Forest Ridge Shopping Center (Asheville, NC)

Of its 8 ports, 8 are 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 2.5 times the North Carolina average of 3.2 ports per station. The registry lists one connector type: CCS, Combined Charging System — the J1772-based DC fast connector.

Asheville has 67 charging stations in the DOE registry with 265 ports, the 5th-most of 259 cities and towns in North Carolina. Forest Ridge Shopping Center (Asheville, NC) accounts for 3% of the charging ports in Asheville. Electrify America runs 2 stations in Asheville. Statewide, North Carolina has 2,050 stations and 6,462 ports, the 15th-largest station count of the 51 states and DC. The biggest station in North Carolina, Fort Bragg in Fayettville, has 138 ports.

The Volkswagen-founded DC fast network along highway corridors. Electrify America operates 1,221 stations in the registry across 48 states, with 6,029 DC fast and 170 Level 2 ports in total. 23 of those stations are in North Carolina, 1% of the state's 2,050.

“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 Jun 12, 2025, one of 328 stations in North Carolina with a 2025 open date. The station's record was last updated at the source on Oct 12, 2026.