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On a recent trip in Germany I was driving a rented Audi Q8 e-tron. As a very long time Tesla owner I assumed that accessing the non-Tesla accessible superchargers would be easy, but I was wrong. The guidance from the relevant Tesla site (https://www.tesla.com/support/non-tesla-supercharging)...

Oct 9, got here at noon, 3/6 taken. 1 not working. First (half)stall only 45 kW, other choice up to 60. Full plus 2 waiting at 12:30. Transformer area smells of urine. Bad supercharger experience.

can confirm that 2 pedestal lights off, but charging fine at 2b

I've charged there maybe 5 times and agree with TexasEV. Particularly since I know where it is, location is not a problem and many others are further from the highway or harder to find. I don't think I ever saw even 1 ICE. Maybe 1 or 2 bad pedestals, but never a real problem and that happens...

Also a 2013 S85 owner. Range is obviously unrealistic at higher speeds, but I agree 100% that it is quite predictable once you get the hang of it. On longer trips my goal is to come in to the next supercharger with 20 miles or so to maximize charging rate, and once you know you can make it you...

Was planning to go to Atlanta because I didn't think the TX galleries would be able to take reservations. Glad that i called to ask before I bought a ticket! Guessed that Houston North would be easier than the Galleria, which was right, and got there before 7:00 to be 14th in line. About 150...

14 people in line at Houston North. Looks like I am the only owner. Gonna be more than 100,00 today.

Don't think that the Galleria itself opens until 10 AM. About The Galleria - A Shopping Center in Houston, TX - A Simon Property

I just spoke to the Houston TX Gallery and they confirmed that they would be taking reservations. Details on time not yet available, but this saves me a flight to ATL.

Was there this weekend. A bit disappointed that the Stripes does not have anything beyond the usual convenience store (some do). But there is an empty restaurant space next to it that may bring something better. And there is coffee and a small shop in the LaQuinta lobby. Lip is not gigantic...

The cables are definitely in the stalls, but can't say on transformer.

They were working this afternoon, and looks pretty close to the finish. Active this week???

And the blue dot is there...

Not on supercharge.info, yet, but there is a new (I think?) grey "coming soon" flag on the official Tesla site! Supercharger | Tesla Motors

Did Charlotte to Decatur in my S85 straight through today. Left Charlotte SC with 255 rated miles (2 years old, full is 257). Started slow and got ahead on projected range, spent some of it going a bit faster and ended up getting hit with enough rain near Atlanta to make it pretty tight. Ended...

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OK - Chron chart is actually 736 cars. It was the 40% drop from 2013 to 2014 that I was questioning. And that total works out to a bit more than 5 per week, which is lower that what I have heard at Westchase.

This article in the Chronicle says there are about 600 Model S's in Houston: Tesla acceleration can be electrifying - Houston Chronicle I guess there are more. Any verified info on this?

New facility is very impressive!

I just had my second annual prepaid service visit, and they went out of their way to include alignment. I needed new tires and they only had Goodyears in stock. I decided to go with Michelins, which I got from TireRack and had installed at a regular tire shop. So when I said I was not going to...

Checked it out today. There were a few workers there, and it looks like the Gallery part is getting close. SC's look ready but not live yet, as expected. And speaking of the possiblity of a scrape at Westchase, I scraped the front bumper on the high curb in front of the Gallery door. I had an...

July opening Was at the Westchase SC for annual service, and they confirmed that Airtex would be an additional one. New employees are training at Westchase for July opening.

There was a teslamotors.com forum thread a couple of days ago about being able to post with any desired username, including those of active contributors. I guess the current downtime may be to fix that.

99% in 2015 1-2 SC in South TX could change their claim for 98% of the US population by 2015 to 99%

Maybe not quite California yet, but there were 4 at the Bellaire Whole Foods this afternoon.

Thumbs up for Collision Plus Wanted to give Sam and his team at Collision Plus two big thumbs up! We have taken several of our previous Audis there (just west of 59 on Bellaire) over the last few years, and have been very pleased. They are certified to work on Bentley's, and do the real work...

Checked out Columbus this afternoon. Looks very close to ready, but it's not operational yet.

If they start putting them in every Buc-ee's....

Texarkana is definitely a gap - so is Corpus/Brownsville/RGV

Watch out on Bellaire Blvd Driving in to Texas Medical Center through South Side Place, which many of you will know has very aggressive policing, I was first at a red light. I took off pretty fast, but not all the way down and I got to only a few miles over the 35 MPH limit. I didn't see where...

I can't claim to be an expert, but as I understand it the Columbus site will be pretty much like the Harris Ranch one in these photos that I found online. The big gray box is the transformer and the white boxes are the superchargers. There is also another unit of some sort behind the SCs, and a...

Probably wasn't very clear. The big unit on the concrete structure is the transformer. The 5 smaller supports are for the (5?) superchargers. The bays will be lined up to the left in the photo, behind the lift vehicle and continuing along the edge of the parking lot.

Road trip to check out the Columbus SC site yesterday. It is behind the Comfort Inn, as reported. Spoke to a contractor involved with the San Marcos SC and the other TX sites on the way. He said this one was being built to 100 year storm specs (maybe because of Ike?) and was more complex than...

Columbus SC Houston to Columbus road trip this afternoon. SC is behind Comfort Inn as advertised. Talked to contractor who said he did the San Marcos SC and was working all over, including outside TX. Also said my 85 was the first one he had seen (?), and took pics. Said the Columbus site was...

Would be great! Tesla employee at Galleria store said that there would be 4 in TX by the end of Aug. Didn't believe it, but maybe it's true!

Has anyone used the this IAH parking option? Parking at IAH | Airport Parking Houston Don't know if the eVgo thing makes sense for multi-day parking.

Yes - worked exactly as he said a few weeks ago.

In May there were 250, according to the service center. Definitely >300 now. You may have more lurkers on here than you think!