NRG eVgo Charging Station at Dulles Town Center

Saturday November 16th NRG eVgo there was a grand opening for NRG eVgo charging station at Dulles Town Center in Sterling, VA.  The event was filled with goodies, test drives of a Nissan Leaf and food collection for the needy.  They even had two Redskins Cheerleaders there to help celebrate the event.

Dulles Town Center Charging Station

The charging station itself one Level 2 and one Level 3 connectors. You must have a card to “wave” over the pad to activate the connection.  NRG eVgo has several plans for the consumer on the go, or consumer that doesn’t have a charging station at home.  Businesses and apartment complexes can also contact them to put one in at the commercial location for free I believe.

Other Networks:

Talking with one of the Northern Virginia EV Meetup members, he showed me five cards that he has on hand, NRG eVgo, GEWattstation, Blink (although they’re probably in the process of being bought by another company), ChargePoint and Seema Connect (sp?) .  NOTE: I was unable to find links for Seema (sp?) and for the GE Wattstation.

ChargePoint you can put a certain amount of money on the card.  With the NRG eVgo, the only plan I’ve found for infrequent use is for 5.95 a month with .20 per minute charge when you do connect (Level 2).  Don’t know the plan points for the other networks.

Outcome:

All in all, it’s great to see the expansion of electric charging stations in this area.  I will probably sign up at some point, just not sure I want to pay 6$ a month for infrequent use.