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  1. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Phoenix, AZ - W Happy Valley Rd

    Aren't all planned v3 SC locations now v4?
  2. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Queen Creek, AZ - S Meridian (permit in review 12/5/23, 16 V3)

    Finally - with this one going in and all the others in the East Valley we can only hope we'll stop seeing all those complaints the East Valley is lacking in SCs on this forum! ;-p Now, Williams would be really, really nice... it's so far between Kingman and Flagstaff... and no mention of it...
  3. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Chandler, AZ - W Warner Rd (permit applied 12/11/23, 16 V3)

    Looks like there is one planned for Queen Creek now?
  4. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Tempe, AZ - S Rural Rd (permit applied 12/5/23, 16 V3)

    Where's all the complaints about no SC in the East Valley now?
  5. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Scottsdale, AZ - N Miller Road

    This one will be great.... now if they could just upgrade Biltmore out of the 2010s... and add something in Williams.
  6. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Flagstaff, AZ

    This is one of the slowest out there.... and not very safe to get to when it is snowing or icy... any idea on when superchargers get upgraded from V2 to V3/V4? We also really need something in Williams as I think Flagstaff to Kingman is one of the longest distances between two superchargers in...
  7. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Phoenix, AZ - W Happy Valley Rd

    Looking forward to this one for sure.... great for those PHX to FLG drives.... where's Camp Verge and Williams... and something new between Phoenix and Kingman...
  8. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Mammoth Lakes, CA - Old Mammoth Rd. (LIVE 24 Nov 2023, 12 V3 + 4 L2)

    Well, it's been almost two weeks since the last update... if anyone has any other updates I'd really appreciate it. I'll be driving through on Saturday on a drive from Flagstaff to Big Sur, via Yosemite... would love if it was open lol... if not, the L2s are fine.
  9. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Phoenix, AZ - West Peoria Avenue

    Almost a week.... should be opened!!! ;-)
  10. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Kingman, AZ

    There's a good chance that the Hampton Inn in Williams is going to get chargers, since they're installing them at 2,000 hilton properties... there are only 5275 hilton properties in the US, so that's a pretty good chance... too bad they they're not superchargers.
  11. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Phoenix, AZ - West Peoria Avenue

    Love it.... looks like it should be open really soon.... will be nice for my drives down from Flagstaff... stop at in n out, get food and charge my x and charge my body...
  12. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Quartzsite, AZ - Main Event Lane

    Great photos! Hopefully they'll have it open soon and hopefully there will be a new massive supercharger in Williams... Williams needs it badly as it's so weird to have a gap of 145 miles between Kingman and Flagstaff with no supercharger... I feel like it's the biggest gap on any interstate in...
  13. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Flagstaff, AZ - US-89

    I'll go check it out in the next day or two... Lots of snow here and it isn't melting so I bet they're delayed a bit... You never know though. Then they move onto the new V4 500kw 100-stall "Tesla Turbocharger Rest Stop" at I-40 and I-17, with it's exclusive on and off ramps, "gastropub", boba...
  14. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Flagstaff, AZ - US-89

    Definitely 24... Coming along nicely... Taken on Saturday January 7th 2023 at 333p. I'll never visit the other Flagstaff SC again... Those poor people who won't go to this one... It's like going to Kingman and being sent to the terrible one by Carl's Jr instead of the new one by the visitor...
  15. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Flagstaff, AZ - US-89

    Thank you so much! I did not know that the download would give me a value of the charging even if it was free!
  16. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Flagstaff, AZ - US-89

    From August 2019 to mid-May 2020 Tesla brought back free unlimited supercharging for a limited time... Tesla brings back 'unsustainable' free unlimited Supercharging perk I also got lucky as I just kept checking their site and found a pre-owned 2020 MX LR+ with 22" wheels, 7 seats, white...
  17. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Flagstaff, AZ - US-89

    And I had free supercharging on all three previous vehicles... And also have it on this one. Don't even have any clue what a full charge costs and have always been curious...
  18. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Flagstaff, AZ - US-89

    I have a 2020 MX LR+... just wrapped it, check it out. Before thar, had a different 2020 MX LR+, before that a 2016 MX P100DL+, before that a 2016 MS P90DL. So for all of those vehicles the charge rate has just sucked in Flagstaff... I was there again tonight and never got above 57kw. All...
  19. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Flagstaff, AZ

