New big hole in charging to go through West Virginia - Wytheville, WV closed for undetermined time

[RickMachE]

West Virginia was already a high speed charging desert. However, it's now worse. If you're coming from the south (North Carolina), a key stop would be the EA location in Wytheville, a Sheetz gas station. However, as of 1/30/23, there is a "redevelopment of the Sheetz store" and the chargers are unavailable. That makes it very difficult, if not impossible, to head north towards Columbus, unless you want to push range and spend time at 60kW or less chargers that may or may not be accessible.

Diverting west to catch I-75 adds like 3 hours to the trip, and for us makes the sprint from Huber Heights north also fun...

https://www.plugshare.com/location/169548


Electrify America Announcement
Beginning Monday, January 30, 2023, the chargers will be inaccessible at this location while there is ongoing redevelopment of the Sheetz store. Once the chargers become available for use, we will provide an update. You can also check your Electrify America app for the latest availability as well. If you have questions, please contact our Customer Support Team at 1-‪833-632-2778.

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[timbop]

It's astonishing that the state whose psyche is overly fixated on mining the stuff to generate electricity is so adamantly opposed to a product that uses a significant amount of electricity instead of imported fuel...

 

[Shelbeast]

West Virginia was already a high speed charging desert. However, it's now worse. If you're coming from the south (North Carolina), a key stop would be the EA location in Wytheville, a Sheetz gas station. However, as of 1/30/23, there is a "redevelopment of the Sheetz store" and the chargers are unavailable. That makes it very difficult, if not impossible, to head north towards Columbus, unless you want to push range and spend time at 60kW or less chargers that may or may not be accessible.

Diverting west to catch I-75 adds like 3 hours to the trip, and for us makes the sprint from Huber Heights north also fun...

https://www.plugshare.com/location/169548


Electrify America Announcement
Beginning Monday, January 30, 2023, the chargers will be inaccessible at this location while there is ongoing redevelopment of the Sheetz store. Once the chargers become available for use, we will provide an update. You can also check your Electrify America app for the latest availability as well. If you have questions, please contact our Customer Support Team at 1-‪833-632-2778.

So much for WV slogan "Open for business".

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