Recent content by vanjwilson

Looks ready to turn on, but no power yet. The meter is on and reading all 0s. 16 stalls: 9 flat, and 7 sideways. The supercharger is on the outer edge of the main parking lot, behind the Chick-Fil-A, IHOP, and Freddy’s Frozen Custard. There is 1 CCS/CHAdeMo 50kW ChargePoint, and 4 ChargePoint...

On a college road trip back in the 90s, my friends and I were driving through the night down I-20, when we stopped to take a picture of the exit sign for Chunky, MS, because we thought it was a funny name. About half an hour later, a little before dawn, we stopped at another exit to switch...

I had the opposite experience when I first got a 2021 MY LR three years ago: the miles remaining dropped faster than the miles I was driving. I soon switched to percentage instead and I've been happier ever since. I think Tesla does occasionally tweak their estimation algorithm during OTA...

I've only charged at that hotel at the original Ozona site twice, but they were polite to me both times. I read the back-story between my two visits, so I made a point of buying a candy bar from the lady behind the desk on my second visit. She seems very friendly, and we made some small talk...

Ok, that's weird. I just went to check in my iPhone app, and Covington is not there now. @sajakh , Have you stopped by Covington yet, and when you do, would you post here what you've found?

Based on an email sent to contractors by Tesla a few days after the firings and reported on the Out of Spec Podcast, Tesla has asked contractors to continue work on locations that they have "started", but to pause on any locations that have not "broken ground". Thats would seem to indicate that...

As @ChrisC pointed out on another thread,

As @ChrisC pointed out on another thread,

The order in which a new site appears after it goes live: In the phone app, often the same day or next day after it's live. In the car nav, often about the same time as the phone app, but sometimes a day or two later. (I don't know why.) On the Tesla Find Us page on the website, anywhere from...

Friend of mine charged there a few days ago, and posted that only 1 cabinet (so 4 stalls) were down, but the rest were online. For some reason, the app/nav lists it as a temporary closure, but if you click on it, you'll see that only stalls 1A through 1D are down...

You may find this series of road trip films interesting to give you ideas. They are all with ICE cars, but they emphasize enjoying the drive and seeing beautiful, and sometimes quirky, things along the way. At one point, they point out that can relate a little to EV drivers about range anxiety...

We visited my wife's grandmother again yesterday. Check-ins for 2024-04-27 - Gainesville, GA (#557) - Gaffney, SC (#558) I charged up to 100% right before we left in the morning, and we pulled into the new-to-me Gainesville supercharger with about 16%. I really hate driving that far in one...

Monarch Pass is the coolest route over the mountains, but it takes forever. I've only done it in an ICE car so far, but I'll be visiting in-laws in Utah in July and would have been tempted to take this route, so thanks for the warning.

I think you made the right call about Franklin, NC, because very recent pics show it completely fenced off and pedestals torn up. However, if you were already in Sylva, the drive down to Franklin on US-23 is mostly on a gently curving 5-lane highway. (You may be remembering US-64 through the...

If you haven't been to Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawk, NC, I thought it was well worth the trip. It's also a good reason to get several off-the-beaten path superchargers, even if you aren't a beach person.