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EV charging network EVgo has published its Q3 2024 financial report, which shows record revenue and tremendous year-over-year growth. EVgo’s growth has continued over the last eight quarters, seven of which saw a triple-digit increase in energy throughput.

EVgo continues to grow as one of the United States’ largest EV charging networks. Its current footprint consists of over 1,000 fast-charging locations across 40 states, with many more pending, as shown in the company’s service map below.

In May, we reported that EVgo had doubled its registered users in two years, surpassing 1 million active customers. That milestone also saw a 400% increase since April 2020. While some competitors have caught flak for their lack of maintenance and reliability, EVgo has rolled out a “ReNew” program to repair and replace charging piles and ensure customers can replenish their EVs.

Before today’s Q3 report, EVgo had also rolled out several perks and support programs for EV drivers, including access for Tesla owners and fast charging for Hertz rentals, all while rolling out new 350 kW charging stations through partnerships with companies like Pilot/Flying J, and General Motors.

Those efforts appear to be paying off, as EVgo shared record revenue and steady growth in its Q3 2024 financial report.

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EVgo added 147K additional customers in Q3 2024

According to EVgo’s Q3 2024 report, the EV charging network achieved record revenue totaling $67.5 million. That’s up from $35.1 million in Q3 of 2023, representing 92% YoY growth.

EVgo’s total throughput increased to 78 GWh last quarter, compared to 37 GWh in Q3 2023, representing 111% growth during that time. The charging network added over 147,000 new customers in Q3, eclipsing 1.2 million users in total, representing a 39% year-over-year increase. Total accounts are up 57% compared to Q3 2023. EVgo CEO Badar Khan spoke:

I’m pleased to report another record quarter anchored by strong revenues and triple digit year-over-year network throughput growth. Our deployment team continued to meet demand head-on bringing a record number of stalls online in the third quarter. With our conditional commitment from DOE for a loan guarantee of up to $1.05 billion announced last month, EVgo is poised to lead the industry as the charging provider of choice. As we look ahead to the end of the year and into fiscal 2025, we are working diligently to complete the loan process, drive our next phase of growth as an owner and operator of fast charging infrastructure, and deliver continued and sustainable value creation for our shareholders.

EVgo shared that its Q3 revenue milestone represents eight sequential quarters of double-digit growth and seven consecutive quarters of triple-digit growth year-over-year in terms of throughput. Here’s EVgo’s Q3 2024 report by the numbers:

  • Revenue: $67.5 million
  • Network Throughput: 78 gigawatt-hours
  • Customer Account Additions: over 147,000 accounts
  • Gross Profit: $6.4 million
  • Net Loss: $33.3 million
  • Adjusted Gross Profit: $18 million
  • Adjusted EBITDA: $8.9 million
  • Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities: $12.1 million
  • Capital Expenditures: $25.8 million
  • Capital Expenditures, Net of Capital Offsets: $5.2 million

Following today’s report, EVgo appears poised to continue to grow and could eventually become the nation’s largest EV charging network. As reported in October, the network received a loan from the US Department of Energy totaling $1.05 billion to install 7,500 additional EV fast chargers in the US. EVgo’s anticipated states for charger expansion will be Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

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Beta Technologies founder completes first test flight in its production-intent eCTOL [Video]

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All-electric aircraft developer BETA Technologies has shared another important milestone in bringing its first two vessels to market. Most recently, BETA’s founder, CEO, and test pilot Kyle Clark took the production version of its ALIA eCTOL up for its first flight, as seen in the video below.

BETA Technologies is a fully integrated electric aircraft and systems developer based in Vermont. Three years ago, it debuted its first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraftthe ALIA–250. That BETA vessel has since been renamed the ALIA VTOL and completed a piloted test flight transitioning mid-air this past April.

In addition to the ALIA VTOL, BETA has also been developing an electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) plane called the ALIA CTOL. To date, it has flown tens of thousands of test miles en route to evaluation flights for FAA certification. That aircraft is targeting full approval for commercial operations by 2025.

