Recent content by WadeMT

Talking to the guys, they said there will be a camera to monitor idle parking and integrated wifi. Have all new locations been equipped this way? I don’t even try to find WiFi anymore.

And actually it’s been longer than that. I’ve been retired from the power company for 2 years. We met with the head of the Tesla supercharger team years before I retired. They had hosts back out. They looked for new hosts. Then Town Pump figured out that they would host the charging and just...

Construction has started in Kalispell! Finally! The company building it is Legacy Telecom out of Three Forks MT, it’s their first. They said the goal is to have it online before Memorial Day. The power company has a 1000 KVA Xformer in the yard that Tesla already paid for 3 years ago.

I’m going to add a bigger picture observation. I’m in Uruguay right now, cycling from Buenos Aires. Around Punta del Este I’ve seen a dozen Teslas. When I look at the PlugShare app, you could drive from Buenos Aires to Sao Paolo Brazil via Uruguay entirely with CCS. That would be an awesome...

I bought a CCS adapter on Amazon and it’s worked great for me. I used it in Seeley Lake MT and Waterton AB. And these chargers are dispensing about 100 amps. 50kw. But if you’re driving from your house in the Flathead up to Waterton, you need a charge. Have a glass of wine with lunch and you’ll...

It was Shelby, MT, not Kalispell. Super 1 backed out on their own very early on. We worked closely with Tesla on the Super 1 location but couldn’t get them to budge because senior management is in Boise and we didn’t have much of a relationship with them.

So what did I miss? What were those meeting minutes? In the Flathead? I would love to know about this!

Ya it’s me trying to defend Kalispell lol. In reality I’m just trying to set the record straight with regard to our part of the world. It’s not Kalispell s local govt. it’s timing, circumstances, and competing interests. Tesla for a period of time changed their priorities from covering rural...

lol. It’s entertaining to hear how outsiders conflate pieces of information to put together a narrative that makes sense to their limited point of view! It makes perfect sense… lol. Tesla had a deal in 2019 with super one, owned in Idaho, and they changed their mind. Then the chamber of...

Your imagination is running wild lol. Tesla is very popular in the Flathead Valley. Lots of people want a supercharger here. Many business people own Teslas. Tesla had an early issue finding a host location. They have the Town Pump working with them now. The current delay is scheduling with the...

We also did a similar road trip now that I have a car compatible with the CCS adapter. We started in Bigfork, drove to Waterton and charged at the FLO CCS charger while we had lunch, went over Crowsnest to Fernie SC, drove down through Eureka, Whitefish and back home. CCS is great for now in NWMT.

I’ve been driving by the site every other week just to look in, I haven’t seen anything notable. But I took advantage of FSD transfer opportunity and am taking delivery of a new Model 3 Performance on Monday. Quite the upgrade from my VIN 40xx 2018 Model 3.

Excuse that I didn’t take a photo but the wrapped chargers are in place and the inverters are installed. They are as expected at the Town Pump next to road in front of McDonalds. I went to see Gary Clark Jr Wednesday night and saw them as I drove by. Really convenient location.

Blackstone is likely going to start construction here soon.

There isn’t any switchgear or transformer yet. That’s what they are waiting for. Talking to Town Pump and the contractors, August 1, plus or minus 2 weeks, is the target opening.