The 400-Kilowatt Revolution: Everett Is Quietly Becoming an EV Charging Hub

A row of CCS stalls at the Broadway location

If you've driven down Broadway recently, you may have noticed something new near 37th Street: a row of charging stalls, with the simple wordmark "IONNA" along the top. There was no ribbon cutting, and no press release from the city. But over the past several months, Everett has quietly become home to two of IONNA's high-speed electric vehicle charging stations.

Everett sits on the I-5 corridor between Seattle and the Canadian border, with substantial commuter, freight, and tourist traffic moving through it daily. It's also home to a growing share of EV drivers; Washington consistently ranks among the top states in the country for EV adoption per capita, and Snohomish County has tracked closely with that trend.

Dual-NACS charging stall

IONNA logo on a charging stall NACS label painted in a parking spot

Dual-CCS charging stall Digital screen with pricing and instructions

IONNA is barely two years old. The company was formed in February 2024 as a joint venture between eight major automakers: BMW, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, Stellantis, Hyundai, Honda, Kia, and Toyota. After years of watching Tesla build a fast and reliable charging network, the rest of the automotive industry decided to pool their resources and try to build their own.

IONNA distinguishes between its flagship "Rechargery" sites - which include driver lounges, on-site restrooms, and refreshments under one roof - and its "Rechargery Relay" sites, which are leaner: charging plus nearby amenities. Currently, IONNA has 107 stations open across the US, with roughly 1,020 individual charging stalls between them. Their ambitious goal is to offer 30,000 operational charge points by 2030.

Everett's two open locations (3615 Broadway and 11802 Evergreen Way) are Relays. Both stations offer the same basic configuration: 8 stalls for vehicles with legacy CCS ports, and 4 stalls for vehicles designed with the North American Charging Standard (NACS) port. Charging speeds reach up to 400 kilowatts, for a current price of just $0.39 per kilowatt-hour. For EV drivers, 400 kW is the headline number. At that speed, a compatible vehicle can potentially add over 100 miles of range in about 10 minutes.

For EV drivers, that's most of what matters. Everett residents probably don't need a flagship Rechargery with a lounge - yet. They just need fast, predictable, and available charging.