As BETA moves closer to bringing the ALIA CTOL to the public, it has completed its first bonafide production build in South Burlington. Following a Special Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), BETA has successfully taken its production-ready ALIA CTOL up for a test flight, piloted by its founder and CEO.

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Watch BETA’s founder complete a CTOL test flight

BETA Technologies shared details of its first successful production CTOL test flight today alongside the images above and the full video below.

Once the production-intent build of the ALIA CTOL was complete, the FAA inspected the aircraft for safety and compliance before granting BETA a Multipurpose Special Airworthiness Certificate for Experimental Research & Development, Market Survey, and Crew Training, signing-off approval for test flights. 

On November 13, BETA CEO, founder, and test pilot Kyle Clark conducted the first test flight of the ALIA CTOL aircraft, which lasted nearly an hour. The test included a conventional runway takeoff before the aircraft climbed to 7,000 feet.

While in the air, Clark tested the aircraft’s handling qualities, stability, control test points, and initial airspeed expansion before completing several approaches ahead of a normal landing. Clark spoke following the successful flight:

This start of our production CX300 flight test campaign is a result of years of hard work and focus on studying customer requirements, hard engineering, manufacturing, production, quality and test. It represents a significant milestone for BETA, and is the beginning of an exciting new phase for the business. With this, we’re one step closer to putting this technology into the hands of our customers. 

We learned a lot from this first production build. We weren’t just building an aircraft company, we were building and refining a system to build high quality aircraft efficiently. This first build allowed the team to collect data and insight on manufacturing labor, tooling design, processes, yields and sequences, all of which are being used to refine our production systems.

With its production test flight campaign now underway, BETA says it will continue testing the ALIA CTOL aircraft for the standard 50 hours required before qualifying for a Market Survey and Crew Training certificate. That next certificate will enable BETA to fly outside of Burlington and Plattsburgh and continue training additional pilots on the aircraft.

The company shared it will also continue production of additional aircraft, including ALIA CTOL and ALIA VTOL configurations, the latter of which was recently teased in October. You can view footage of BETA’s CTOL flight below.

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Trump admin will quickly reduce red tape in energy production, says Skylar Capital's Bill Perkins

Crude oil futures rose slightly on Thursday, with the U.S. benchmark trading around $69 per barrel, though the market outlook remains bearish.

Global crude supplies are expected to outstrip demand by more than 1 million barrels per day next year led by robust growth in the U.S., according to the International Energy Agency’s monthly market report.

Here are today’s energy prices by 8:07 a.m. ET:

  • West Texas Intermediate December contract: $68.92 per barrel, up 49 cents, or 0.7%. Year to date, U.S. crude oil is down more than 3%.
  • Brent January contract: $72.78 per barrel, up 50 cents, or 0.7%. Year to date, the global benchmark is down more than 5%.
  • RBOB Gasoline December contract:  $1.9711 per gallon, up 0.3%. Year to date, gasoline has fallen nearly 6%.
  • Natural Gas December contract: $2.966 per thousand cubic feet, down 0.6%. Year to date, gas has gained nearly 18%.

UBS slashed its price forecast for global benchmark Brent to $80 per barrel from $87 previously on weakening demand in China, the world’s largest crude importer.

OPEC on Tuesday cut its demand growth forecast for the fourth month in a row earlier this week.

U.S. crude oil has shed about 4% and Brent is down 3.5% since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential as the dollar has surged. A stronger U.S. dollar can depress oil demand among buyers that hold other currencies.

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Leading electric vehicle analyst, author, and industry thought leaders Loren McDonald and Bill Ferro stop by Quick Charge to discuss EV Adoption’s acquisition by Paren, the “crisis” of EV charging reliability, and the real state of the EV market.

Depending on who you listen, EVs are either driving brands to record growth and are about cross that critical 10% of the overall market nationwide, or the future is bleak, the market is down, and EVs just aren’t selling. What’s really going on? Loren and Bill (probably) have some answers.

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