Issue #2 · May 11, 2026
30C Expires in 50 Days, Walmart Charges Up, and Heavy-Duty Truck Charging Hits Texas
TLDR
The 30C charger credit sunsets June 30 (placed in service, not just ordered). US public DC fast charging crossed 72,500 ports. Walmart has 312 stalls live with 124 more sites queued. Greenlane takes heavy-duty truck charging into Texas along the I-45 freight corridor. CALSTART launches a verified truck-charging map with grid-impact planning layers.
This week's news splits cleanly into two stories: the deadline that matters most to anyone making a charging decision right now (30C), and the infrastructure momentum that's reshaping where charging will exist in 12 months (Walmart, Greenlane, CALSTART). Both are worth your attention.
30C Is the Last Federal EV Incentive Standing: 50 Days Left
With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed in July 2025, the Section 30C Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit is now the only federal EV-related incentive still active. The $7,500 new EV purchase credit and the $4,000 used EV credit both ended September 30, 2025. After June 30, 2026, there will be zero federal EV incentives of any kind unless Congress acts, and no extension legislation has been introduced.
What 30C covers: residential charger installations qualify for 30% of equipment plus installation costs, capped at $1,000. Commercial installations qualify for 6% of costs per port (or 30% with prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements met), capped at $100,000 per charging port. Both require the property to be in a qualifying census tract: either a low-income community or a non-urban area. Check your address using the IRS's census tract eligibility tool before assuming you qualify.
The critical word is "placed in service." Ordered isn't enough. Permitted isn't enough. The charger must be installed and operational by June 30. For commercial projects, typical permitting and installation timelines run 4–8 weeks. That means the practical decision window for new commercial projects is closing this week, not at the end of the month.
For homeowners who've been sitting on an installation decision: the credit is worth up to $1,000, and most residential installations can be completed in 1–2 weeks once a licensed electrician is scheduled. If you're in an eligible census tract, it's worth making the call.
Related on EV Charging Help: The 30C credit explained
US Public DC Fast Charging Crosses 72,500 Ports
As of May 1, 2026, the US had 72,514 public DC fast-charging ports, up 30% year over year, per the Alternative Fuels Data Center. Networks added over 1,100 new stalls in April, roughly in line with the 2026 monthly average of 1,150.
A few numbers worth noting: the top 10 networks now account for 85% of all available ports. Average site size has grown to 4.7 ports per location, up from 4.35 a year ago; stations are getting larger, not just more numerous. ChargePoint added 176 stalls in April alone and is on pace to challenge Electrify America and EVgo for network size, though ChargePoint's model is distinct: most of those ports are owned by individual businesses and property owners, not ChargePoint itself.
For property owners evaluating whether to install charging: the public network is growing, but growth is concentrated on highway corridors and high-traffic retail destinations. Workplace, multifamily, and destination charging remain the categories with the most unmet demand relative to where EVs are actually parked overnight.
Walmart's Charging Network: 312 Stalls Live, 124 Sites Queued
Walmart closed April 2026 with 36 active DC fast-charging stations across 10 states: 312 stalls total, averaging 8.6 stalls per location. Another 124 sites are marked "coming soon," with nearly 200 more in permitting. That trajectory puts a 350+ station network in view before year-end.
For scale: Walmart operates over 5,200 US locations. Electrifying 10% of them would make Walmart one of the largest charging networks in the country outside of Tesla. The company is effectively testing the retail destination charging thesis at scale: whether EV drivers will route to big-box retail specifically to charge, and whether that charging traffic converts to in-store spending.
For property owners watching this space: Walmart's deployment pace and site-size decisions (8.6 stalls per location is large) will signal how the destination charging economics actually pencil out at scale. Worth tracking over the next two quarters.
Greenlane Takes Heavy-Duty Truck Charging Into Texas
Greenlane (which opened its flagship EV truck charging hub in Colton, California in April 2025) announced new sites in Dallas and Houston along the I-45 freight corridor. That stretch connects West Coast freight to the Midwest and US-Mexico border routes and is one of the highest-volume trucking lanes in the country.
Each Texas site will include 6–8 pull-through charging lanes, tractor parking, and space for trucks to charge without disconnecting trailers. Sites will support both CCS connectors (current electric trucks) and Megawatt Charging System (MCS) connectors for next-generation models. The dual-connector approach avoids stranded assets as fleet technology evolves, an important consideration given that megawatt charging is still ramping up and most deployed trucks use CCS today.
The Texas move matters beyond Greenlane itself: it's the first major heavy-duty EV truck charging infrastructure announcement in a state that isn't California or a NEVI corridor state. Fleet operators and logistics-adjacent property owners along major freight corridors should note that dedicated truck-scale charging infrastructure is moving into new markets.
CALSTART Launches Verified Truck-Charging Map With Grid Planning Layers
CALSTART updated its US truck-charging map to include 162 verified EV and hydrogen freight sites, all quality-checked for Class 8 truck accessibility. Every site on the map is confirmed usable by commercial fleets, not just passenger vehicles.
New this week: grid-capacity scenario layers showing projected peak charging loads for 2026, 2030, and 2035 under both managed and unmanaged charging scenarios. The layers identify where truck charging demand could pressure the grid and where additional utility planning or investment will be needed, useful for fleet operators evaluating site selection and for property owners near freight corridors assessing electrical infrastructure capacity.
The map is the only centralized, verified resource for commercial fleet charging site planning in the US. calstart.org
Sources for this issue: Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC), State of Charge / evchargingstations.com, Electrek, EV Infrastructure News, IRS.gov, Grant Thornton, Electrification Coalition, NuWatt Energy. evcharginghelp.com is editorially independent and receives no compensation from any company mentioned.
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