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My family is on our first big Tesla trip from Seattle to Big Sky/Yellowstone. My supercharger experience (all during daytime as well) has been: Ellensburg: 30 minutes - 1 other Tesla Ritzville: 30 minutes - nobody Coeur d'Alene - 1 hour - nobody Superior - 20 minutes - 1 other Tesla Missoula...

Upon reading the title of this news article I began to get excited, but then soon realized that it's probably not a supercharger like the title would seem to imply. Darn. JOHN DAY: Town’s first TESLA charging station installed

I'm trying to decide whether to get a CHAdeMO adapter when my car is delivered next month. I see the Aerovironment network looks like a good deal if you need this service often. But there are quite good L2 systems growing all the time. I ordered a 60D without the extra charging capability...

Hi All, First time poster, apologies if I screw-up any of the etiquette! My wife and I are kicking off a 2.5 week road trip from the SF Bay Area to Banff at the beginning of September. I've scanned a handful of blogs and this site for tips on driving this route, but haven't found much and...

it doesn't look like there is much for charging in Florence and I saw that there is a RV park near old town. Has anyone attempted to use them to charge? It would be nice to get a quick charge as you walk through town or get a bite to eat. Thanks for any input.

Hi, I will be taking a trip from Seattle to Yellowstone / Grand Teton and looking for insights. Pretty the journey there and back will be easily covered by SC. However, I'm wondering if anyone is aware of any charging (outside of the West Yellowstone SC) availability inside Yellowstone or Grand...

Hi everyone, I've been searching a good paint protection coating brand for a while, and I saw Seattle Tesla Service Center suggest Ceramic-Pro, But I've seen some owner not so satisfied the result. And recently I saw some hong kong Tesla owner has posted a coating named Pomponazzi and it has...

Does anyone have recommendations pro/con for dash cam installers in Portland, OR? I am thinking of getting the BlackVue camera but don't want to try the install myself, despite the detailed how-to info available in the forum. How much did you pay for the install? I have seen people mention...

I noticed that the Slabtown New Seasons is getting an eVgo charger installed today: My guess is it will be a J1772/CHAdeMO DCFC/CCS DCFC unit like they have at the Grant Park location. It looks like they aren't free/cheap but hey it is another faster charging option inside the city. (It...

Just passing through Myrtle Creek Oregon on the 14th of July when we stumbled across this white Bolt with manufacture plates on it. We circled in our Model S and snapped a few photos. The driver just gave us a casual look. I must say it kept up with the flow of traffic. Not sure where it was...

Looks like the permit for the Bandon, OR Supercharger has been applied for. It's at 44 Michigan Ave NE, Bandon OR 97411. Looks like a Rite-Aid. Four stalls Full Text of the email that just went to the Northwest Tesla Owners Club Google group: bcd.oregon.gov Building Application Commercial...

I'm wondering if there would be any benefit for my Tesla charging customers for me to add a NEMA 14-50 outlet right next to our existing 'lobotomized' Blink station with the J1772. You're going to have to whip out your adapter bag either way so my question is more of an electrical current type...

Has anyone had a shop install the rear lighted emblem around the Puget Sound area? How much did it cost? Lighted Emblem for Tesla Model S I've had it sitting around for a few weeks now, I'm not sure when I'm going to be able to do it, so I figure I should find out what options are there for...

In my 30 years of parking cars at trailheads, I've only had one bad experience (a smash and grab break-in). Considering a short overnight trip (2 nights) where I would leave my X at a fairly busy (dozens of cars come and go each day), but remote (not one right off a highway) trailhead in the...

Interesting article on the Car and Driver web site regarding the West Coast Electric Highway. One thing I didn't realize is that CCS could overtake CHAdeMO. Electric Highway Project Charging Up Sales, If Not Cars

Can anyone recommend shops that have done great work wiring dash cams and applying XPEL to their Model X in the Seattle area? I just got my X last week and would like to do my "preventative" maintenance ASAP, but want to find someone reputable, reasonable, and high quality.

