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EV charging on Martha's Vineyard: about 34 public stations, nearly all Level 2, listed town by town with ports and prices (the Edgartown Park and Ride, town halls, libraries, the airport, the Aquinnah cliffs), two fast-charging ports at the VTA, the Chilmark plans, no Supercharger, the ferry's EV rules, and how to run an electric week on a 20-mile island.
Two lanes, telephone poles and a few miles between towns. Nothing on the island is far enough to worry a full battery; the question is only where to top up.
An electric car works on Martha’s Vineyard for a simple reason: the island is 20 miles long, and a week of beaches, towns and one trip to the cliffs is less than a full charge. What it does not have is a fast-charging network. The federal station list shows 39 public charging ports at 13 sites on the island (October 22, 2026), and nearly all of them are Level 2, the kind that adds 20 to 30 miles an hour while you shop, eat or sleep; there is no public Tesla Supercharger. The only DC fast chargers on the federal station list are two public ports at the VTA’s headquarters in Edgartown; Chilmark has planned two fast chargers for its fire station lot since 2022, and none are listed yet. So the strategy is the opposite of a road trip: arrive with a charge, top up where you park, and treat the ferry as the one rule that can stop you. Below is every public charger we can verify, town by town, what they cost, the Steamship Authority’s policy on electric vehicles, and how we would run an EV week.
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The Tisbury School lot at 40 West William Street: ten public Level 2 ports on the federal list and on ChargePoint. The town’s climate committee says the lot is closed to the public from 7 to 4 on school days and the rate is 30 cents a kilowatt-hour. Town chargers at the Town Hall Annex and the Senior Center appear on island lists, but the committee said in January 2025 they are not for public use, so do not count on them. Cronig’s Market on State Road no longer has chargers: the solar canopies stand, but the ports under them were removed a few years ago, whatever older directories say. The Stop & Shop by the ferry has none that we can confirm.
Town Hall: two public Level 2 ports (ChargePoint; check the price in the app). We could not confirm a public charger at the library. Nothing on Circuit Avenue or at the Steamship terminal.
The Park and Ride on Dark Woods Road: four ChargePoint Level 2 ports, served in summer by the free Route 11 Downtown Edgartown shuttle (May 22 to September 7 in 2026), so you can charge and ride into town. The VTA headquarters, 11 A Street: two public DC fast ports on ChargePoint, the only fast chargers on the federal list for the island. They sit in the airport business park. The federal list rates them at about 62 kilowatts, with CCS and CHAdeMO plugs only, so a Tesla needs its CCS adapter; the ChargePoint app shows the current price. The Harbor View Hotel: a Tesla destination charger (Level 2), Teslas only; ask the front desk. Felix Neck: two public Level 2 ports, 7 AM to 9 PM. The Winnetu at Katama, 31 Dunes Road: two Level 2 ports in the Shell Lot by the Garden Cottages, 35 cents a kilowatt-hour on the ChargeLab app, which the resort describes for its guests.
The library, 1042 State Road: two ports. The West Tisbury School on Old County Road: four public ports. Martha’s Vineyard Airport: two ChargePoint ports by the airport’s rescue and firefighting building, 71 Airport Road, the up-island charge for anyone flying in and renting. We could not confirm a public charger at Town Hall. The highway department’s chargers are for the town fleet only.
The fire and EMS complex, 399 Middle Road: four Level 2 ports, paid on ChargePoint. The town has worked on two DC fast chargers for this lot since 2022; the site review committee sent the plan to the conservation commission in September 2024, and nothing fast is listed here as of October 2026.
Town Hall: two ports, free when the town last discussed fees in January 2023; the federal list still shows them free. The Cliffs parking lot: two ports, with a 90-minute limit reported in 2023. Charge while you walk to the overlook and the shops.
A VTA bus pulling away on a tree-lined road in West Tisbury. The town’s free Level 2 charger is at Town Hall on State Road, which is also an up-island bus stop, so you can plug in and take the bus.
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Charging on the mainland the night before is the safe move; the Steamship’s Palmer Avenue lot in Falmouth has two Level 2 ports listed as free, and there are two DC fast ports (CCS plugs only) at the Peg Noonan lot in downtown Falmouth, on the way to Woods Hole. The island’s Level 2 ports are best for topping up.
It is worth asking the inn or the rental about a charger or a garage outlet before you book; a Level 1 trickle from a wall socket overnight adds 40 to 50 miles, which on this island is most of a day. The Harbor View and the Winnetu have chargers for guests; the where to stay guide and the rental guide explain what to ask.
