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REGION Efficiency Maine today announced the completion of the first phase of an initiative to install a network of universal, publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) chargers across the state of Maine. Using only funds from the settlement of a federal lawsuit against Volkswagen, this phase of the initiative developed high-speed EV chargers (also called “Level 3” chargers or “DC fast chargers”) on the Maine Turnpike at the Kennebunk plazas (northbound and southbound) and the West Gardiner plaza, as well as in Jackman, Skowhegan, Farmington and North Windham. A high-speed charger typically can add 200 to 250 miles of range per hour.
Maine finishes 1st phase of vehicle charging station network
April 27, 2021
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NORTH WINDHAM, Maine (AP) With the installation of a high-speed electric vehicle charging station in North Windham, Maine has completed the first phase of an expanding public network of charging stations.
The stations, known as DC fast chargers, can add up to 250 miles of vehicle range in an hour and have been installed at seven locations across the state, the Portland Press Herald reported.
The network includes charging stations in the Kennebunk and West Gardiner plazas of the Maine Turnpike, as well as locations in Jackman, Skowhegan and Farmington.
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Michael Stoddard, executive director of Efficiency Maine, speaks during a ceremony Monday at a new electric vehicle charging station at the Hannaford supermarket in North Windham. The station is part of a new network of public charging stations meant to help encourage a transition to electric vehicles. Photo courtesy of Efficiency Maine
A recently installed high-speed electric vehicle charging station in North Windham marks the completion of the first phase of an expanding public network across Maine, at a time when both government and automakers are promoting a transition to electric cars and trucks.
At a ceremony Monday in North Windham, Efficiency Maine showed off a so-called “level 3” charging station in the parking lot of a Hannaford supermarket. It’s the seventh and final station in the first phase of a network that now includes chargers at the Kennebunk and West Gardiner plazas of the Maine Turnpike, as well as locations in Jackman, Skowhegan and Farmin