Eastern Canada Superchargers

[rapoport3a]

Thanks for the photos! All decked out in their finest, wanting to say "You'll get a charge out of us"…it would be good to know the opening date when known.

 

[Phillip L]

So if Tesla is finally building SC's in the Great white North again, with the nicely placed Port Hope location, does anyone know the history of the Canadian SC buildouts in the past to be able to tell me if one can expect any further work, like on the mythical Riviere du Loup location? Or does it tend to be a one and done?

 

[Doug_G]

So far it's come in small bursts of activity.

That said, they've mostly built out the stations that they're indicating on the current map. So I wouldn't expect much of a burst.

 

[RiverBrick]

I don't expect anymore new construction until Spring, but I could be wrong, particularly if they find a covered location.

 

[wolfpet]

I'm not expecting much, but I'm happy with what we have now, with PH addition. With the weak buck the sales are probably down so there is not a lot of business reason to invest here right now. But things change.

 

[vandacca]

I'm not expecting much, but I'm happy with what we have now, with PH addition. With the weak buck the sales are probably down so there is not a lot of business reason to invest here right now. But things change.

I would argue the opposite (because that's what I like to do). With the weak buck, everything in Canada is a bargain, so Tesla should be investing heavily now, so that their US Dollar investments can go further.

Elon, are you listening???

 

[wayner]

I imagine most of the SC hardware, just like a Tesla, is priced in USDs so it will go up as our dollar goes down. But they will save on labour.

 

[TytanX]

Port hope is open! I'm super charging as I type this. Lights were on so I thought I'd check it out.

 

[zax123]

Does that mean a supercharging station was completely built from scratch and made live in 6 days? Or did we just not know the construction had started until 6 days ago? Cuz 6 days would be INSANE no?

 

[Doug_G]

AWESOME!!! We'll be visiting it in a few days! My open-the-day-after curse has ended.

And no, they didn't do it that fast. "We" just didn't discover it until 6 days before opening. Most of the work had already been completed.

 

[iKhalid]

AWESOME!!! We'll be visiting it in a few days! My open-the-day-after curse has ended.

And no, they didn't do it that fast. "We" just didn't discover it until 6 days before opening. Most of the work had already been completed.

Obviously because I left Canada yesterday. I got the curse now!

 

[ecodrive]

AWESOME!!! We'll be visiting it in a few days! My open-the-day-after curse has ended.

And no, they didn't do it that fast. "We" just didn't discover it until 6 days before opening. Most of the work had already been completed.

This is FABULOUS pre-holiday news, I mean the Port Hope opening - thanks TytanX.
(and yes also at last the end of Doug's long-suffering, perfectly mismatched travel schedule syndrome...)

I feel this achievement FINALLY represents Tesla's completion of
an "all-seasons-comfortably-usable" SCh implementation for us all
for the core Montreal-Toronto-Windsor and Montreal-Toronto-Buffalo corridors
= certainly a very major (Eastern) Canadian milestone to celebrate!

 

[Forty Creek]

Fantastic news! This is a key location and it's up and ready for holiday travellers!
Congrats Doug on shaking off the curse.

 

[Jaff]

Excellent news...thanks for letting us know TytanX!

 

[sitter_k]

This is FABULOUS pre-holiday news, I mean the Port Hope opening - thanks TytanX.
(and yes also at last the end of Doug's long-suffering, perfectly mismatched travel schedule syndrome...)

I feel this achievement FINALLY represents Tesla's completion of
an "all-seasons-comfortably-usable" SCh implementation for us all
for the core Montreal-Toronto-Windsor and Montreal-Toronto-Buffalo corridors
= certainly a very major (Eastern) Canadian milestone to celebrate!

Another one west of Toronto would be nice but yes all the must have sc are in place now!

 

[Aussie Bob]

Great news. We will be able to use it once we return from Australia.

 

[Peter_M]

Port Hope is now listed on the website and in the car.

 

[Doug_G]

Good stuff. This is going to save me a lot of time on my upcoming trip. Great to see the 401 network finally coming together.

 

[Judge Advocate]

Great news. We will be able to use it once we return from Australia.

Me too, I'm in Sydney , Australia for the holidays and can't wait to be able to bypass the horribly placed Lawrence SC.

 

[PoweredByRain]

I feel this achievement FINALLY represents Tesla's completion of
an "all-seasons-comfortably-usable" SCh implementation for us all
for the core Montreal-Toronto-Windsor and Montreal-Toronto-Buffalo corridors
= certainly a very major (Eastern) Canadian milestone to celebrate!

Well said.

We may complain a lot about the lack of speed of installations in Canada, but I truly believe that Tesla's network will expand to serve all of Canada eventually. Including Vancouver Island. I'm not going to argue against Toronto-Montreal being the first priority.

I think we should all stop to think about what Tesla is doing: they are building a network completely funded by car sales. EV sales are still very low compared to the "mainstream" market, and without Tesla there would be no long-range EVs. Elon may promise too much at times, but his company's achievement is remarkable.

Meanwhile almost all the other car companies out there are content to do "business as usual", which includes spending on the order of $500 per car in advertising. I would far rather that the car company I'm buying from put money toward infrastructure which supports use of the car than spend it on advertising.