Recent content by solman244

Now I'm 100% sure. Mellow Mushroom has a lease agreement filed with the county to "ALL FOUR ONE HOLDINGS LLC" for that address. That holding company filed a Right of Way easement grant to Dominion Energy on Sept 14th, 2020 for that property. The line is named "Tesla Charging (Mellow...

So, I'm 90% sure I know where the construction is for this super charger. Drove by there yesterday and there isn't much else it could be. No Tesla equipment on site, but it is fenced off and obvious power line runs with concrete pads for the pedestals. I was going to take some pictures, but...

I have a Jan 2014 Model S85 that "creaks" or "crackles" sometimes. Took a while, but I know exactly what the problem is - parking brake mounting bushing are worn. The sound happens most often when starting from a stop. It also makes the sound when slowing down after driving steady speed for...

As a side note, a year or so ago, I did a little research into the "alternate fuel corridor" on I-26. There is zero funding beyond SC DOT money to put up the signs. The establishment of the corridor was supposed to encourage private investment in alternative fueling. No incentives of any kind...

Last time I charged there, I had to move around twice to get consistent charging. Anyone sharing a charger number would cause both cars to fault. Santee has the early staggered layout for stall numbers 1-3, so most of the "new" owners were really confused by my moving strategy. 4A/B are not...

I didn't get a good picture of the adapter, but it looked a lot like the Lectron adapter. It did not have the two large lower pins, which I would expect for DC charging. I suppose someone could have hacked the supercharger communication and spoofed a real Tesla's info to trick the charger into...

Spotted this i3 plugged in at Santee yesterday. I enjoyed how he took two spots to plug in. I was under the impression that the adapters would only work on level 2 Tesla chargers, not superchargers. Had a very brief discussion with the owner, and he claimed it did work...

Plenty of NEMA 14-50 plugs around the paddock at RA, but they can be sketchy. I set fire to a power pole last year. Really crappy worn out plug that was conveniently "protected" by a 100A breaker. As for track events for your Tesla, can't really help you there. I avoid tracking my daily...

Interesting. The UMC I was given with my 2014 Model S (purchased used from Tesla in 2017) is definitely V1. This warrants a call into service to ask about the recall.

UMC has thermal protection? Where? I've had a NEMA 14-50 socket catch fire and melt my UMC adapter plug at Road Atlanta. Looked fine when I plugged in, but turned out to be super sketchy wiring and breaker setup. If my UMC was supposed to catch the overheat and shutdown, I'd love to know how...

We've had local Charleston owners who have been kicked off Rick Hendrick properties for driving a Tesla up to the dealership...

I did that about 1.5 years ago. Flew/Uber to the pickup store, drove ~700 miles home. Never road tripped an EV before, so it was trail by fire. Worked out great.

They really should be placing the Charleston supercharger in a good place for visitors to Charleston. Those of us who live here, many of which are Mt. Pleasant or Daniel Island based, are not really the ones who need it. Travel into Charleston, especially day trips, is tough without a local...

That app is pulling data from the supercharge.info website. Supercharge.info depends on user reports, mostly from here, to populate supercharger status. Very likely that a permitted installation won't show up there until it is reported here. We've been searching, but most of the Charleston...

Lack of a supercharger in Charleston is a mild inconvenience to us locals (who have home charging), but it is a pretty huge deal for visitors. The roundtrip from Santee to downtown Charleston is workable in a Model S 60, but only without much driving around or vampire drain. Any trip to the...