Recent content by NevadacityMark

I also did it last week and had to do it at the speed limit and I HATED it... Many cars were passing me like I was standing still. Tessie does not like to be passed that way... I was disappointed after all this (time and energy) that I missed the Columbia SC opening by perhaps just a few...

I shot that gap on Thursday at 73mph average and made it into St Charles with a couple % left in the tank. I'd been averaging closer to 80mph on the rest of the trip from Northern CA to Ottawa so it felt sloooow and no Tesla really wants to be passed too many times! My trip East was a total of...

There was a Solar City Tech doing maintenance on the Rocklin supercharger a few weeks back and we started chatting. He pointed out where four S85 batteries were buried by the back wall. He said these batteries provide supercharger power when the sun was down. I think this is awesome!

You guys have been great... lots of helpful food for thought!! Haven't made a final decision yet but it'll be a better one for your input... and I have decided to go only with Valet if/when my son takes it alone. thanks!!

So I've been stressing over this for a year and would appreciate feedback. I've an S85 now and of course love it... But I'll be selling it to get the X. Got a low X reservation and need to decide soon about getting the PX or the standard X. I've got a teenage son who will be coming of...

Got a call back from Nadine, the quite nice Columbia Building Dept reviewer for this permit. She says there's no public hearing needed for this permit and that she'll get the review letter out this week to the designers. Once she hears back from them she'll issue the permit. Could all happen...

Found it! Just got off the phone with the Columbia Building Department. It's to be at the Columbia Holiday Inn East at 910 Port Way. The case number is 15-2398 and it's scheduled to be decided this week - so no permit quite yet. And the good news is that while there's not a lot else close...

So now the Supercharger Team says August and it's in Columbia... looks like I'll be runnin' the gap in 2 weeks without it. Thanks to those early pioneers (Pre-Columbian) who have proven it's do-able. But hopefully on my way back in mid August I'll be back up to 75-80mph cruising knowing I've...

Well, you're right and it's a good thing I didn't put money down. Just got off the phone with Ron Meyer of Meyer Electric out of Jeff City - they are doing the Gerbes gas station job and connected LEVEL 2 charger. It's not a Tesla supercharger. I'm bummed and fresh out of ideas.

Thanks for checking... Todd (Gerbes manager) said they are about ready to start construction on the Gerbes branded gas station there in the parking lot and he does know for sure that there will be an electric car charging component... so I'm quite hopeful we've got the spot. I've also got a...

Just got off the phone with Todd, a Gerbes supermarket manager at 1729 W. Broadway in Columbia. He says that they are indeed putting in an "electric charging station" in the parking lot along with the new construction of a gas station.... That construction is supposed to be done in August...

Well, the mystery deepens. I just got off the phone with Jim Ganz - The "Economic Development" official at Boonsville. He stated that Boonsville would love to have a supercharger and would even share in the development cost, but has never been contacted by Tesla. He even asked me how to...

Got this from city hall at Kingdom City today... Not sure here this leaves us??? "Mark, Tesla was interested in Kingdom City as a site but they may have decided 20 miles west from here in Columbia. We would have liked to had them here. If you are interested in that maybe your club could...

Well, if what the Supercharger team said about a July opening along the route is true, there ought to be a permit already granted in Kingdom City (or somewhere else along there).