    This is why I really don't like the existing Flagstaff charger... Even moved between A and B stalls, not that busy, I'm not at 80pct yet, have it set to 100pct but stop before that manually... And I'm at 40kW. Often at 57kW even at half charge. I think this is common here from how long...
  20. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Flagstaff, AZ - US-89

    This is why I really don't like the existing Flagstaff charger... Even moved between A and B stalls, not that busy, I'm not at 80pct yet, have it set to 100pct but stop before that manually... And I'm at 40kW. Often at 57kW even at half charge. I think this is common here from how long...
  21. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Flagstaff, AZ - US-89

    Photo from Wednesday December 7th... It's coming along and there were several workers on site... https://photos.app.goo.gl/XUXURVE5B3ixigzdA
  22. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Mesa, AZ

    Interesting.... with super off-peak rates at $0.032/kwh nov-apr I'd think that everyone would be charging at home if possible...
  23. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Phoenix, AZ - North 19th Avenue

    Wowza, is that how much it costs to charge? I have free supercharging with my MX... it seems a used MX with free SC is cheaper to buy used than a M3 or MY. Also, what rate does Tesla pay for electricity? I'm going to guess that most owners are charging at home 10a-4p weekdays at $0.032/kwh...
  24. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Flagstaff, AZ - US-89

    Sorry, in my excitement perhaps I wasn't being clear lol.... if they could improve the charging speed at the current one that'd be great. I charge there quite a bit, having my primary home in downtown Flagstaff and my secondary in downtown Phoenix, and having free supercharging on my MX. It...
  25. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Phoenix, AZ - North 19th Avenue

    Will this one be open soon? Seems like it should be....
  26. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Flagstaff, AZ - US-89

    OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG I cannot be more excited for this... The location totally surprises me however, as Flagstaff needs a much larger v3 supercharger so they can just close the existing one. It's not all that convenient, and man it's so slow. I'll take it, but I'm really surprised it wasn't right...
  27. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Phoenix, AZ - North 19th Avenue

    Wowza that was incredibly fast.... like incredibly!!!
  28. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Phoenix, AZ - North 19th Avenue

    Sorry for all those replies above, but when I saw that blue dot on the map with 250kw chargers, I felt the greatest sense of joy... man oh man, how this is going to be incredible for me, driving from downtown Phoenix to downtown Flagstaff. It's going to shave so much time off of my life. 250kw...
  29. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Phoenix, AZ - North 19th Avenue

    It'll be absolutely wonderful for me - I have a home in Flagstaff and one in the Roosevelt District... pretty perfect for me... would still love to see one downtown somewhere... like off of 7th Street and I-10, or 7th Avenue and I-10... I'd jump for joy.
  30. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Phoenix, AZ - North 19th Avenue

    Biltmore SC *is* *a* *nightmare* - and I believe there are still plans to raze all of the old retails buildings, except Macy's (that land is still owned by them), build more parking garages to the east of the existing ones, on top of where that supercharger is, and keep moving west from the LA...
  31. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Phoenix, AZ - North 19th Avenue

    Seems to always show the center of a city when a city/state is added... which would be Central and Washington - 0 north, 0 east, 0 south, 0 west... I have always found that frustrating and misleading.
  32. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Flagstaff, AZ

    They definitely need another location in Flagstaff with V3 or V4 chargers... This one just sucks and is so slow and there's often a wait and some of the stalls non operational. It's also just a weird location charge rates here are awful.
  33. BenBethel

    Supercharger - Tempe, AZ

    Agreed... I've been tweeting to Elon and Tesla for years with a map of Phoenix showing what's truly just one supercharger (101 and 17) in the core of the entire metro area... For the 5th largest city and 10th largest metro with a very high number of Tesla's and high amount of miles driven per...
  34. BenBethel

    Flying Smart Summon!

