Environmental Cents: Electric Vehicle Charger Availability
Looking for an EV charger? Bruce Saller provides a guide.
By Bruce Saller
COLUMNIST
There have been a lot of new EV Chargers installed in our area recently, which is good for our residents and visitors. There are two types of commercial chargers:
Level 2 chargers provide between 6 – 22 Kilo-Watts (KW) of electricity and either have a Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J1772 plug or Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) plug.
Level 3 chargers provide between 25 – 350 KW. There are three types of Level 3 charger plugs: NACS, SAE Combo Charging System (CCS), and CHAdeMO (only used on Japanese cars; being phased out).
You can purchase adapters to convert between J1772/CCS and NACS plugs.
Here is a list of the chargers in our area available to the public (including the charging network if applicable):
Stafford
Wawa’s, 8 Tesla Supercharger NACS plugs:
15 Eustace Road (250 KW)
105 Garrisonville Road (250 KW)
3099 Richmond Hwy (325 KW)
Walmart Supercenter, 217 Garrisonville Road, 20 Electrify America plugs
15 CCS - 150 KW
4 CCS - 350 KW
1 CHAdeMO - 50 KW
Stafford Marketplace, 2 Shell Recharge J1772 - 9.6 KW
Pohanka Nisson, 1 Coachman Circle, Free Charging: 2 J1772, 1 CCS - 50 KW, 2 CHAdeMO - 50 KW
Coffee Bar 1010, 1010 Corporate Drive, 7 Blink J1772 - 22 KW
Giant Food, 550 Celebrate Virginia, 1 J1772 - 9.6 KW
Giant Food, 43 Town and Country Drive, 2 Free Shell Recharge J1772 - 9.6 KW
Fredericksburg
UMW Parking Garage, 1717 Sunken Road, 2 Greenspot J1772 - 9.6 KW
Sophia Street Parking Garage, 600 Sophia Street, 2 Free J1772 - 6.6 KW
Library, 1201 Caroline St, Free 25 KW: 1 CCS, 1 CHAdeMO (can only charge one at a time)
Silver Diner, 2951 Plank Road, 2 Blink CCS - 60 KW
The Publisher Hotel, 711 William St, 4 ChargePoint J1772 - 19.2 KW
Mary Washington Hospital, 1001 Sam Perry Blvd, 2 ChargePoint J1772 - 6.6 KW
Spotsylvania
Giant Food, 2 Free Shell Recharge J1772 - 9.6 KW
5701 Plank Road
10346 Courthouse Rd
Wawa’s, Tesla Supercharger NACS plugs:
4527 Plank Road (14 - 325 KW)
10060 Patriot Hwy (8 - 150 KW)
199 Falcon Drive (8 - 325 KW)
Spotsylvania Towne Center: 6 Rivian CCS 300 KW, Electrify America: 7 CCS - 150 KW, 1 CHAdeMO - 50 KW
Kohl’s, 9683 Patriot Hwy, 2 Shell Recharge J1772 - 9.6 KW
Sheetz, 8533 Patriot Hwy, 7 Tesla Supercharger NACS - 250 KW
Pohanka Nisson, 10667 Patriot Hwy, ChargePoint 2 CCS - 40/62 KW, 2 CHAdeMO - 40/62 KW
King George
Sheetz, 17188 Owens Dr, 8 Tesla Supercharger NACS - 250 KW
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