Agreed! Either that or they need to add a supercharger in the Belleville and/or Brockville area to offset usage in Kingston.
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Agreed! Either that or they need to add a supercharger in the Belleville and/or Brockville area to offset usage in Kingston.
So the fact that there were murmurings of an Ottawa site, and nothing has happened, makes me think they had negotiated a site and then it fell through. This has happened elsewhere - probably not that uncommon. At this point I really doubt that we'll have a Supercharger in 2016.
That has happened with a fair number of sites that are still shown on the 2016 list. I'm sure they'll soon relable this the 2017 and most of them and many other will suddenly appear. It is hard to imagine Ottawa will not be on that list. That said a couple of Superchargers mysteriously opened before there were official stated plans, if posts on TMC have been accurate.
Selfish me says Belleville because I own a property there which I visit monthly. But Brockville is probably better as it is closer to Ottawa where there is no charger.
AlbertaNetZero
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Lex
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Napanee it is then, works for me
Or Brockville for better spacing... but Ottawa is at least as important IMHO.
SSD420
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Duckjybe
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It is?
See you there on the thanksgiving weekend!!!
I'll be there!
Yeah! Finally!
(Now - the PlugShare Listing needs updating/Fixing! It looks like a private addition, not one that Tesla Motors entered the data for!) - Actually there is that listing - shown as restricted, and This Listing - shown as Public, but both look like private listings, not the company one!
Peter_M
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As of this evening, the Kingston supercharger still has only 4 out of 6 stalls working. 1A has no cable and the TESLA lights are out; 2A has lights on and the button pops the charge port open, but the car says "Check charger power" when you connect it. The other 4 are working. I called Tesla and they said they'd let the supercharger team know, but I expect they already know and just haven't fixed it yet.
Phillip L
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Are you serious? Please give an example. I am not even trying to be smart here. I just find it incredible, even for Tesla with their history of delays, to be that slow in repairing a SC.
hingisfan
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Lawrence had at least one stall down for over 8 months, and that's at a service centre. I think they are all working now.
RedP85+
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I have used the Kingston Supercharger almost ten times and been the only one there except twice when there was one other car. Lawrence is the only charger that always has lots of cars but the service center is always using several spots.
Duckjybe
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RedP85+
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In all fairness, of the the five or more times that I went there, this is the first time any were down.
I spoke with Tesla on a recent road trip in the US and found (along with my experience) that individual stalls could go a long time without being repaired. Tesla's amiably supplied list of SCh stalls on part of my trip that were non-functional or functioning at well below rated kW was long. It was also inaccurate.
Here's hoping that slow repairs speed up, at least as more cars need the SChs.
Here's hoping that slow repairs speed up, at least as more cars need the SChs.
Phillip L
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With all the ev's coming in a few years with good range, Tesla's real advantage is the SC network. This will be their "edge" and they really need to keep it up. If this sort of thing becomes the norm, then they are in trouble long term. Now to be devil's advocate, they must be going full out to get the model 3 out in time. If there is trouble with the 3 that is a disaster. So I can see where their priorities lay.
SSD420
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I have found that using non-tesla charging stations throughout the province, although pretty life saving, quite dreadful.
Non-Superchargers just take way too long to charge. Just these passed couple of weeks, I can recall taking several 2-4 hour forced naps when charging just to get home. Don't get me wrong, this isn't always the norm, but I do a ton of driving. More superchargers are needed.
I don't even bother trying to go to the Lawrence SC during the day.
For my home charger, I did the upgraded amperage on my MX. When I'm at the cottage and see 5+ hours to charge (to 90%) I just cringe.
Winter is coming. This will be my first winter with an EV. My range anxiety is definitely back, full force.
Non-Superchargers just take way too long to charge. Just these passed couple of weeks, I can recall taking several 2-4 hour forced naps when charging just to get home. Don't get me wrong, this isn't always the norm, but I do a ton of driving. More superchargers are needed.
I don't even bother trying to go to the Lawrence SC during the day.
For my home charger, I did the upgraded amperage on my MX. When I'm at the cottage and see 5+ hours to charge (to 90%) I just cringe.
Winter is coming. This will be my first winter with an EV. My range anxiety is definitely back, full force.
SSD420
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I took delivery of my 90D MX on July 8th. My car has been at the SC twice (3 times as of this Thursday), so you can take about 2-3 weeks off of me not using my car) and I'm already at aproximately 13,000 km.
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