Canadian Superchargers

[Doug_G]

They emailed me.

 

[mknox]

Toronto Supercharger Grand Opening - Thursday Sept 4th 10am - 12pm. RSVP, etc.

Can't make it due to business travel, unfortunately.

Hmmm... there's a chance I could make that. Unfortunately no invite for me (yet)!

 

[iKhalid]

I got the email but I am out of the country :-(

 

[inottawa]

Knee deep in a project though I'd love to make the drive. I'll wait for the Cornwall opening.

 

[Steph_S]

I can not make the Toronto opening, either. Hope they plan another event in Cornwall.

 

[KenN]

Hmmm... there's a chance I could make that. Unfortunately no invite for me (yet)!

Invitation or not, anyone who arrives in a Tesla won't be turned away!

(Based on what I saw in Squamish)

 

[Doug_G]

Invitation or not, anyone who arrives in a Tesla won't be turned away!

I'd just drop them a line... here's the invite:

 

[RiverBrick]

Most recently installed Superchargers put maximum distance between paired connections. For example, an 8-stall Supercharger is typically laid out like this:

1A 2A 3A 4A 1B 2B 3B 4B​

Just to keep you on your toes, it appears the Cornwall site has gone back to the 3B, 3A, 2B, 2A, 1B, 1A system.

 

[Cosmacelf]

Hmmm... there's a chance I could make that. Unfortunately no invite for me (yet)!

You don't need no stinkin invite! Honestly, these SC opening are there for whoever wants to show up. Local Tesla rep and local politician say something brief while everyone munches on muffins. Or rather, in Canada, Timmy's coffee and donuts!

 

[Mayhemm]

1437 posts about Canadian Supercharges and still can't drive from Toronto to Montreal. Really now, what is the hold up?

Next rant: It's very exciting to see a supercharger in Toronto. Yet, it's really not that useful for a very large segment of Ontario owners. And Barrie? It's only 90 km from Toronto. Maybe something a little closer to Gravenhurst would make more sense.

I dropped in at the Yorkdale store. The reps there either don't know or aren't saying much about superchargers.

Frustrated.

Living in an area of the country with NO Superchargers (not even on the long-term map) for hundreds/thousands of kilometers, you'll forgive me if I roll my eyes at all the comments complaining about how inconvenient the Supercharger placement is?

 

[Depeche Mode]

Cornwall SC now open

 

[KenN]

You don't need no stinkin invite! Honestly, these SC opening are there for whoever wants to show up. Local Tesla rep and local politician say something brief while everyone munches on muffins. Or rather, in Canada, Timmy's coffee and donuts!

This.

The rsvp helps them know how many muffins to order, but maxing the number of Teslas for the local papers is top priority!

 

[mknox]

Living in an area of the country with NO Superchargers (not even on the long-term map) for hundreds/thousands of kilometers, you'll forgive me if I roll my eyes at all the comments complaining about how inconvenient the Supercharger placement is?

:crying: Fair enough!

 

[PoweredByRain]

To get max charge rate the charge has to be very low. The taper starts very early. Although it's still much faster than an HPWC!

It doesn't taper as quickly as he's reporting. That does not sound like full power to me. I would expect to see about 110 kW at 30% charged and 70 kW at 50% charged. He's reporting 37 kW (100A @ 367 V). I would not expect to see a power that low until past 80% charged.

(I have video of a couple of charging sessions, as a reference, in addition to personal experience at a couple of dozen Superchargers. I'm not just making these numbers up!)

- - - Updated - - -

Wow, back-to-back. Finally some stuff happening!

Yes, it's exciting. I'm going to have to visit Ontario again next summer. Presumably the I-90 route will be done by then. (I'm not going via southern California again!)

 

[Depeche Mode]

Yikes! that's tough news to read when Canada has only 3 SC for the whole country...

Tesla to build 400 charging points in China - Aug. 29, 2014

 

[zax123]

Yikes! that's tough news to read when Canada has only 3 SC for the whole country...

Tesla to build 400 charging points in China - Aug. 29, 2014

That article says Tesla has 200 charging points in China already ... not true?

 

[djp]

Yikes! that's tough news to read when Canada has only 3 SC for the whole country...

Tesla to build 400 charging points in China - Aug. 29, 2014

To be fair, it's 400 standard charging stations and 20 SuperChargers.

 

[Depeche Mode]

To be fair, it's 400 standard charging stations and 20 SuperChargers.

Still, (except for Sun Country Highway charging station, Circuit Électrique and Réseauver) Tesla is far behind schedule INCLUDING charging stations... the absence of even HPWC at the Montreal Dealership shows that «late in the party» situation...

It could be so easy (and cheap) for them to just have a partnership with a big retailer (Costco?) and install HPWC... I guarantee you that a lot of Canadian Tesla owners (and visitors from US) would be much happier and it'd take, at some extent, some pressure off their back...

 

[KenN]

That article says Tesla has 200 charging points in China already ... not true?

I think you'll find these are HPWC locations though, not supercharging

 

[rapoport3a]

I would expect to see about 110 kW at 30% charged and 70 kW at 50% charged. He's reporting 37 kW (100A @ 367 V). I would not expect to see a power that low until past 80% charged.

I agree, PoweredByRain. My figures are low. In coming weeks, I'll be trying this again and asking questions. But note I was charging between 44% (start) and 93% (stop), and we don't know whether an old version of the Superchargers has been installed, with lower output (although not that low, surely).