The truth about Electrify America's progress and Traveling with the Mach E

[Woeo]

Their response and mine:

Since you seem to be developing a warm rapport, please mention that the eastern seaboard shore points need attention as well.

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[GoGoGadgetMachE]

My NY EZPass charges a $1 monthly fee....Have had it [account that is, transmitter has been updated] from the time it was just the Port Authority....did not include even NJ TPK. Saved more in bridge and tunnel discounts in those earlier years than they will ever claw back with dollar a month fees, so I keep it for the rarer times we visit now.

MD EZPass does not charge account fees for its residents.

As a Marylander if the Va backed website refuses you, you can go to a Virginia retailer and purchase Va EZPass if you want. Or could a few years back. Many grocers carry them.

Mine is more specifically from the Peace Bridge Authority. No fee but pretty sure it's a grandfathered thing at this point. I have bought extras on the Thruway and added them to my account.

 

[ClaudeMach-E]

AddÉnergie the maker of the Flo chargers and a Quebec base company have signed a partnership with Electrada a Cincinnati company to install 3000 chargers in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. I think it will be a mix of L2-L3.

https://www.journaldequebec.com/202...'entreprise de,le développement de son réseau.

 

[silverelan]

Electrify America just posted another 40 new planned locations.

Out west, there's West Wendover, NV to bridge the gap out of SLC to Reno. Kingman, AZ is now on the board so congrats to our PHX friends who want to get to Las Vegas.

Personally, I'm stoked to see Leavenworth, WA listed.

 

[eastern refugee]

Electrify America just posted another 40 new planned locations.

Out west, there's West Wendover, NV to bridge the gap out of SLC to Reno. Kingman, AZ is now on the board so congrats to our PHX friends who want to get to Las Vegas.

Personally, I'm stoked to see Leavenworth, WA listed.

I have no idea where Leavenworth is but I am planning on driving up for Christmas to visit my son and daughter in law in Port Orchard. 12 years active duty Navy. My wife and I are Army vets.

 

[Billyk24]

Electrify America just posted another 40 new planned locations.

Out west, there's West Wendover, NV to bridge the gap out of SLC to Reno. Kingman, AZ is now on the board so congrats to our PHX friends who want to get to Las Vegas.

Personally, I'm stoked to see Leavenworth, WA listed.

Meanwhile, Michigan's neighboring state-Wisconsin- is still sitting on their 9 million dollars of the VW fund and can't get their act together to make more DCFC charging sites. A modern Meijer sits in Green Bay, Wisconsin which has exactly zero DCFC charging stations.

 

[silverelan]

I have no idea where Leavenworth is but I am planning on driving up for Christmas to visit my son and daughter in law in Port Orchard. 12 years active duty Navy. My wife and I are Army vets.

It's like Solvang, CA but instead of Danish, it's Bavarian.

 

[jhalkias]

Meanwhile, Michigan's neighboring state-Wisconsin- is still sitting on their 9 million dollars of the VW fund and can't get their act together to make more DCFC charging sites. A modern Meijer sits in Green Bay, Wisconsin which has exactly zero DCFC charging stations.

You made me curious, so I looked it up, as I travel through West Virginia that is a Charging Desert on the I77 corridor. They received 12.1 million dollars, and decided to allocate only 5% to EV charging, with emphasis around two state Universities - NOT the significant travel corridors in the state. There was also a report that gave WV as well as WI a big fat F in what they have done with the Dieselgate funds.
https://transportation.wv.gov/highw...-Plan/Documents/FINAL_VWmitigationPlan_WV.pdf

 

[timbop]

You made me curious, so I looked it up, as I travel through West Virginia that is a Charging Desert on the I77 corridor. They received 12.1 million dollars, and decided to allocate only 5% to EV charging, with emphasis around two state Universities - NOT the significant travel corridors in the state. There was also a report that gave WV as well as WI a big fat F in what they have done with the Dieselgate funds.
https://transportation.wv.gov/highw...-Plan/Documents/FINAL_VWmitigationPlan_WV.pdf

Unfortunately I am sure fossil fuel politics are behind it; even with free money the politicians remain true to their benefactors.

 

[dbsb3233]

Woohoo! Glad to see Kingman AZ added.

But I'm a bit dismayed by so many of the new chargers being metro locations. There's 10 new chargers listed spread around the Denver-Boulder metro area now. Added to the 6 we already have. 16 for an area of 3 million population is just too city-centric IMO (where most people will charge at home). I'd much rather see half of those spread out to offer better coverage around the state, or to shrink gaps on I-70 and I-25.

 

[ChasingCoral]

You made me curious, so I looked it up, as I travel through West Virginia that is a Charging Desert on the I77 corridor. They received 12.1 million dollars, and decided to allocate only 5% to EV charging, with emphasis around two state Universities - NOT the significant travel corridors in the state. There was also a report that gave WV as well as WI a big fat F in what they have done with the Dieselgate funds.
https://transportation.wv.gov/highw...-Plan/Documents/FINAL_VWmitigationPlan_WV.pdf

And with it go tourism funds.

New tourist slogan "West Virginia: Wild, Wonderful, and Without Charging".

 

[dbsb3233]

And with it go tourism funds.

New tourist slogan "West Virginia: Wild, Wonderful, and Without Charging".

Although to be fair, BEVs are still just 2% market share in the US. And half of those owners probably leave it in the garage and take ICE on long road trips. Pretty minor impact on tourism... So far.

I look at it a bit like Ford waiting until now to build a major BEV while Tesla started a decade earlier. Some will join the game sooner, some later after the technology improves and becomes viable for more consumers. We're still in the infancy stage (or maybe 1st grader now). It will really start rolling over the next 5 years.

 

[ChasingCoral]

Although to be fair, BEVs are still just 2% market share in the US. And half of those owners probably leave it in the garage and take ICE on long road trips. Pretty minor impact on tourism... So far.

I look at it a bit like Ford waiting until now to build a major BEV while Tesla started a decade earlier. Some will join the game sooner, some later after the technology improves and becomes viable for more consumers. We're still in the infancy stage (or maybe 1st grader now). It will really start rolling over the next 5 years.

2% adoption rate nationally, yes. Higher in many areas, including the DMV (DC-Maryland-Virginia) area. West Virginia tourism has advertised heavily in the Metro stations and trains. Much higher BEV adoption rate in that crowd and they lost a chance to do something about the charging with someone else's money. Where I can charge will influence my travel decisions.

 

[silverelan]

Although to be fair, BEVs are still just 2% market share in the US. And half of those owners probably leave it in the garage and take ICE on long road trips. Pretty minor impact on tourism... So far.

I look at it a bit like Ford waiting until now to build a major BEV while Tesla started a decade earlier. Some will join the game sooner, some later after the technology improves and becomes viable for more consumers. We're still in the infancy stage (or maybe 1st grader now). It will really start rolling over the next 5 years.

The adoption rate thing is an interesting topic. Tesla has definitely hit the mainstream and it's basically painless to travel cross-country with their cars on their Supercharger network. They're definitely ahead just on pure volume.

West Virginia is an awful place to own an EV with something like <1% adoption. Bizarrely, they should be advocating EV adoption in order to save coal power, but whatever.

California is about 8% of new cars being electric.
Washington and Oregon are like 5%
British Columbia is 10% of new cars.
Colorado is around 4-5%.

I think adoption rates are gonna take off with the new EVs coming out. There's just a lot of people who want an EV but don't want a Tesla.

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