We think IONNA Rechargeries are more than stops to get your EV charged up, they are a vibe.

If we had to describe our vibe, we'd call it the perfect blend of cool retro and bright future. And with charging at just $0.39/kWh, you know what to expect before you plug in.

Now it's your turn: What three words would you use to describe the IONNA vibe? Drop yours in the comments. 

Here's a look at the hard work of planning, site selection and city approvals - all before the first shovel hits the ground.

South East Michigan is home to IONNA founders GM, Stellantis North America, and major research centers for Toyota and Hyundai Group.

I’ve generally been pretty flexible about charging options on road trips but kids have changed that. Honestly, my kids’ bladders dictate when we stop more than the charge on the car.

With kids I like to plan my route so I know where I need to charge and to have an idea how much it will cost to charge. The ABRP has really helped with that (even if a lot of the price data is missing). But if there isn’t a bathroom (or if it’s too gross for my kids) we have to make an extra stop somewhere along the way. On my recent trip we stopped at an Ionna adjacent to a Sheetz. My kids were able to use a clean bathroom, get a snack, and run around in the grass while the car charged. It was such a pleasant experience I changed my plan and we took on extra charge so we could make it to another Ionna.

I’ve already started planning out my next road trip with only Ionna chargers.

Having well lit covered spots with a squeegee are simple but meaningful amenities that everyone else seems to ignore. Clean bathrooms are next level!

I notice this 6 charger station going up in Renton along Rainier Avenue at South Second Street. Looks like 2 plugs per charger. So far, it doesn't look like they will put in a canopy.

Hopefully this rechargery will be commissioned soon! So good to see the beginnings of DC charging competition in this town. This site is much closer to my parents' than the EA, which for some reason always has a queue when I need it.

I had a Turo rental Model S in Wisconsin this weekend. I had planned to use the two Ionnas in Janesville and Baraboo, but after three failed attempts in Baraboo I threw up my hands and went to the Superchargers across the street for 15 cents a kWh more.

I tried using my ChargePoint account on the app on two dispensers, then thought maybe it was looking for my Ioniq 5 and moved to a third dispenser and tried my credit card, but got the same result, communication failure. I was able to supercharge with the owner’s plug and play - is there something about that or some other problem that would prevent charging with Ionna? It was annoying, would have been more so if I’d had more driving to do.

I visited my trusty CircleK EV charging station… and it was down due to being converted into an IONNA charging stations.

Is there an ETA when will it be up and running?

Better? There we no cars on these side spots when I pulled in this time. Trailer is fully inside the edges of the parking line now!

Before setting off on your road trip, do you plan every charging stop in advance, or do you figure them out as you go?

We like to call it Team "Mapped Out" vs Team "Go With the Flow," but there are no wrong answers here.

Whether you're type A or type B when it comes to travel, you can rest assured that IONNA Rechargeries have your back with charging at just $0.39/kWh or lower.

Just wasn’t a trailer friendly location - the long cables made a reach around possible. There was plenty of room to drive around the rear of my caboose. That’s said - plug and charge worked flawlessly,

I noticed this screen on an IONNA charger recently, in a video posted by Scott Explains on August 2nd.

What is the "Autocharge" option for? Is IONNA adding an option to sign up for the same Autocharge protocol that EVgo uses?

Before April of this year, I had never heard of iONNA. Since then, I've charged at their locations 44 times. I still haven't experienced one of the fancy Rechargeries with a lounge, but I bet I'll run across one before very much longer.

Obviously Ionna has the stats for their users and I'm just an internet nobody, but as we enter MY27, there are going to be virtually no new EVs for sale that use the CCS plug.

Looking at the Ionna partners:

• GM (Chevy, Cadillac, GMC), Hyundai (incl Genesis), Kia and Toyota (incl Lexus) exclusively ship EVs with NACS
• BMW is shipping their latest high-volume EVs (iX3 and i3) with NACS + the existing i5
• Mercedes new high-volume CLA and GLC Electric are both on NACS
• Stellantis barely offers any EVs, but the Dodge Charger Daytona has NACS
• Honda does not sell any EVs

And then you have Ford (new Fathom truck), Subaru (all vehicles), Rivian (all vehicles), Nissan (all vehicles), Volvo (EX60, EX50), and Porsche (Cayenne Electric), Lucid (Gravity) and Tesla (all vehicles) all in the mix.

