Howdy all,
I'm based in the Princeton NJ area, and my son is attending a boarding school in Rindge NH, which is generating a decent amount of road-tripping between those two locations for pickups/dropoffs/visits. I drive a 2018 M3 AWD LR which gets something like ~280 miles rated range, and have used various SuperChargers in CT, on the Mass Pike, and on one trip the new Tyngsborough MA / Pheasant Lane Mall SuperCharger (we were visiting other parts of NH that time - generally Tyngsborough is pretty out of the way). Commonly on these trips we will stay at least a night in the area, as even for a pure-transit pickup or dropoff, it's a long day to go there and back without some rest.
On other road trips (such as to the MidWest) I've generally been able to find hotels with destination charging (either Tesla or J1772) to skip a SuperCharger stop, but the area around Rindge appears on PlugShare to be basically a charging desert. After the Leominster SuperCharger (Market Basket / Sack Blvd) which is still more than 20 miles from the school, there's (as far as I can tell) literally nothing. The closest hotel/overnight I can see is the Courtyard Marriott in Hadley MA, which is over 50 miles from Rindge (and also has only one plug, and is off the major highways I'd prefer to take if possible).
I understand Rindge is pretty rural and this may just be an "it is what it is" thing, but if there's a local around here that has anything better to recommend I'd love to hear it.
I'm based in the Princeton NJ area, and my son is attending a boarding school in Rindge NH, which is generating a decent amount of road-tripping between those two locations for pickups/dropoffs/visits. I drive a 2018 M3 AWD LR which gets something like ~280 miles rated range, and have used various SuperChargers in CT, on the Mass Pike, and on one trip the new Tyngsborough MA / Pheasant Lane Mall SuperCharger (we were visiting other parts of NH that time - generally Tyngsborough is pretty out of the way). Commonly on these trips we will stay at least a night in the area, as even for a pure-transit pickup or dropoff, it's a long day to go there and back without some rest.
On other road trips (such as to the MidWest) I've generally been able to find hotels with destination charging (either Tesla or J1772) to skip a SuperCharger stop, but the area around Rindge appears on PlugShare to be basically a charging desert. After the Leominster SuperCharger (Market Basket / Sack Blvd) which is still more than 20 miles from the school, there's (as far as I can tell) literally nothing. The closest hotel/overnight I can see is the Courtyard Marriott in Hadley MA, which is over 50 miles from Rindge (and also has only one plug, and is off the major highways I'd prefer to take if possible).
I understand Rindge is pretty rural and this may just be an "it is what it is" thing, but if there's a local around here that has anything better to recommend I'd love to hear it.
