Click map for location details. green=installed, yellow=construction, dark blue=permitted, light blue=bidding.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has been working with the PA Turnpike on installing DC Fast Chargers along the length of the Turnpike. Car Charging Group, Inc. is a partner in the Turnpike project and they have reported that construction is underway at the Oakmont Plaza near Pittsburgh.
New Stanton, North and South Somerset and North and South Midway have permits and are scheduled for construction. All six western travel plazas are expected to have Fast Chargers installed and operational by the end of February 2016. The central plazas (Sideling Hill, Blue Mountain, Cumberland Valley, Highspire and Lawn) are now in the bidding process.
Click map for location details of Maryland EVIP CHAdeMO/SAE Combo Fast Chargers.
This is the December, 2015 April, 2016 PlugInSites unofficial map of open, under construction and planned locations of the Maryland Energy Administration’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program (EVIP) Fast Charger stations. Grants were awarded for 21 sites although not all of those locations are shown on this map and some of the planned locations shown are subject to change.
The EVIP grant program, announced on April 24, 2014, provides up to $1,000,000 in matching funds for a public/private partnership to install a DC Fast Charging network throughout the State of Maryland. The DC Fast Charging sites will have both CHAdeMO and SAE Combo connectors.
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Officials in Rockbridge County have issued a permit for the construction of a Tesla Supercharger station near the town of Lexington, Virginia at 880 N. Lee Highway (map).
There is an Applebee’s restaurant, Best Western and a Holiday Inn Express near this address.
The new Supercharger will be close to the interchange of I-64 and I-81 and will be accessible to travelers on both highways. The Lexington, VA Supercharger will be about 109 miles south of the Tesla Supercharger in Strasburg, VA that opened on September 2, 2015.
At a meeting earlier this week, the Ocean City, Maryland Mayor and City Council agreed to install electric vehicle charging stations in at least three locations. The Holiday Inn Oceanfront has already installed Tesla destination charging stations and those are up and running now.
In August, the Mayor and Council had agreed to accept a grant from Tesla Motors to install three charging stations in the Convention Center south parking lot. City Engineer Terry McGean reported that the originally proposed location in the southeast corner of the lot did not have electric service of the proper voltage for the charging stations and there was no close by transformer for DelMarVa Power to tap into. McGean recommended changing the location to the north side of the same parking lot near a utility pole with transformers to install the two Tesla HPWCs and one universal J-1772 station.
First EV charging stations in Ocean City now open at Holiday Inn Oceanfront
The City has also been approached by Electric Vehicle Institute (EVI), a Baltimore company that markets charging stations, with a grant that would include a generous number of charging stations including installation at no cost to the City. Ocean City would provide the parking spaces and electricity in the arrangement. After some discussion, the Mayor and Council voted to agree to the new location of the Tesla supplied stations at the Convention Center and to accept the EVI grant proposal for two stations each at Northside Park and the parking lot at 100th Street with another yet to be determined location in the south part of town.
City Engineer McGean was asked by the Council to explore options for the fourth EV charging location in the downtown area close to the boardwalk. Councilman Tony DeLuca said, “The more locations that we can have, the better. Having people come here with electric cars of all types is really the future and I just think it is the right direction.”
The City will provide the electricity for free for one year and then reevaluate. Councilman Wayne Hartman noted the @TeslaRoadTrip event that came to Ocean City in April and said that most of them stayed in Salisbury because of the chargers there. “If we have those 80 or 100 cars here, the town is going to actually make money by having those chargers here.”
The City Engineer has said that their goal is to have the Tesla charging stations installed by next spring.
Driving an electric vehicle along Route 50 to the Maryland beaches will soon be far more practical. Royal Farms stores in Cambridge, Salisbury, and Ocean City have broken ground for SAE Combo and CHAdeMO fast charging stations. Once they are operational, these fast chargers will allow folks driving a BMW i3, Chevy Spark EV, Nissan LEAF or other fast charging equipped EV to hopscotch their way along Rt. 50 from the Washington-Baltimore area to Ocean City.
Ocean City, MD Royal Farms Store
Route 50 to Ocean City Becoming “Electrified”
In March, the Maryland Energy Administration announced the 2015 Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program (EVIP) grant winners. The $1,000,000 EVIP grant will be used to install fast chargers throughout the state by October 1, 2016. The grant recipients must pay for at least half the cost themselves and it is a requirement to support both SAE Combined Charging System (CCS) and CHAdeMO standards at each location.
