quick and efficient manner.

Once your EV has reached 85% SOC, the charger will stop charging your vehicle, and the 10-minute grace period will begin. After the grace period is over, idle fees will be incurred.

Chargers in the Congestion Reduction Pilot are programmed to stop charging when your electric vehicle (EV) has reached 85% State of Charge (SOC). They have also been programmed not to begin a charge if it exceeds the SOC limit established. If you unplug and plug back in, the charger will communicate with your vehicle, register the vehicle's SOC, and will not begin to charge.

When you plug your EV into an Electrify America charger, the EV and the charger communicate – the vehicle tells the charger the current battery SOC, the battery temperature, and other information necessary to start a charging session. After that information is passed over from the vehicle, the Electrify America charger will start the charge if the SOC is below 85%.

Yes, other EV charging networks have enabled State of Charge (SOC) limitations.

Please see the “What happens when I charge” section on the Getting Started with Electrify America webpage.

The range of each EV is different and depends on many variables such as the weather, the EV battery health, the terrain, etc. For further questions regarding your EV’s range, please see your vehicle manufacturer’s owner’s manual or automotive website.

Toward the end of any charging session, you may notice charging speeds (kW) slow down. EVs “bulk charge” and slow their charging speed when they reach about 80%. Because of this, we recommend unplugging your vehicle after bulk charging has occurred.

Yes. Once your EV has reached 85% State of Charge, the charger will stop charging your vehicle, and the 10-minute grace period will begin before idle fees are incurred.

Electrify America anticipates that this will help reduce wait times for EV drivers.

In addition to rolling out idle fees across the network, Electrify America will continue to build more and larger charging stations to better serve the EV community.