I am sad to tell you that you will be waiting a very long time for any of those places to see a SpC.I'd love one in Sarasota, and Gainesville and Jacksonville!
all three places are served buy SpCs that are less than 50 miles away.
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I am sad to tell you that you will be waiting a very long time for any of those places to see a SpC.I'd love one in Sarasota, and Gainesville and Jacksonville!
I'm not so certain. Sarasota and Jacksonville are both very densely populated with visitors from the frigid North, among others.I am sad to tell you that you will be waiting a very long time for any of those places to see a SpC.
all three places are served buy SpCs that are less than 50 miles away.
regarding JAX, neither SpC to the north or south has in my experience ever been overwhelmed.I'm not so certain. Sarasota and Jacksonville are both very densely populated with visitors from the frigid North, among others.
Jacksonville is bracketed by Kingsland and St Augustine, of course, but both are likely to be overwhelmed during peak times, and there are more of those as the fleet grows.
You're correct today, I agree. Even Plantation is only crowded on weekend midday in season today. I'm thinking out another year when there will be ~double the in service Tesla population that exists today. The Supercharger expansions and new locations are all about demand at least 12 months out and also critical long-distance travel gaps, regardless of local visitor demand. I will not suggest my opinions are correct, but I hope they're at least informed.regarding JAX, neither SpC to the north or south has in my experience ever been overwhelmed.
the only location here in FLA where I've noted crowding is the Plantation SpC and I agree that the S. FLA area could use more SpC capacity.
Like you noted the places mentioned would be fill in locations and with the need for new locations and expansion of many locations that are being overwhelmed I think filling in at places mentioned while would be nice but are probably not high on the priority list of where to locate expansion of the SpC network.
Hi JC,Seriously, the South East Coast now has both Fort Myers and Naples. It is past time for somewhere in the middle of Miami-Dade. When and where? I'm hoping we'll find out soon.
FWIW: the JAX service center would be a good location, just a bit more than a mile off of I95.Hi JC,
Yes, I agree in a perfect world the Miami area should probably be next. It looks like Tesla knows the importance of the Miami region since, as was discussed in posting #6, there appears to be two Miami pins in the map.
After the Miami area is addressed we would probably have basic statewide coverage. Then Tesla should be entering into what I like to call the backfilling phase by placing new Supercharger Stations splitting the distance between existing stations off of major interstate highways. This is going to be needed to keep up with an exponential growth in Teslas on the road.
As near as anyone can tell by looking at the map, the other "Coming in 2017" pins on the map generally appear to be in good locations. Sarasota, Gainsville and Jacksonville have shopping malls located right off of I-75 and I-95 that would also be in suitable locations.
Larry
As I stated up thread, I agree that there are other more pressing locations, particularly Miami. However, as Tesla enters into the "backfilling" phase of Supercharger roll-out, at some point placing a station in Gainesville nicely splits the distance between Ocala and Lake City.There's no need for one in Gainesville at present. Ocala and Lake City are plenty close for travelers on 75. Tesla needs to hit areas of NEED first.
if you arrive at a SvC with a SpC needing a charge, go in and ask them to make one available to you, they usually will accommodate you.If the West Palm Beach Supercharger is any indication of what to expect you do not want one at a service center. The service center and delivery team tie them up during business hours charging cars in for service or new car deliveries. I really can't blame them as it is so convenient. However, that leaves the chargers near capacity and the cars all have FL plates or no plates at all. Granted, you could probably walk in to the store and ask for one to be moved in a pinch but that is not exactly convenient.
if you arrive at a SvC with a SpC needing a charge, go in and ask them to make one available to you, they usually will accommodate you.
For members of the Tesla Florida facebook group, someone posted in there a pic of a trench being dug for a future supercharger station and claimed that it would be the 2nd most southern supercharger. This would put it north of Marathon and south of Plantation. People asked if this was in Key Largo, where OP lives and he replied no. OP works for an engineering firm but not Tesla. Join the group and take a look: Facebook
Personally, I think it's in Florida City or Homestead not far from the Turnpike.
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Personally, I think it's in Florida City or Homestead not far from the Turnpike.
This bewilders me a bit. It really is not needed for people who charge at Plantation on their way south, and does nothing for all the winter people and cruise, Miami-area visitors or cruise ship people. It's pointless for Key West because at 45mph one does have giant range. It's outstanding for all the dozens of people who go to the Southern Everglades and/or the Fruit and Spice Park as destinations.Supercharge.info has added a Construction marker in Florida City.
This bewilders me a bit. It really is not needed for people who charge at Plantation on their way south, and does nothing for all the winter people and cruise, Miami-area visitors or cruise ship people. It's pointless for Key West because at 45mph one does have giant range. It's outstanding for all the dozens of people who go to the Southern Everglades and/or the Fruit and Spice Park as destinations.
I hope there is to be one somewhere near where all the visitors are.