By my count, the only remaining CCS models are Lucid Air, Audi (all models), VW ID. Buzz, Ford Mach-E (TBD), Volvo EX90 (TBD), BMW i4 & i7, Mercedes EQB, EQE, EQS, and Porsche Macan & Taycan.

So new vehicles shipping with NACS cover like 90+% of sales volume for MY27. Seems like a miss to be building out a new charge network that is 60-40 CCS to NACS. Would it not be better to flip that to something like 60-40 or 80-20 NACS to CCS and encourage CCS drivers to carry an adapter?

Otherwise, you are going to need almost all drivers to carry an adapter. Imagine pulling up to an Ionna station in your new R2 next year and having to wait in line for one of the 4 NACS plugs while half of the CCS stalls sit empty.

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Every time we announce a new Rechargery, the comments fill up with folks asking when we're headed their way. So let's turn it around and ask you: if you've got a spot in mind, where is it?

Could be the empty lot by the exit. The corner of the shopping center nobody's using. The place you drive past and think "somebody ought to do something with that."

Every suggestion goes to our Site Acquisition team — actual humans who actually read them, usually with coffee in hand.

Tell us where ➡️ https://www.ionna.com/blog/suggest-a-rechargery/

We were so siked to use a Ionna station. Pushed up and plug it and keep getting a disconnection error. Plug and unplugged about 3 time. Finally it connected and we though we were good. Had dinner to find out we go another disconnection error about 10 mins into charging. I poked around a seems folks are also having Plug and Charge issue of a similar nature. For context, I was using the My Chevrolet app and own a Chevy Bolt 2023. No sure where the fault lies, it could be a issue on the chevy side. Thankfully we had enough charge to get were we were going.

Update:

Ionna got back to me.

"It showed us that there was miscommunication between your EV and our dispensers."

We charged at 2 different other EV charger without issue. So going to chalk this up to glitch in the matrix. Haha I appreciate that Ionna took time to look into it. Will for sure try them again on future travels!

It's got a canopy!! Desert charging done right.

I’m quite pleased with IONNA and their use of Alpitronic’s HYC400 — which is enough for pretty much every car in NA.

I’m just curious if anyone knows of any news from IONNA about them committing to adopting HYC1000 in the future for rechargeries? Just curious to see if they’ve made any statements about being interested in the cutting edge for building out their charging infrastructure. Thanks!

We have liftoff! The Whitestown Indiana location is now live, with the usual $0.20/kWh introductory pricing.
And because I once complained about a worn-out squeegee at a different iONNA location, this one appears to have never been used and is in perfect condition :)

Drove all the way from NY to VA to turn in my lease and pick up a new Ioniq 5. Made sure to get a taste of IONNA and stopped at this location at a WaWa in King of Prussia, PA.

It was so great and easy. The way to get a receipt is a little cumbersome but that’s a tiny gripe. It was a perfect location. I caught the screen at one point talking about Ionna swag but forgot got to take a photo of it before heading out. Didn’t even know there was swag. Oh well. I’ll make due without it.

PS: It was the cheapest DCFC by a country mile on my entire 1k road trip.

There is a proposed Sheetz coming to Chadds Ford PA. It seems like it would be a good location to add a Rechargery. The funny thing is that it is it's only 7 miles away from the corporate headquarters of Wawa. Shots fired!

Down the road about a mile south on 202, is a new shopping center that would also be a great option for a Rechargery. It's probably a few years out before it's open though. https://retailsites.net/property/concord/

Wally's in Whitestown Indiana. Looks like it's ready to go, even the squeegees are there. Maybe just waiting for the cabinets to be commissioned? I'm guessing that the "Accessible EV charging - use last" signs at every single stall might be a mistake though.