Electric vehicle stations around Kansas City, once abandoned by Evergy, are plugging in again

Photo caption: A HiON Network EV fast charger at Starbucks, 16521 W. 119th St., Olathe, Kansas. This site is available to the public and delivers a 50-kilowatt charge to all types of electric vehicles. Photo courtesy of HiON. Article by Martin Rosenberg. NPR – March 29, 2023. Article was originally published by Flatland.

HiON, a local startup, is taking over Evergy’s old fast-charging stations for electric vehicles in the Kansas City area after the power company shut them off more than a year ago.

A Brookside woman recently was shocked to learn that fast chargers for her electric vehicle have gone dead on the Missouri side of the metro. She raced out to Kansas City International Airport to pick up her boyfriend. Then the two of them, with their “range anxiety” mounting, watched the charge dial on the return trip dip way too low. […]

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