Pilot and Tesla announced on October 8, 2026, that their first Megacharger site at a Pilot travel center had opened at Pilot #1390 in Ellabell, Georgia. The location at 130 Interstate Exchange Way has six heavy-duty charging stalls. The companies’ announcement identified it as the first Megacharger at a Pilot travel center.
The Ellabell Megacharger opening
Pilot #1390 is in Ellabell, near Savannah. The six-stall site serves heavy-duty electric trucks, and Pilot says locations in the planned network will have four to eight stalls using Tesla V4 cabinet technology.
The companies said the network is intended for heavy-duty electric trucks traveling major U.S. freight corridors, including I-5 and I-10, in California, Georgia, Indiana, Nevada and Texas.
Tesla’s stated charging capability
Pilot’s announcement attributed two performance claims to Tesla: each stall can deliver up to 1.2 MW, and a Tesla Semi can recover 60% of its charge in 30 minutes. The output figure describes the maximum for an individual stall; the charge-recovery figure applies to the truck.
A separate Megacharger installation in Ontario, California, offers a look at the equipment layout.
A separate Megacharger walkthrough in California
The next locations Pilot named
Pilot said on October 8 that 12 additional heavy-duty charging locations were under construction, with three nearing completion: Flying J #1071 in Tulare, California; Flying J #553 in Fort Stockton, Texas; and Pilot #341 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Pilot had scheduled the Tulare site to open on October 9, 2026.
