Gail Borden Rakow-HCS

Of its 6 ports, 6 are DC fast. DC fast ports deliver direct current straight to the battery and are the ones used for quick stops on longer trips. That is about 75% above the Illinois average of 3.4 ports per station. The registry lists one connector type: CCS, Combined Charging System — the J1772-based DC fast connector.

Elgin has 31 charging stations in the DOE registry with 112 ports, the 6th-most of 333 cities and towns in Illinois. Gail Borden Rakow-HCS accounts for 5% of the charging ports in Elgin. Blink runs 6 stations in Elgin. Statewide, Illinois has 2,056 stations and 7,047 ports, the 14th-largest station count of the 51 states and DC. The biggest station in Illinois, Hanover Park Il Sdc in Hanover Park, has 110 ports.

Blink Charging's public network — largely Level 2. Blink operates 6,186 stations in the registry across 52 states, with 2,086 DC fast and 21,012 Level 2 ports in total. 173 of those stations are in Illinois, 8% of the state's 2,056.

“Available” means the station is open and in service according to the DOE registry. Its access code is public, meaning it is listed as open to any driver. It opened on Jul 10, 2026, one of 314 stations in Illinois with a 2026 open date. The station's record was last updated at the source on Oct 12, 2026.