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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.

I heard that the Kalispell site has been upgraded from 8 to 12 chargers, and that the chargers are will be the “maximum sized units”.

Tesla has wanted a supercharger in the Flathead for 5 years or more. Tesla does a long term lease with an owner of a parking lot, and the only compensation to the owner is the promise of business. In many areas, especially small towns, owners are skeptical of the added business traffic. But...

People drive through BF on the way to and from that part of BC and between MT and WA. Lots of people take US Hwy 2 through BF. Eventually US2 will have superchargers across MT and ND. It’s only a matter of time. 5 years from now, they will be there. Case in point: Minot, ND. Also, 3 million +...

Note that I said PER CAPITA. Actually Tesla indicated that. As far as V4, I’m speculating. But V4 is a 1,000 volt charger, and Cybertruck will be the only Tesla able to utilize this voltage. It’s my speculation that when they are deployed in the USA, they will be in areas that have a lot of...

So I live in the county. The state Congress makeup is the way to know how counties align politically. Be aware that I retired as an analyst for the lower electric power company, and spearheaded several initiatives promoting EVs beginning in 2013. FEC owns several EVs including a Rivian and a...

The Town Pump deal is now public! I referenced it on February 23, without naming names. Let me add some color: there is some reason to think that these may be V4 units. There are a lot of Cybertruck reservations in MT (per capita), with the most of them in Flathead County. In point of fact...

There is word that Tesla is working with a host and talking to the local utility about a specific location in Kalispell. Good news!

We are traveling from Kalispell, you’re closer!

Hey we should really let Super 1 in Helena know how much we appreciate them hosting the Superchargers! After all, they are looking to host the Kalispell location, and I think it would be helpful for them to see the benefits of having Tesla customers! I'm planning to be there Friday July 3rd...

When you get to the rebalancing phase of charging, L1=L2=L3 time and energy wise.

I would install the charger where you’re charging the car. If you park the car inside the shed, put it inside. I was given a 1st gen HPWC by a friend, and it had been outside since 2014, in Montana. You wouldn’t know it was ever outside. I installed it in my garage because that’s where I park...

I use percentage display exclusively, and if I am concerned about running my battery low I just look at the energy consumption and trip screens. They take into account how you’ve been driving.

It's not the end of the world that the Bighorn location is delayed. The distance between Billings and Miles City is 145 miles. The distance between Billings and Sheridan (WY) is 135 miles. No one is worried about putting one in at Custer's Battlefield. We're lucky to have so many in sparsely...

750 KVA xfrmr can be overloaded for awhile. There is enough load diversity due to SOC, number of vehicles, etc. It's my belief that the locations are made ready for Power Pack later if not immediately.

I’m ecstatic that everyone doesn’t love it! It’s the perfect combination of off putting and badass that will keep it a little unique on the roads. It’s judged negatively by our SJ society, perfect for us outlier NTs.

Build it and they will come. Tesla is also thinking about the day when cities of Spokane's size will have many Tesla's belonging to people in multi-family housing. Because in a vacuum, the CdL SC meets the needs of travelers.

Looks reasonable given the ChaDeMo adapter. In the Kalispell area and Going to the Sun road portion, the chargers that might work for you depending on the trip flow are the HPWC at Lake McDonald Lodge (across from the market), the J1772 units inside City of Whitefish parking garage (P2, handy...

I've went from my house in Bigfork to Calgary in winter with my Model 3 (early production). Charged to 100% at home, by way of US2 through Browning. All the roads are kept open in winter except for storms. Its impossible to go from Kalispell to Ft. MacLeod by way of Shelby in winter without...

Kalispell can bridge between Missoula and Fort Macleod in a LR Tesla. It’s only a few more miles net deviating to US93, and debatably more scenic.

I don’t have the liberty to answer your question. There are many moving parts, so it is subject to change. In this region, the Canadian route across the prairie currently has priority.

The current information from Tesla is that it will be a V3 charger installed by the end of 2019 across the tracks from Brannigans.

I'm fairly certain that new superchargers going in Sask, MT, and ND (hopefully by the end of the year) will all be V3.