Encore Encore 1

Of its 1 port, 1 is DC fast. DC fast ports deliver direct current straight to the battery and are the ones used for quick stops on longer trips. That is about 69% below the Alabama average of 3.3 ports per station. The registry lists 2 connector types: CHAdeMO, Legacy DC fast connector (Nissan Leaf era); CCS, Combined Charging System — the J1772-based DC fast connector.

Vestavia Hills has 5 charging stations in the DOE registry with 12 ports. Encore Encore 1 accounts for 8% of the charging ports in Vestavia Hills. ChargePoint runs 3 stations in Vestavia Hills. 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.

The largest US charging network by station count — mostly Level 2 at workplaces, retail and municipal sites. ChargePoint operates 48,998 stations in the registry across 52 states, with 5,017 DC fast and 83,427 Level 2 ports in total. 310 of those stations are in Alabama, 45% of the state's 693.

“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 Sep 1, 2022, one of 88 stations in Alabama with a 2022 open date. The station's record was last updated at the source on Oct 12, 2026.