Hello everyone,
I had brought up the idea of crowd funding a SCH100 EV Charging station in Grand Falls-Windsor (GFW) to help making travelling across the island of Newfoundland a little easier. If you check our PlugShare you will see a large gap of chargers between Deer Lake and Gander. There is a SCH charger located 20 minutes west of GFW however it is located at the River Front Chalets Resort. It is a low amperage charger and not convenient for trying to get across the island as fast as possible. It would be more ideal if we could charge at 80 A closer to restaurants and shopping districts than at a chalet resort with just a bunch of cabins.
We are proposing to raise $6,000 to pay for the SCH100 unit and to help with any installation costs above what Sun Country Highway is willing to pay. They have indicated they are willing to pay for installing the unit. We want this to be on a 240V, 80A supply so that Tesla's with the high AC charging option can charger as fast as possible. Currently, SCH chargers on the island are typically 205 V because of being installed in a facility with three-phase and limited to 68-70A. If possible we would like to get the installation to provide the full 80A and 240V to get the fastest charging. There may be extra installation charges for this which we would like to be abel to cover if SCH won't. If we find out that this would be cost prohibitive, we will just settle for whatever high amperage charging we can get.
We have two locations in GFW as proposed locations. One near the Town Hall and the other near the Superstore on Cromer Ave. If we can get close to our crowd funding target we will then approach SCH and the potential sponsors to proceed. However, we thought we would first see how many pledges we can collect to confirm how much money we could raise.
There are currently two Tesla Model S and soon to be a Model X here on the island that would be able to take advantage of this charger. In addition, several Model S (and hopefully soon Model X owners) come from away to visit NL. Having this charger would make the experience of travelling across this beautiful island much easier especially for tourists. Over the last two summers we were aware of at least 15-25 Model S owners making a visit to the island and hopefully this number will increase overtime.
We have started a Google Docs Spreadsheet to collect pledges. If you are willing to contribute to the installation of this charger, please visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19_cVk1_3yG4C-VKhI5aeSNx5w5id5iYRSbdMO-LnGwM/edit?usp=sharing and add your Username and amount willing to contribute to the list.
We are open to comments, concerns, advice on this topic to ensure the highest probability of success. Thank you for your consideration and we would love to meet any TMC members if they come to NL anytime in the future!
Cheers!
Joshua Green
I had brought up the idea of crowd funding a SCH100 EV Charging station in Grand Falls-Windsor (GFW) to help making travelling across the island of Newfoundland a little easier. If you check our PlugShare you will see a large gap of chargers between Deer Lake and Gander. There is a SCH charger located 20 minutes west of GFW however it is located at the River Front Chalets Resort. It is a low amperage charger and not convenient for trying to get across the island as fast as possible. It would be more ideal if we could charge at 80 A closer to restaurants and shopping districts than at a chalet resort with just a bunch of cabins.
We are proposing to raise $6,000 to pay for the SCH100 unit and to help with any installation costs above what Sun Country Highway is willing to pay. They have indicated they are willing to pay for installing the unit. We want this to be on a 240V, 80A supply so that Tesla's with the high AC charging option can charger as fast as possible. Currently, SCH chargers on the island are typically 205 V because of being installed in a facility with three-phase and limited to 68-70A. If possible we would like to get the installation to provide the full 80A and 240V to get the fastest charging. There may be extra installation charges for this which we would like to be abel to cover if SCH won't. If we find out that this would be cost prohibitive, we will just settle for whatever high amperage charging we can get.
We have two locations in GFW as proposed locations. One near the Town Hall and the other near the Superstore on Cromer Ave. If we can get close to our crowd funding target we will then approach SCH and the potential sponsors to proceed. However, we thought we would first see how many pledges we can collect to confirm how much money we could raise.
There are currently two Tesla Model S and soon to be a Model X here on the island that would be able to take advantage of this charger. In addition, several Model S (and hopefully soon Model X owners) come from away to visit NL. Having this charger would make the experience of travelling across this beautiful island much easier especially for tourists. Over the last two summers we were aware of at least 15-25 Model S owners making a visit to the island and hopefully this number will increase overtime.
We have started a Google Docs Spreadsheet to collect pledges. If you are willing to contribute to the installation of this charger, please visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19_cVk1_3yG4C-VKhI5aeSNx5w5id5iYRSbdMO-LnGwM/edit?usp=sharing and add your Username and amount willing to contribute to the list.
We are open to comments, concerns, advice on this topic to ensure the highest probability of success. Thank you for your consideration and we would love to meet any TMC members if they come to NL anytime in the future!
Cheers!
Joshua Green