The Edgartown Park and Ride while you ride the summer shuttle into town, the Tisbury School lot on West William Street while you walk Main Street in Vineyard Haven, the airport lot while you collect someone. An hour at any of them is a beach day’s driving.
The fare-free VTA bus reaches every town and the big beaches, and the bike paths link the three harbor towns. A car on the island is for the up-island days; the without-a-car guide shows how small a role it needs to play.
Aquinnah is about 20 miles from Vineyard Haven. Leaving with 60 miles and charging at the Cliffs lot or Aquinnah Town Hall while you walk to the lighthouse leaves a margin for the drive home. Menemsha has no public charger we can confirm.
August traffic backed up on a two-lane road. The distances are short enough for any battery; it is the summer queues that make the bus and the bike worth a thought.
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The island’s rental fleet is small and seasonal and, as far as we can verify, mostly not electric; ask the agency directly, and expect to be told to plan your own charging. The car rental guide has the agencies and the new moped rules. If you fly into MVY and rent, the two ChargePoint ports by the rescue and firefighting building are at the airport itself (the app shows the rate), and the flying guide covers the terminal and the bus outside it.
An e-bike and two electric scooters parked by the daylilies in Vineyard Haven. For the harbor towns, an e-bike often does the job better than a car.
Chilmark’s fast chargers (planned, not listed anywhere yet); public use of the Tisbury Town Hall Annex and Senior Center chargers; the chargers that older directories place at the Edgartown fire station, the Oak Bluffs library and West Tisbury Town Hall (no 2026 source for any of them); the 25-cent rates those directories quote, which ChargePoint does not publish to us; Aquinnah’s current fee policy; and Tesla’s mainland Supercharger list, which we could not reach to re-check. Where a source disagreed with a directory, we went with the source and said so. If you charge somewhere we have wrong, tell us through the contact page and we will fix it the same week.
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Yes: 39 public ports at 13 sites on the federal list (October 22, 2026), nearly all Level 2, at the Tisbury School lot, the Edgartown Park and Ride, Oak Bluffs Town Hall, the West Tisbury library and school, the airport, Felix Neck, the Chilmark fire station, the Aquinnah cliffs and town hall, and two hotels. Only Aquinnah’s are free on any source we found; the rest are paid, and the ChargePoint app shows the rate.
No public Supercharger. The U.S. Department of Energy's station list shows two public DC fast ports on the island, both at the VTA headquarters, 11 A Street in the Airport Business Park, Edgartown (CCS and CHAdeMO plugs, on the ChargePoint network, listed as open 24 hours; checked October 22, 2026). The Harbor View Hotel's Tesla charger is a Level 2 destination charger, Teslas only. In Chilmark, the town has worked on two fast chargers for the fire and EMS complex lot on Middle Road since 2022; the federal list and ChargePoint show Level 2 only there as of October 2026.
Yes, with the same vehicle reservation as any car. Electric and hybrid cars with battery damage are barred under a Coast Guard advisory; since February 2025 a damaged car may board with a letter from an ASE-certified mechanic dated within three months. There is no charging on board.
Often not. The island is 20 miles long, the bus is free and the harbor towns are walkable; a car arriving with a full charge can do a down-island week without plugging in. Charge while you shop or sleep for an up-island day.
In Vineyard Haven, the Tisbury School lot at 40 West William Street, with ten public Level 2 ports on the federal list; the town says the lot is closed to the public from 7 to 4 on school days. Cronig’s Market no longer has chargers under its solar canopies. In Oak Bluffs the nearest public ports are at Town Hall.
Charger locations and port counts are from the U.S. Department of Energy’s station locator and ChargePoint’s live map, both read on October 22, 2026, checked site by site against the Winnetu’s and Mass Audubon’s own pages, the Town of Tisbury’s On-Island Electric Vehicle Chargers page (May 2026) and Tisbury Climate Committee minutes (January 2025, June and July 2026), Chilmark energy committee minutes and site review records (2023 to 2024), the Vineyard Gazette (January 2022, May 2024), the Martha’s Vineyard Times (October 2020, August 2022, January 2023) and our own knowledge of the island (the Cronig’s canopy chargers, listed in several directories, were removed a few years ago); the Steamship Authority’s EV policy is from the Martha’s Vineyard Times’ February 2025 reporting on the amended rule. Read in September 2026. Port counts in Vineyard Haven, Edgartown, West Tisbury and Falmouth were rechecked against the Department of Energy’s station list on October 6, 2026. The Falmouth fast chargers are from the Town of Falmouth’s public charger list, and the VTA fast charger’s power and price from its ChargePoint listing, both checked October 13, 2026. Chargers come and go; the ChargePoint app is the live word on any given day, and if you charge somewhere we have wrong, tell us through the contact page.
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