Northern New England DCFC thread

[Piquette]

My Concord, NH Ford dealer has their lot torn up to install several fast DCFCs as required by Ford to become Model E certified. These should open up before the end of the year.

BTW, the service department there is excellent! The technicians are well trained in servicing Ford Mach E and Lightning vehicles, and the service representatives are honest and a pleasure to work with.

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[lakeguy55]

My Concord, NH Ford dealer has their lot torn up to install several fast DCFCs as required by Ford to become Model E certified. These should open up before the end of the year.

BTW, the service department there is excellent! The technicians are well trained in servicing Ford Mach E and Lightning vehicles, and the service representatives are honest and a pleasure to work with.

All my interactions with them to date have been excellent also.

 

[LightningShow]

That was the rate I was getting above strange....... but in a good way once I got on terminal 3

I've had to DCFC a few times in recent weeks after not doing so for many months. Each time I've been able to get on this exact station and have been charged at $0.19/min (~$0.10/kwh). One thing I have noticed, though, is that I never get the boost charge to start the charging session. It charges around 115-120 kw for the entire time. Not sure if that's the station or my truck since I haven't DCFC'd since probably April. I wonder if the station is charging the lower rate because it's restricted in some way.

 

[Howard_Scott_Warshaw]

I found a new-to-me DCFC at the Bellows Falls Visitors Center. 50 kW. It's in a bit of a DCFC desert so I'm sure if gets used frequently. Plus it FREE!

 

[Piquette]

Construction of the new DCFC at the Concord, NH Ford dealer is progressing. The island is complete and there are 6 places for charging EVs. It looks like the next step is installing the individual chargers and the industrial strength transformer(s).

Looking forward to using one of these spaces with my Lightning in the future.

 

[LightningShow]

Construction of the new DCFC at the Concord, NH Ford dealer is progressing. The island is complete and there are 6 places for charging EVs. It looks like the next step is installing the individual chargers and the industrial strength transformer(s).

Does anyone know what the charge rate will be? 50kW?

 

[Howard_Scott_Warshaw]

The 50 kW station just opened up in Bradford, VT. The Upper Valley is a desert for DCFC, and ironically Bradford has two dispensers.

https://www.plugshare.com/location/357611

 

[WRSNH]

Construction of the new DCFC at the Concord, NH Ford dealer is progressing. The island is complete and there are 6 places for charging EVs. It looks like the next step is installing the individual chargers and the industrial strength transformer(s).

I had recalls and CSPs done today here - Grappone Ford in Bow, NH. The transformer is in and they were working today on the charger pedestals. Service tech says they are being told the end of this week for the charger installation to be complete (but the utility still has to make final power connections). They are hopeful they will be open to the public soon.

 

[Howard_Scott_Warshaw]

I had recalls and CSPs done today here - Grappone Ford in Bow, NH. The transformer is in and they were working today on the charger pedestals. Service tech says they are being told the end of this week for the charger installation to be complete (but the utility still has to make final power connections). They are hopeful they will be open to the public soon.

Is this station (like 90% of others at a dealership) going to be limited to customers only and be shut down outside of business hours?

 

[WRSNH]

Is this station (like 90% of others at a dealership) going to be limited to customers only and be shut down outside of business hours?

I was told it will be public by a dealership employee. Didn’t discuss hours or cost to charge.

 

[Piquette]

The new chargers at my Concord, NH Ford dealer are in place, but not yet operational.

The chargers are actually marked with the name “Ford” in script:

No word yet on when they will actually become operational, and no information yet on availability and cost to use.

 

[LightningShow]

Still no 150kW+ CCS chargers north of Manchester. I guess it's just going to be a waiting game until the V3 Superchargers are open to Ford.

 

[TaxmanHog]

I was surprised to find that NH has a mix of charge tolling methods, Salem EA is 37 c/min while Nashua EA is 48 c/KWH.

The event I attended last night was in Salem afterward, I planned to visit the EA at Rockingham Mall, 3 of the 4 stations were occupied, none were close to being finished, so I headed over to Nashua EA thinking (without verifying) that it would be the same rates.

That second choice cost $10.56, for 22 KWH of energy dispensed in 16 minutes [enough to ensure I got home] if terminal 4 in Salem had been working (it was not communicating with the truck P&C or the EA servers via app activation), it would have only cost $5.92

Seabrook is 48 c/KWH, Manchester is 44 C/min, Lebanon is 37 c/min

My home charging is 26.61 c/KWH

 

[LightningShow]

Oh, interesting. They must be in the process of switching over. I was planning on charging at Nashua on Thursday night but the station was full. I was only going to charge because I was going to the mall and the rate had still been by the minute the last time I was there. I've only been charging at DCFC due to the lower energy cost than at home. I guess that's over.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Oh, interesting. They must be in the process of switching over. I was planning on charging at Nashua on Thursday night but the station was full. I was only going to charge because I was going to the mall and the rate had still been by the minute the last time I was there. I've only been charging at DCFC due to the lower energy cost than at home. I guess that's over.

All the cars at Salem were with Mass plates (LOL)

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