[Dimitrij]

It looks like a DCFC is being installed in Hancock, MD.

http://pluginsites.org/hancock-maryland-getting-dc-fast-chargers/

and

https://www.plugshare.com/location/177220

Of course, that's only about 25 miles west of Hagerstown, so it still leaves a large charging desert in Western MD. And since it is being done with a state grant, it will probably be an Electric Vehicle Institute charger, which tend to be slower. But if you are starting your trip in the Baltimore/Washington area, you'll still have over 50% SOC at Hancock, so the charging rate might not matter much.

Baby steps.

Oh goody, the location has now disappeared from PlugShare. I'll check on it in a week or two when I work in Hancock. In the past 7 months the station has been incomplete, "waiting" for its power transformer.

 

[surgeonFWW]

It is now nearing December, 2019 and still no SAE-CCS plug DCFC (DC Level 2) in WV! Dieselgate funding was supposed to help, but we have not seen even one electron yet. The first four proposed locations (Charleston, Huntington, Beckley, Morgantown) will aid summertime travel only as a Bolt EV's winter range will not get you from EVSE to EVSE. Once we get 8-10 locations working, we will have all-year, and through state, travel enabled.

 

[LooseBolt]

It is now nearing December, 2019 and still no SAE-CCS plug DCFC (DC Level 2) in WV! Dieselgate funding was supposed to help, but we have not seen even one electron yet. The first four proposed locations (Charleston, Huntington, Beckley, Morgantown) will aid summertime travel only as a Bolt EV's winter range will not get you from EVSE to EVSE. Once we get 8-10 locations working, we will have all-year, and through state, travel enabled.

This is the primary reason my second car is a Volt rather than a second Bolt. I can make the Bolt work for most trips I want to take, even if it's a bit inconvenient. But I live in Virginia and regularly take trips to Souther Illinois and St. Louis to see family. There just isn't a way to get across WV. and Eastern Ky. on I64 in a Bolt. While going north and taking I70 across Ohio and Indiana is a possibility, I did it once and never again (tens of miles of one lane traffic with no construction in sight, horribly rough roads and LOTS of trucks).

I've seen posts from you before about taking trips to the east. You are braver than I am to do in a Bolt from your location!

 

[surgeonFWW]

I've seen posts from you before about taking trips to the east. You are braver than I am to do in a Bolt from your location!

There is an interesting paradox in travelling the 424 miles from Huntington to Baltimore with the first available DCFC being (until 2 months ago) in Hagerstown, MD (350 miles away). In my old ICE car, that trip took me 8 hours (7 driving hours, two 15 minute breaks, and one 30 minute meal). In my Bolt EV (LCTRCBLU), a mid-state DCFC (>$20) would allow me to make it in one day, albeit a 10-11 hour one with exhaustion at the end and an early trip to bed at a ($150/night) Baltimore hotel. IF I stop mid-way at a WV State Park lodge with free AC Level 2 charging (all our state parks have this), I: a) leave at 1 pm instead of 7 am; b) pay <$100 for the lodge room; c) enjoy a leisurely meal and an after-supper walk; d) sit by the fireplace or lakeside meeting new friends; e) get a good night's sleep; f) leave at 9 am following a nice (complimentary) breakfast; g) stop in Hagerstown for lunch spending no more time charging than I spend eating; and, h) arrive at 2 pm full of life and ready for a nice afternoon and a good (crab cake?) supper with my daughters! After all, I am nearing 74 years of age, not 34, and sometimes, slower is better.

 

[p7wang]

After all, I am nearing 74 years of age, not 34, and sometimes, slower is better.

Off topic, but for hybrids/PHEV/EV, slower IS better. I used to get stressed out in traffic knowing I am using more gas and losing time. Now, I am losing time but getting more efficiency...