Electrify America has opened what it says is its largest charging station to date, in Orlando, Florida. The site has 24 DC fast chargers, each able to deliver up to 350 kW.
The station is at the Sand Lake Corners South shopping center on South John Young Parkway. It sits on a travel corridor serving Interstate 4, Orlando International Airport, Walt Disney World and Universal Studios, which the company said makes it “well-positioned to serve Orlando locals, as well as regional travellers and visitors.” Being in a shopping center helps too: drivers can eat or run errands while the car charges.
Why Florida
The state is a logical place to go big. Florida had roughly 450,400 registered battery electric vehicles in 2025, the second-largest total in the US behind California, according to the Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center. That count excludes plug-in hybrids.
Electrify America now operates more than 350 chargers at over 60 stations in the state. Another Orlando site, with 10 chargers at 10226 Curry Ford Road, is expected in the coming months, though the company has not set an opening date.
Connectors: the detail that matters
As ever, the plug is where the fuss is. All 24 chargers at Sand Lake Corners South use CCS connectors only. CCS is the global standard, but NACS, popularised by Tesla, is increasingly being adopted by automakers selling in the US. Electrify America is running a pilot to test the value of offering both, trialling NACS at selected stations, including a separate location at the Florida Mall in Orlando. Drivers can check connector availability in the company’s app.
Under the hood, the reason DC sites matter is simple. Batteries can only take direct current, and most grid power arrives as alternating current. An AC station hands that power to the car’s onboard charger, which converts it. A DC station puts the converter in the cabinet instead, which avoids the size, weight and cost limits of fitting a large one in every vehicle and allows much higher power.
Scale of the network
Volkswagen set up Electrify America under measures it agreed with US officials after the emissions scandal, to promote EV use and offset the extra air pollution it caused. The company says it is now the largest open hyper-fast charging network in the US, and was the first operator to offer 350 kW chargers with liquid-cooled cables that meet UL standards. It counts over 5,600 DC fast chargers across 1,080 stations in North America, including locations under its Electrify Canada brand.
Paren’s Q3 EV charging report named Electrify America among the operators opening the largest non-Tesla stations. By contrast, 71% of ChargePoint’s sites and 74% of Blink’s had just two ports or fewer.
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