I don't know why I didn't post this much earlier but many of us are getting together at 11am on Sunday, July 10 at Alton Baker Park in Eugene, OR. I think some people are bringing coffee and treats. We will have our kids there running around in the grass.

Hello Fellow PNW Tesla Owners, Three of us who met on the TMC forums while we were waiting for our Model S's to arrive in March -- two from the Seattle area and one from the Portland area -- have been planning a casual get-together at the Centralia Supercharger to meet in person and swap new...

Come on Tesla, we're feeling a little unloved up here: Plugshare showing Superchargers, same zoom level, centered on Seattle: 2 Superchargers. And Portland: 8 Superchargers.

I love the recent expansion of the supercharger network along Hwy 101. I just wish that Tesla would place superchargers outside of city limits so day trips from out of towers would be more convenient. For example, when I travel to Portland and either stay overnight at a hotel without charging or...

I'm looking for an alternate route from Seattle area to Reno, as the Hwy 5 gets old after awhile. It's possible via Hwy 84 via Winnimucca if you include a roundabout way that includes Twin Falls ID and Elko, but cutting over from Boise to Winnimucca would be a lot shorter. It's 257 road miles...

Hey guys I am hoping to find some Eugene area owners to get to know. I am hoping to be a new owner of an MS in the next 6 months and going all the way to Portland to talk and check out a tesla isn't that convenient. I did a test drive last weekend but my wife was not able to make it and I would...

Had our 1 year service appointment today. Plugged the Seattle Service Center into the Nav (it did pull up the correct address) and began our trek northward. The route was bizarre from the very start, but only got more and more nonsensical as we got closer to our destination. The Nav kept...

More great info today from the PDXTesla group. It seems to be corroborated by the permits we've found for Seaside and Lincoln City. List of locations south to north: - Eureka, CA (open) Supercharger - Eureka (location confirmed, permitted) - Crescent City, CA (opening very soon) Supercharger...

Inspired by the today's find of the Seaside, OR supercharger, I did a search of Oregon's handy building permits database to see if there were others in progress on the Oregon coast and I found this for permit application 519-16--001698-ELEC submitted June 23rd and under review: That sounds...

From Taft on the PDXTesla Google group today: "Seaside Oregon Outlet mall Supercharger opens in 2 weeks! Just booked a hotel in the area and the hotel told me about it. I called the mall and made the girl go outside and describe what they look like to verify. Her exact description was "So...

Hey folks: Planning a trip up to Bend this August. Anyone have any idea if I can make it from the Bend SC to Crate Lake and back again on a single charge (250 rated miles in out MX P90D). I see there is a destination charger at the Lake, but I want to see if I can make the trip without being...

Any recommendations for long term parking a Tesla at PDX? (not worried about access to a charger) I am pricing out some airfares out of North Bend and PDX to O'Hare, and it's over $1000 less out of PDX. It's cheaper for us to drive up and stay at a nearby hotel at that price difference...

Electric Vehicles at Walla Walla Onion Festival This Sat/Sun, June 18-19 is the Walla Walla Onion Festival. The Mid-Columbia Electric Vehicle Association will be on hand to provide current information about EV's. It's from 9am-4pm downtown N 3rd Ave between Main & Rose. It would be nice to...

Saw something posted here: Service plans referencing WA residents can buy direct at a service center now. To clarify if I wanted to buy new and extend the 4 year 50,000 mile new car warranty is it possible to do that now being in WA?

Hi there - Will be spending a couple of days driving back and forth between Battle Ground and Vancouver (WA) next month. While it looks good charging up in Elmer's Restaurant 255 N Arney Rd Woodburn, OR 97071 before heading to Battle Ground - range is looking a little tight back and forth...