The Royal Farms convenience store chain won grant funds to install chargers at 15 of their stores. I’ve been scouting the Royal Farms stores in Cambridge, Salisbury, and Ocean City for signs of construction every time I happen to drive past them. Sometimes I would go in and ask the store manager when the charging stations were coming. At first they had no idea what I was talking about. In recent months they knew about the plans, but didn’t know exactly when they would be installed.
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Cambridge, Salisbury and Ocean City Coming Soon
This weekend, my search finally paid off. I was driving out to Ocean City and as I approached the Royal Farms on the south side of Cambridge, my eyes scanned the edges of the parking lot where a charging station would likely be installed. I caught sight of two green bollards next to some new electrical panels. As I drew closer, I saw a freshly poured concrete pad with electrical conduit jutting out. The chargers were not installed yet, but construction was well under way.
Salisbury, MD Royal Farms Store
As I traveled east on Rt. 50, I stopped at the Royal Farms in Salisbury and Ocean City. The construction at both locations was at a similar state of progress as Cambridge. The Salisbury store even had signs in place. An inspection sticker at the Cambridge site had a date of October 21, 2015 on it. I suspect that the ground was broken on all three within the past week or so.
Cambridge, MD Royal Farms Store
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A DC Fast Charger for CHAdeMO and SAE Combo equipped cars is being installed in downtown Front Royal, Virginia. A concrete pad and signs for two parking spaces to be reserved for EV charging are already in place in the parking lot of the Front Royal Visitors Center at 415 E. Main Street.
Equipment Donated by Nissan North America
The Town Council approved a plan at their August 24, 2015 General Meeting to accept a donation of an electric vehicle fast charger from the Nissan North America EV Advantage Program. The value of the equipment and services being provided by Nissan is $38,000. The Town of Front Royal will pay for the installation costs and pay $600.00 to cover four years of Greenlots software and support services. The town must also commit to keeping the charging equipment in place, maintained and accessible to the general public at all times for at least five years. Read More …
UPDATE: Ribbon Cutting October 13, 2015 at 2:30 pm
DC Fast Charger in Town Hall Parking Lot
Blacksburg, Virginia plans to open the town’s first DC Fast Charger at a ribbon cutting ceremony on September 15, 2015. Workers were at the site in the Blacksburg Municipal Building (Town Hall) parking lot on the morning of September 2nd and confirmed the location of the dual SAE Combo / CHAdeMO unit in the corner of the lot at the spot circled in the photo. Two parking spaces will be reserved for the EV charging station and it will be free to use.
PlugInSites reader Amos, @mosmoepho has sent a tip that the new charging station at the War Memoriol Plaza in Baltimore is a dual port DC Fast Charger manufactured by Signet. The unit has both an SAE Combo and CHAdeMO connector.
photo by @mosmoepho
The station is not yet powered as of August 23, 2015.photo by @mosmoepho
Thanks Amos for the tip!
The newly constructed Royal Farms store at 9180 Fingerboard Rd. in Urbana, Maryland is not yet open but an Efacec QC50 dual CHAdeMO and SAE Combo Fast Charger is installed and ready for the grand opening which may be happening in August. The charging station is in the rear of the store, well away from the main parking area and gas pumps. The EV ONLY parking signs are not up yet but ICEing probably won’t be much of a problem due to the location of the unit.
There is one of these dual-standard DC Fast Chargers already operating at the Royal Farms store in Camp Springs, MD in Prince Georges County. The fee to use that one will be $0.39 per kWh, $2.00 minimum after an initial grace period when it is free. A ChargePoint card is required. This Fast Charger appears to also be free for an initial period.
Maryland EVIP Network Will Add 21 DC Fast Charger Sites
These are part of 15 DC Fast Chargers that Royal Farms is planning to install with help from a grant awarded by the state of Maryland. The $1,000,000 Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program (EVIP) grant announced by the Maryland Attorney General in April, 2014 is administered by the Maryland Energy Administration. Grants were awarded to Royal Farms (15 stations), NRG eVgo (4 stations) and ChargePoint (2 stations). The grant award winners must contribute at least half of the cost and each site must have both SAE Combo and CHAdeMO connectors.
Click map to get details and charger location addresses of planned EVIP CHAdeMO/SAE Combo locations.
Good News for BMW i3, Chevy Spark EV and VW eGolf Drivers
More of these are expected to be installed in the coming months which is good news for drivers of the BMW i3, Chevy Spark EV, VW eGolf and other electric cars that use the SAE Combo connector.
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