Northern New England DCFC thread

[LightningShow]

Maine did a good job of getting some DCFC online in key locations this past year, way better than NH (who did nothing). It's mostly lower power DCFC but better than nothing. Nice to hear they'll start getting to some of the more rural locations coming soon.

ETA: It's annoying how these announcements are always counting number of plugs, not locations. It's only 70 locations (probably less than 20 DCFC). Not saying that's bad but the location is the most important thing. Nobody reports "gas stations" by adding up the number of pumps. The reality is that Maine has over 700 gas stations and less than 30 DCFC stations. They'll likely still have less than 50 DCFC, maybe less than 40, in the state after this (not including Tesla, of which there are 17).

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[WRSNH]

I’m not sure what the hold up is. I have been checking on the status of their chargers weekly. I will stop by again on Saturday when I am in Concord. As soon as they open up the chargers I will report back here.

I had the BMS Sensor replacement done today at Grappone in Bow, NH. Techs were working on the new chargers, so I stopped. They said they "hope" to have the chargers live and open to the public today. According to these folks, initially the chargers will be credit card payment only, with app payment and integration later. No word on whether plug and charge will work on these.

 

[LightningShow]

I had the BMS Sensor replacement done today at Grappone in Bow, NH. Techs were working on the new chargers, so I stopped. They said they "hope" to have the chargers live and open to the public today. According to these folks, initially the chargers will be credit card payment only, with app payment and integration later. No word on whether plug and charge will work on these.

I drove right by there today on my way up to our NH office. I’ll have to stop in next time i’m heading up.

 

[WRSNH]

I received this note from the excellent EV mechanic at Grappone Ford in Bow, NH a few minutes ago:

"As of about 5 minutes ago, we are now officially live with public DC fast charging. As of right now, only credit card payments are accepted, we are still waiting for the activations of apps, like FordPass. Feel free to post in any of the forums you may be in!"

 

[Piquette]

You and I must be using the same EV technician at Grappone. I received the same message from him this afternoon.

 

[WRSNH]

You and I must be using the same EV technician at Grappone. I received the same message from him this afternoon.

I bet you’re right. Brian? He’s been great.

 

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[LightningShow]

Well, the Supercharger network is now open. The Tesla app shows 4 stations north of manchester open in the 93 corridor. Tilton, Ashland and Thornton. Then St Johnsbury (technically off 91). Too bad still nothing on the Rt16 side but the Tilton supercharger is right at the split to cut across from 93 to 16 so it should be pretty easy to take that route for the eastern Whites.

 

[TaxmanHog]

That's looking great, one should still be able to get around pretty well !

 

[LightningShow]

That's looking great, one should still be able to get around pretty well !

yes, it’s a massive improvement!

 

[duncanmaio]

Mathieu Ford in Winchendon, MA just added five 120kW EV Connect stations. Not near the highway, but it is on a common route from Boston to southern Vermont.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Southern New England got a new Magic Dock location

https://www.f150lightningforum.com/...ons-with-magic-dock-4-10-24.16766/post-382896

 

[Howard_Scott_Warshaw]

Charged at the MagicDock in Lynnfield yesterday. Seems they actually designed the station to account for our trucks. Theres a stall in the middle and one at the southern end that allow for a lightning to pull in without occupying two charging stalls. Not shown in the image is there's no charging stall to the right of the truck.

The DCFC charging curve is amazingly flat. Got the 176 kW peak for ~10 minutes, then held 150-120 all the way up to 80%.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Any members charged at the EA in Merrimack NH at the Simon Mall?

Have they changed tolling rate from $/minute to $/kWh?

 

[WRSNH]

Any members charged at the EA in Merrimack NH at the Simon Mall?

Have they changed tolling rate from $/minute to $/kWh?

Haven’t charged there in quite a while but the EA app says price is now $0.64/kWh (ouch).

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