    I haven't tried it since 16.2 in my 2020 MX... but I can say it's been wonky - it works but I think it might go too fast, and too many people notice and freak out, in a good way. With 16.2 I have noticed that coming off of the freeway that the MX will now go all the way down the ramp and into...
  35. BenBethel

    Petition for a Supercharger in the Phoenix-East Valley area

    Thank you so much - I will now have to bookmark that site as it's very helpful... of course, there's nothing in development in Arizona at this time, even though Tesla's site says a new Phoenix supercharger is coming in 2020... I need to reply to a few Musk tweets with "Metro Phoenix >5M...
  36. BenBethel

    FSD Beta Videos (and questions for FSD Beta drivers)

    Can anyone tell if there's a Model X with FSD beta? Seems like there's only been one demo video from Tesla that I have seen... Looking forward to this. Fingers crossed for access by January...
  37. BenBethel

    Petition for a Supercharger in the Phoenix-East Valley area

    Does anyone know if there's a thread for the new Supercharger that's on the Tesla map as "coming soon in 2020".... I'm just curious where it's going to be, I know it's not the pin location as that's just the zero block for Phoenix and where all pins go when selecting "phoenix". I'm fairly...
  38. BenBethel

    Why I ordered 22+ kw solar glass roof for $134k

    My only concern is that your rates for electricity over time are going to go down...I'd guess to around 2c/kwh in 5 to 7 years. In Arizona we're at $0.03/kwh off peak from November to April. Makes me think for now that just powerwalls to fill up off peak then draw from during peak might make...
  39. BenBethel

    Should I Cancel Y?

    I'm not sure why people wouldn't cancel their Y and get a used Model X. Especially if you can get the Rule 179 deduction, if you drive primarily for business. I do, and I can get a used X once every year and take the credit... on my 3rd Tesla now (Model S P90DL then Model X P100DL+, now 2020...
  40. BenBethel

    Tesla increases Model S and X Supercharging rate to 225 kW

    It seems Arizona is doing well with V3 - more of them % wise than any other state at the moment it appears? I'm looking forward to charging at 225 in my Model X though... I thought it was already capable... hmm... wonder if this will help keep higher rates on V2s?
  41. BenBethel

    New Tesla 15.12kW Solar / 4 Powerwall order in Orlando

    Wow that's a lot of stuff attached to the house... could someone have built a small block wall and attached then built a surround to screen that? Or punch through and put the conduit inside and boxed it in? Great to see more solar in the world, congrats!
  42. BenBethel

    Model X Reverse Summon w/FSD into my Garage - what does it see?

    I wonder if they 'see' something better than others - instead of the wood that my garage is made of, should I put an iron bar in there... kryptonite, a mirror? Perhaps it senses iron or metal much better than wood? I'm almost thinking of putting a section of sheet metal before the garage...
  43. BenBethel

    Model X Reverse Summon w/FSD into my Garage - what does it see?

    I use reverse summon and summon to get my 2020 Model X Long Range Plus w/FSD - my garage has about 6" of clearance on each side, but often it wants to steer right or left and crash into my garage... this also happened with my previous 2016 Model X P100DL+ with FSD... ARGH. I've had it totally...
  44. BenBethel

    2020.12.5.6: Traffic Light & Stop Sign Control

    I'm in Arizona and waymo is all over the place (before covid), I've personally seen waymo vehicles about 25 miles apart from each other. Keep in mind that phoenix covers one of the nations most populous counties, the city of Phoenix covers 500 square miles, the metro population is just over 5...
  45. BenBethel

    My New Wrap!!

    Already headed down to 1500 to 2000 in Arizona where people are getting hungry for jobs.
  46. BenBethel

    Blog Tesla Vehicles Will Drop Off Owners, Park Themselves

    Well except that promise to bring electric vehicles to the masses.... ;-)
  47. BenBethel

    351 Mile Range!

    You'll be putting those 22s in the garage any day now... I drove with them for about 9 months on my Nov/16 MX P100DL+ and was losing about 45 miles of range on a 150 mile trip I take all the time from Phoenix to Flagstaff... The 20s got rid of that range loss... IMHO nobody with an X should have...
  48. BenBethel

    Prediction: Coal has fallen. Nuclear is next then Oil.

    I agree on nuclear.... We have one of the world's largest plants in Phoenix... It is not near any body of water and uses 140,000 gallons of water a minute to cool the reactors... In the desert. It's a travesty. The cost is too high. But what people don't factor into the cost is the cost to...