Eastern Canada Superchargers

[wayner]

They also have to tell their snow clearing contractors to not build up a bank in front of the SuperChargers like they did in Woodstock last year. I had to back up onto the snow bank to get the cord to reach.

 

[SmartElectric]

Tricky parking at the Barrie SC last Friday night. Feathered the canoe between the sign and the stall

Excellent! Love the pictures! Reminds me of when the kids were young and we took our canoe out to the speed river in Guelph on a regular basis.

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They will allow towing on X and here's how they build some stalls to address this

Hey, I know that supercharger, it was on the way to New York right? We stopped there on our first Tesla road trip (three days into ownership we did 2500 km)...

 

[mknox]

They will allow towing on X and here's how they build some stalls to address this:

I like the idea of nose-in or, even better, pull through stalls, but my understanding is that they are not common or encouraged in northern areas due to snow clearing concerns.

 

[kbeckley]

They will allow towing on X and here's how they build some stalls to address this:

Cool. To allow towing they will be retrofitting a whole bunch of SCs. Perhaps they will only need one or two stalls to be retrofitted per SC.

 

[wolfpet]

Hey, I know that supercharger, it was on the way to New York right? We stopped there on our first Tesla road trip (three days into ownership we did 2500 km)...

Yup. We repeated the same trip 2 weeks after yours.

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... they are not common or encouraged in northern areas due to snow clearing concerns.

Good point about the snow removal. Not sure how this will be addressed. I've seen a few like this on my way to NYC

 

[Doug_G]

When Tesla first started deploying Superchargers that drive-through arrangement was apparently the default plan. I got in touch and let them know it would be a big problem for snow removal. Of course they didn't listen but I'm guessing they got a lot of feedback from property managers since then, as the back-in style now seem to be the default.

One minor disadvantage Tesla has is being located California - they understand they have to operate in the colder climates, but many employees have no practical understanding of the challenges. Detroit of course doesn't have that issue, though it has many others!

 

[RiverBrick]

Even in the North, if the spots are in a corner you should be able to have at least one front-first slot per installation without hampering snow removal.

 

[HAL8950]

Ah, okay. I guess the app is picking up this information from Tesla. I think that marker for the Waterloo store is new on the Tesla "Find Us" map too.

EDIT: Upon closer examination of the ConnecTT app, I see that the Stores have the red icon with the T logo and Superchargers have the red icon with a lightning bolt icon. Must have missed that distinction earlier!

Is this Waterloo Store location still showing in the App? The Marsland building would be a strange place for a Tesla Store as well

 

[mknox]

Is this Waterloo Store location still showing in the App? The Marsland building would be a strange place for a Tesla Store as well

Still on the Tesla site as of this morning:

 

[PoweredByRain]

When Tesla first started deploying Superchargers that drive-through arrangement was apparently the default plan. I got in touch and let them know it would be a big problem for snow removal. Of course they didn't listen but I'm guessing they got a lot of feedback from property managers since then, as the back-in style now seem to be the default.

However it came about, I am glad that the default is back-in. The single drive-in stall on the end is fine, and drive-through would be ok, but in my view the multiple drive-in slots are really unpleasant. Especially when angled, e.g. Cheyenne, WY.

 

[Judge Advocate]

Even in the North, if the spots are in a corner you should be able to have at least one front-first slot per installation without hampering snow removal.

Snow? All this talk about snow. What is snow exactly?
Something I should be aware of in the future?

 

[Peter_M]

Still on the Tesla site as of this morning:

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This is just how they indicate that there is a person stationed in a city without an actual Tesla location. They have to pick some location to get it on the map, so they put it somewhere central in the city. It's the same in Ottawa, where they have a person here but no Tesla location.

 

[iKhalid]

This is just how they indicate that there is a person stationed in a city without an actual Tesla location. They have to pick some location to get it on the map, so they put it somewhere central in the city. It's the same in Ottawa, where they have a person here but no Tesla location.

But at least I would pick the city hall in Ottawa, not uOttawa's residence .

 

[NeedWatts]

I wouldn't say the Ottawa location is central in the city. He was operating out of a hotel in the west end when I had my test drive. Great location though and a well planned out demo route.

 

[Peter_M]

I wouldn't say the Ottawa location is central in the city. He was operating out of a hotel in the west end when I had my test drive. Great location though and a well planned out demo route.

My point was that there is no Tesla location in Ottawa but they had to put the pin somewhere on the map, so they randomly picked some spot near the middle of the city. And the guy in Ottawa is actually living downtown now (not where the pin is), although he goes wherever he needs to for test drives etc., including the Brookstreet Hotel sometimes.

 

[Joe90]

At best they will have a booth in a shopping mall, as is the case in Place Ste-Foy in Québec City.

 

[mrElbe]

The two defunct Barrie chargers are back in business. Tesla service replaced both signal cables.

 

[Mayhemm]

The Quebec store is a temporary stand in a shopping center (Model S on display in the hallway). The others could just be office space where you can meet and have a test drive by appointment. Don't expect to be able to find an HPWC to charge or accessories for sale at these locations.

This is common when Tesla has determined an area worthy of a store but has not yet secured property. When I first started scoping out Model S in October 2013, the Vancouver "store" was a tiny office in a Burrard St. tower. It had only a desk, copy machine, and a bunch of Tesla paraphernalia (adapters, brochures, etc) scattered around. The test vehicle was stored in another location.

 

[Judge Advocate]

Perhaps yet another thread to be made as Tesla Stores don't fall into the SC category much like the Chademo chargers didn't either.
A new category by itself on "Canadian Tesla Stores and Service Centres" might be a good idea?

 

[Judge Advocate]

Heading up to Huntsville Monday. I expect to charge for 30 minutes in Barrie, while having breakfast. Hopefully there is a breakfast place there at the SC.
It looks as though I should be able to make the round trip back home with a charge in Barrie without having to plug in to a Sun country charger say at the Best Western there.
Anyone else done this route from Toronto?
What am I saying, geez, of course you have, otherwise there would be little need for the Barrie SC.