Just planning a road trip in July and the biggest stretch between SCs seem to be Burlington to Ellensburg for us. We will have a partially loaded 85D. Using the EV trip planner, we could be pushing our limit if we drive too fast (1vs 1.2). Anyone made that run or has some thoughts. Thx

Thinking about taking my wife to Ashland for a long weekend for our anniversary this summer. I see that the Plaza Inn is part of the Destination Charging program. Has anyone stayed there? Is it any good? How about proximity to the Shakespere Festival? Other ideas of where to stay? - TIA

8 stalls, 201 S Canyon St. West Yellowstone, Montana Now open: West Yellowstone Supercharger | Tesla Motors supercharge.info

Sounds like they are finally moving into the old Harley Davidson location on 20th. Does anyone know when they open for sure?

Anybody have recommendations for a shop in Portland that has experience with doing a full xpel wrap (including seat backs) on a model X? What were the ballpark rates?

I haven't seen any discussion of this here on the forum and has anyone gotten the sales tax they paid for their HPWC back? Incentive Programs: Deferrals, Exemptions, and Credits When I bought my HPWC from the Tesla website I got charged sales tax. I'm not sure where to send the form when I...

The Say When Casino on highway 95 in McDermitt, NV just installed a 15 kW J1772 charger, so with a 60-90 minute lunch break you can now get between the Boise and Winnemucca Superchargers (253 miles) without resorting to hypermiling techniques. Oregon just raised the speed limit on 95 to 70 mph...

I'm buds with a backhoe guy and today he helped pour a supercharger pad at the Clarion Inn in Pocatello. I'll drive over there tomorrow and get some pics. This is good news. I'll be able to decommission my HPWC in Chubbuck and move it to somewhere more useful. Maybe Kalispell, MT.

Planning a trip and will end up staying one night in Bend, OR. I will need to charge my Model S while there. I see three places with destination chargers: - Sunriver - Tetherow - Riverhouse Anyone with knowledge of the area care to make a recommendation? All three are roughly equally expensive...

Electric Car Incentives In Washington State Expanded To More Models It looks like the new bill goes into effect July 1, 2016 for the first $32k of an EV sale, which makes a lot more sense than the old bill that had no sales tax credit for any EV over $35K. There was a thread regarding this in...

Any Model X drivers interested in displaying your vehicle at the Chelan Earth Day Fair on Saturday 16 April in Chelan? We have plenty of haL2 charging (80A). Your would be joined by Model S and Model S D owners as well as a host of electrified machines including a 1982 Troy-Bilt Rototiller...

I have had 3 different people scrap my MS in parking garages and yesterday the worst one occurred and the lady left actually a note. No denting just scrapes to the aluminum. Any recommendations on a paint shop?

Hello Tesla Owners! I am working on setting up an EV day for Spring quarter. We put together these events for ENGR 111, Introduction to Engineering where students learn basic engineering analysis through hands-on projects. One of our projects is based on Electric Vehicles. Students perform...

It didn't take long for the brake calipers on my 2012 Model S to look faded and the non-braking part of the rotors to look rusty. ForMyTesla.com has a kit for painting these (Caliper Paint Kit – For My Tesla), but I don't want to do it myself. Any recommendations in the Puget Sound area?

Plug-In North Central Washington welcomes EV drivers to tour the fantastic geologic imprints left by the Ice Age Floods. Imagine a raging flood so powerful that towering waves studded with glacial icebergs toss giant boulders downstream like pebbles, and the landscape is irreversibly altered as...

Does anyone know what the current line conditions are like at either the Bellevue or Seattle location?

120 people in line at 6:30

My wife and I are going to be getting our Model X in the next month, and since we're new to the Tesla world, I wanted to get some recommendations for vendors we can talk to. Specifically: 1. We want to get an HPWC installed in our house. We live in the Green Lake/Wallingford area in Seattle -...

I placed a carbon fiber aftermarket spoiler on my Model S a while back, and it has since started to detach a little bit on one end. (just held on by double sided 3M tape). Does anyone know of a good Autobody or detailing shop in the greater SEATTLE area that they trust to reattach a spoiler or...