While it is expensive, I have quite enjoyed being part of eVgo currently.
I cannot make it past IH 635 (more closer to IH 30 now with my battery degredation) roundtrip. I have two family members (my brother in law, wife and niece/nephew and my sister, husband, and two nephews) all in the Allen area plus not to mention the shopping, friends, and other stuff in Dallas and North (I live way south). For me, I must QC to go into Dallas or above, and lately, QC twice (uggh I know, battery degredation has been harsh on my drives).
Without it, you have to calculate gasoline usage for those trips (bleh). Add to the fact we got a Level 2 with installation all rolled into it (i.e. not paying the $1,500-2,200 for one at the beginning) and the deal ends up being more of a winner (well for me and my use at least). On the additional side, since Blink is starting to charge for their station uses, the economics ends up being even better to just QC or to hook up to level 2 at eVgo than to connect to a per use Blink station.
A good example for my wife and I is going to see a Rangers game. I can park at my work (North Central Texas Council of Governments) at the blink stations, pay per hour ($1-$2 depending on your "plan") and walk to the stadium or park at the eVgo station (Walgreens) and go to the game. Both are the same walking distance. I find myself doing that more often or bypassing the close blink station to just QC on the way home.
Now if they could ever get the plans going by paying for home electricity I would be golden (uggh I HATE being part of a co-op, unregulated electricty system my butt), it would more than pay for itself. Their is something along the pipes for a Volt plan (well I guess it would be a Level 2 plan), and I am curious how that will be implemented, especially for the Volt since you would have to compete with SPX for a charger (SPX charger is only $500!) and charging for $1 dollar an hour with the Volt (the cheapest rate with Blink) is equal to the cost of one gallon of gas (both would be $4 bucks) and both would travel the same distance.
I do think they will need to secure some way to tap into the Volt/PiP/FFEV/CMax market quickly. With extremely low sales of the Leaf now and abysmal sales of the mitsu i, the DC charging that is the best part of eVgo is not as important. They will need to have a competative offerings for non-QC cars to draw people as users away from Blink's model. I think it will just require more stations overall, even if they build just Level 2's versus their Level 2/DC charger combo (which, I expect, is expensive).
I do expect eVgo to stick around for awhile, they have a large backer (NRG Energy) which is the parent of Reliant and other energy companies, so they could look at eVgo as a media advertising versus an investment until usage picks up in the future.
FYI this weekend, I plan to use the good'ol belt line station twice since I am going to birthdays for a newphew from each family. weeeeee...