EVgo Inc

Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings when used in this Annual Report:

*“AC”*means alternating current.

“A&R Nomination Agreement” means the amended and restated nomination agreement entered into on March 24, 2022, by and between the Company and EVgo Holdings, amending and restating the Nomination Agreement.

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of EVgo Inc.

“Business Combination Agreement” means that business combination agreement entered into on January 21, 2021 by and among CRIS, Thunder Sub and the EVgo Parties, as may be amended from time to time.

“ChaaS” means charging-as-a-service.

“Class A common stock” means Class A common stock of EVgo Inc., par value $0.0001 per share.

“Class B common stock” means Class B common stock of EVgo Inc., par value $0.0001 per share.

“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“common stock” means Class A common stock and Class B common stock.

“Company” means EVgo Inc. and its subsidiaries.

“Company Group” means EVgo Inc., Thunder Sub or any of their subsidiaries (other than EVgo OpCo and its subsidiaries).

“*CRIS”*means Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition Corporation.

“CRIS Business Combination” means the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

“CRIS Close Date” means the closing of the CRIS Business Combination on July 1, 2021.

*“DCFC”*means direct current fast charging.

“ESG” means environmental, social and governance matters.

“EV” means electric vehicle.

“EVgo” means, prior to the CRIS Close Date, EVgo Holdings and its subsidiaries and, following the CRIS Close Date, EVgo Inc. and its subsidiaries.

“EVgo Holdco” means EVgo Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“EVgo Holdings” means EVgo Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“EVgo OpCo” means EVgo OpCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“EVgo OpCo A&R LLC Agreement” means the amended and restated limited liability company agreement of EVgo OpCo entered into on July 1, 2021.

“EVgoOpCo Units” means the equity interests of EVgo OpCo.

“EVgo Parties” means EVgo OpCo, EVgo Holdco and EVgo Holdings.

“EVgo Services” means EVgo Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“GAAP” means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, consistently applied, as in effect from time to time.

“GWh” means gigawatt-hour, a unit of energy that represents one billion watt-hours and is equal to one million kilowatt-hours.

“Initial Public Offering” means CRIS’s initial public offering of units consummated on October 2, 2020.

“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.

“JOBS Act” means the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended.

“kW” means kilowatt.

“kWh” means kilowatt-hour.

“LS Power” means LS Power Equity Partners IV, L.P. and its affiliates, unless the context otherwise requires.

“Nasdaq” means The Nasdaq Global Select Market.

“Nomination Agreement” means the nomination agreement entered into on July 1, 2021, by and between the Company and EVgo Holdings, pursuant to which EVgo Holdings has certain director nomination rights.

“NYSE” means The New York Stock Exchange.

“OEM” means original equipment manufacturer.

“PIPE” means the sale of 40,000,000 shares of Class A common stock to the PIPE Investors, for a purchase price of $10.00 per share and an aggregate purchase price of $400,000,000, in a private placement.

“PIPE Investors” means investors in the PIPE.

“PlugShare” means PlugShare LLC, a California limited liability company.

“Private Placement Warrants” means the 6,600,000 warrants purchased by the Sponsor in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, each of which is exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at $11.50 per share, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, generating gross proceeds of $6,600,000.

“Public Warrants” means the 11,499,988 redeemable warrants sold as part of the units in the Initial Public Offering.

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Sponsor” means CRIS’s sponsor, Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

*“Sponsor Agreement”*means the letter agreement entered into concurrently with the Business Combination Agreement by and among CRIS, the co-investors, the Sponsor and the other initial stockholders, pursuant to which the Sponsor, other initial stockholders and the co-investors agreed, among other things, to vote all of their shares of common stock held or subsequently acquired by them in favor of the approval of the CRIS Business Combination.

“Tax Receivable Agreement” means the tax receivable agreement, entered into on the CRIS Close Date, by and among CRIS, Thunder Sub, EVgo Holdings and LS Power Equity Advisors, LLC, as agent.

“Thunder Sub” means CRIS Thunder Merger LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of EVgo Inc.

USE OF TRADEMARKS

This Annual Report includes trademarks, trade names, and service marks owned by EVgo. EVgo’s trademarks include Connect the Watts™, EVgo®, EVgo Advantage®, EVgo Basic™, EVgo eXtend™, EVgo Inside™, EVgo Optima™, EVgo PlusMAX™, EVgo ReNew™, EVgo Reservations™, EVgo Rewards®, Pay with PlugShare™, PlugShare®, and PlugShare® Premium™. EVgo’s trademarks are either registered or have been used as common law trademarks by EVgo. This Annual Report may contain additional trademarks, trade names, and service marks of others, which are, to EVgo’s knowledge, the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, trademarks, trade names, and service marks referred to in this Annual Report appear without the ®, ™ or SM symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that EVgo will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, its rights or the rights of the applicable licensor to these trademarks, trade names, and service marks. EVgo does not intend its use of other parties’ trademarks, trade names, or service marks to imply, and such use or display should not be construed to imply, a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of EVgo by, such other parties.