Benton Nissan - Hoover

Of its 2 ports, 1 is DC fast and 1 is Level 2. DC fast ports deliver direct current straight to the battery and are the ones used for quick stops on longer trips. Level 2 ports are 240-volt AC chargers, typically used where a car is parked for an hour or more. That is about 39% below the Alabama average of 3.3 ports per station. The registry lists 2 connector types: CHAdeMO, Legacy DC fast connector (Nissan Leaf era); J1772, the standard Level 1/2 AC connector. Pricing as reported to the registry: “Free”. The site is listed as a car dealership location.

Birmingham has 68 charging stations in the DOE registry with 270 ports, the most of 119 cities and towns in Alabama. Benton Nissan - Hoover accounts for under 1% of the charging ports in Birmingham. Statewide, Alabama has 693 stations and 2,267 ports, the 28th-largest station count of the 51 states and DC. The biggest station in Alabama, Fort Rucker in Fort Rucker, has 88 ports.

Benton Nissan - Hoover is listed as non-networked: its chargers are not run through a charging-network account. Alabama has 126 non-networked stations, 18% of its total.

“Available” means the station is open and in service according to the DOE registry. Its access code is public, meaning it is listed as open to any driver. It opened on Mar 15, 2011, one of 6 stations in Alabama with a 2011 open date. The station's record was last updated at the source on Feb 12, 2025.