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They aren’t wasting any time on this install…

Agreed, it can be confusing to get back on the road. But overall this will be an easy off easy on location. :)

I quit using the EA a while ago. The Ford Dealership in Bremerton has DCFC that are free. They just require you to tap a card of any kind to authorize (I use my ORCA card) and there is a newly installed Shell Recharge in Port Orchard that is also free though you have to start it from the app and...

WORST LOCATION EVER REEEEEE… it’s along Hwy-3. The exit isn’t the worst and there are tons of amenities. I’m content… for now.

Can confirm these are rocking and rolling!

I only count 12

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@Mrbrock This site is missing the smaller conduit for the credit card reader communication cable... V3 posts?

Marco has uncovered plans for a new 12 stall supercharger at the QFC in the Klahanie neighborhood of Sammamish.

Do we know from other sites what the difference between V3 and V3.5 cabinets are? I haven't heard to this point of any talks about a V3.5 cabinet.

I am not entirely sure what specific ruling was being referenced. I am only passing along information I received from a credible source. Whether you trust this information or not isn't up to me unfortunately. It could be a few months before any of this transpires but the credit card readers are...

No government money, Washington State signed laws that require all new charging infrastructure installed in the state to be open to the public. So Tesla is now only installing V4 superchargers with Magic Dock and credit card readers. Grandfathered locations like Sammamish will not require...

New boards for the payment terminals. The first set was defective so they’re waiting on new ones to replace them. This site will launch with payment terminals active.

This is EXACTLY what I thought.

Not familiar with this area but this seems quite a ways off the main interstates. I would love for someone local to chime in.

These chargers are back online now!

I stopped by this location yesterday, played with the chargers a bit. They have magic docks and screens. Location will be really easy to get in and out of but not trailer friendly.

$60 isn't too much to pay for the convenience of DCFC at CCS chargers. With how few you're likely to use, the risk doesn't seem too bad.

Spoke to the team here, they confirmed someone had modified the charger earlier last week. No visual change to the hardware, just something put inside each post.

I was through here last weekend and saw no changes of note... Maybe someone else who passed through more recently can weigh in on this.

Idk, passing 500+ Amps through a $60 Amazon adapter gives me the heebie jeebies. :P

I have owned one since before they were for sale in the US. It’s gotten me places where the Supercharger network has yet to reach. Going without it in current day if your doing anything besides driving interstates is a fools choice. I recommend owning one to anyone who wants the ability to...

I wish we could get a supercharger somewhere in Northern Idaho. Maybe Sandpoint or Bonners Ferry. I took this road from Cranbrook to Missoula and had to stop at Superior to make it. This area is certainly still a charging desert. But, that goes for most of the US near the Canadian border. I hope...

Work on this supercharger will commence on the day they break ground. Fighting over the logistics of who, when, what, where for the reasons as to why this site is not in the ground yet does nothing of value. This site will go in when it's ready. One benefit of the previous site owner (Super1...

Nah, Blackstone definitely has done hundreds of supercharger sites across the US. They're Tesla's preferred installer for Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. While the possibility of "funny business" is not outside the realm of what's possible. I would think that weather would play a larger...

I’ve spoken to the team at Liberty Lake and they’re not supposed to be in the nav. They just appear from time to time randomly unfortunately.

Idk about you but I’ve already charged here twice now!

They’re hidden in the back and technically for service only. But this site seems to have an issue with them being listed very frequently.

If I had a magic wand and could wish some superchargers into existence from my time in Montana. These would be the locations that could benefit from them the most. There are secondary highways that have yet to be filled across the state. Highway 200 between Missoula and Great Falls isn't...

There just isn't much else out there in terms of cities haha. There's a lot of distance between towns in Montana.

It’s alive!!

I'd like to think it's to re-configure V3 cabinets to dispense 1000V. They'd also have to swap handles but it doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility.

What is this about?

If someone towing pulled into any of those pull-in stalls they would create pandemonium at the charger... As someone who is moving in a few months and will be towing, this site looks promising yet terrifying. The new Tukwila site will be much more useful given it's dedicated pull-through lane...

I thought the same thing. I like to think Simon was the person at Tesla who signed off on the project and someone accidentally included his signature ;)

There was no tailwind. The air was actually terrifyingly calm. The car was preconditioning a TON due to the temps (LFP M3) and the projected arrival when I unplugged in Missoula at 100% SoC was -2% arrival to Butte. But I drove slower and the car overestimated it's needs for battery preconditioning.

From what I was visually able to gather this is the layout of this site. I do not remember the exit onto Hosmer St in front of the supercharger. But it was dark and fenced. It may be little less of a congestion point if this site keeps that exit.

There is only one conduit to each dispenser. Hopefully they plan to keep this install a V3 and shorten the construction time. While I would love to see a V4 here having to redo dirt work to run more conduit would take awhile.

Yeah, they definitely threw me for a loop. Tesla is usually pretty keen on the little details. Shipping 5 unused pedestals seems sloppy and unlike them.

Proximity to amenities such as bathrooms, great “Urban” supercharger for those who don’t have home charging but also shop at Trader Joe’s. Well lit, clean, nestled in the back of the parking lot. Really easy to get in an out of, with little to no chance of getting lost. If you shop at Trader...

Visited this station last night. There has been no changes since the last person posted over a month ago. There are an additional 5 pedestals on site which feels accidental. Of all the sites I visited last night this one was by far the most cumbersome to get to, with the second least access to...

Slow moving on this project. But it is nice to see that these will likely be V4 dispensers with V3 cabinets. Of the 4 superchargers I visited last night Tacoma #3, Northgate #2, Ballard #2, and Shoreline - Shoreline was certainly my favorite.

This site is VERY weirdly laid out. There are a total of 12 stalls. 7 are pull-ins, 2 are back ins that are 90° off axis from the pull-in stalls, then 5 are back ins in a different portion of the parking lot. This could cause some congestion with people just trying to pull in and out of the...

Getting to this supercharger is a bit strange but doable. What did throw me for a loop is how this supercharger is not near any amenities. Even during business hours it may be hard to find a restroom at this location.

I charged here last Christmas when it was -38°F in a RWD LFP Model 3. I saw ~145 kW vs the expected 172 kW (I was charging at the EA across the highway). The cables on these old V2 superchargers are REALLY hard to bend in these cold temps.

I thought and said the same thing but Missoula’s supercharger still today gets full from time to time. When I lived there in 2022 it was NEVER full in the winter.

These chargers have been open for almost 5 years at this point… I recommend the little store they are in front of. It’s very cute.

Pea gravel laid, transformer installed, meter installed but not on, and fencing pulled down. This charger is just waiting to be energized and commissioned!

Bad photos but this is actually a 12 stall! There are 3 cabinets on site.

@Mrbrock yet another strange site where they’ve removed the bollards… but the likelihood of this being a Magic Dock site is absurd… what are they doing I wonder.