Introduction
A review from my road trip to visit all the EVgo sites in Michigan
Business/Location Name | Dunkin’ Van Buren Township |
Address | 10950 Belleville Rd, Van Buren Twp, MI |
Network | EVgo |
Station Details | 1 Station (50kW) |
Cost | $0.35 per minute |
The Dunkin’ Van Buren Township EVgo station was the 4th stop on my lap around
Michigan (only available in metro Detroit)
Accessibility
This Dunkin’ is on Belleville Rd, 0.25
miles north of I-94 exit 190. This is
the same address as the Mobil Gas station.
The EVSE is located at the north end of the parking along the curb
allowing one to park in whatever direction allows the easiest connection.
Amenities
Dining options include: Dunkin’, Arby’s,
Wendy’s, Culver’s, QDOBA, Starbucks, McDonald’s, Hungry Howie’s, Cracker
Barrel, Taco Bell, Applebee’s
Shopping options: Walmart, Dollar Tree, CVS
Car-related services (windshield cleaning, air): Co-located at the Mobil Gas Station,
with a Marathon Gas station across Belleville R.
Concentration
This is the standard single station layout for
EVgo. This
station is in a pull beside configuration making front port connections more
challenging, but those with fender locations should have an easy time to make a
connection. Plenty of space around this
charger make this one of the easiest locations to connect.
Location
While right along the I-94 corridor, I don’t
think this site was envisioned as a travel site. This location works more as a neighborhood
charging solution. But I am not sure
that this is a high concentration area for local electric vehicles.
Speed
EVgo is offering
the some of the slowest DC fast chargers in this market. These units can output 50kW, but for most
vehicles will charge much slower than that.
While these sites would have been acceptable when first installed 6
years ago, they are not up to the standards of what is available today.
Summary
I was able to easily find this unit in the gas
station parking lot. When I arrived the
emergency stop had been pulled. I reset
this and it seemed as if the charger was going to work, but the charging
session would not start. I placed a call
to EVgo and got stuck on hold, however a second call that was place was
answered promptly. An attempted reboot
from the service provider side did not recover the issue. Later discussions on a follow up call
indicated that they were waiting for a part from BTC Power the manufacture of
the charging equipment. As of the end of
November 2021, the site shows available in the EVgo app, and there is a
successful check-in on the PlugShare app, indicating that this location
may be back up and functional.
What I paid for this stop:
Total Cost: $0.00
Total kWh: 0kWh
Time: 0 minutes
Average Charge Speed: NA
Cost per kWh: $0.35 per minute
(I did not charge here as the EVSE was out of service)
Total Score (Max 44) | Score | Accessibility | Amenities | Usability |
22 | C | 5 | 7 | 10 |
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