Metalman said:The Sheetz quick chargers just popped up on Plugshare. It says they will be operational by the end of March.
Well that's not a good sign.Walker34 said:I just checked out that Sheetz on Monday and there were no signs of any charging stations being worked on.
NY... it was Sheetz #498 in Blairsville, PA, east of Pittsburgh on Rt. 22. I remember seeing the pics of their Eaton L3 on PlugShare... just the other day as a matter of fact. Now it, along with the other "coming soon" locations, have all disappeared on PlugShare. It certainly looked from the photos like it actually exists (although wasn't operational), but now -- like the other locations -- it's gone.NYLEAF said:One of the Sheetz listings on PlugShare (the western-most one, sorry I can't recall what city that was) had two photos of the Quick Charger (Eaton brand) installed. So at least one of the Sheetz locations appears to actually have a QC installed...not sure why they'd be deleted from PlugShare?
flarend... good stuff on that L3 at the Blairsville Sheetz. Sounds like it's close to being ready to go and that gives hope to those other Sheetz locations as well. Sheetz becoming a player in EV infrastructure would be huge as they're all over the place here in the West Virginia Panhandle, central Maryland and south-central Pennsylvania. L3's at even a fraction of their locations would be a difference-maker. Now if only I could talk 'em into putting the Sweet Leaf "Mint & Honey" Green Tea back in their stores. Best factory-bottled tea ever and they yanked it out of their stores months back in favor of some other garbage. I remind 'em every time I walk in the door LOL!flarend said:I tried to use the quick charger at blairsville yesterday. It all seemed to work but it gave me an error when the credit card was processed. I tried several cards so my guess is that the data connection is not working yet.
The fee is $1.00 for 5 minutes and you purchase the number of five minute blocks you want before you start charging. The price is definitely reasonable and should help to keep prices down as more places in PA get the fast chargers.
One note is that I pressed the info button on the touch screen and and it said that the charger was rated for 40kW. I thought that these were supposed to be 50kW so that may be a little depressing. But I will be very happy to be able to drive to Pittsburgh quickly with this charger. Right now I have to stop at the dealer in Indiana to charge at level 2.
FYI. Indiana, State College, and Chambersburg dealers all have their chargers left on and unlocked.
Exciting news! Saw your posting on PlugShare. Looks like a great setup in Blairsville. Now to get the Carlisle and Harrisburg stores up and running. Man, I hope this works-out well for everyone (Sheetz and EV drivers). As I said before, if Sheetz puts L3's at even a fraction of their Pennsylvanina, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia stores, it's gonna be a HUGE leap forward for EV charging infrastructure in the Mid-Atlantic! EV drivers need to support this at every opportunity and on your visit, let the store manager/employees know you're there because of that sparkling new electron-dispenser in the parking lot (and the Chili-Dogs of course )flarend said:First quick charger in central PA now working at the Blairsville Sheetz. I charged there this evening and I posted it to plugshare myself since the other posting had disappeared. Amazingly enough, within an hour of my posting a new station, all the other Sheetz chargers went back up on plugshare.
Thanks for the info. You're saving me a stop (at the Mechanicsburg Sheetz) when my wife and I travel up Route 11 from West Virginia this Friday on our "EV Roadtrip" to the family winery outside of Douglassville. Will likely stop nearby at Brenner Nissan for a few electrons and then was going to hit that Sheetz which is right down 11 from there to see if any progress was being made on their L3.Walker34 said:Visited both Sheetz locations(Harrisburg & Mechanicsburg) and saw no signs of any progress on the superchargers at either location.
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