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Supercharger - Elizabethtown, KY
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nogajim
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M3BlueGeorgia
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Unfortunately, Tesla's published plans for Superchargers are aspirational. And can take years to be built out.
Keep track of actual construction of Superchargers on www.supercharge.info
For example: Tesla have a new location in Louisville under construction near junction of I-71 and I-265, just a couple blocks from the Ford plant.
Keep track of actual construction of Superchargers on www.supercharge.info
For example: Tesla have a new location in Louisville under construction near junction of I-71 and I-265, just a couple blocks from the Ford plant.
nogajim
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Supercharge.info mostly gets news from here. I check the Southeast region here first. The construction in Louisville could be a good sign, since they tend to cluster in regions when installing. I tried searching Hardin County permits, but you need to know a street.
jdeskins
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I was looking forward to a supercharger in Elizabethtown to top off before getting on Bluegrass Pkwy to Lexington. I still get a little range anxiety on the Bowling Green to Lexington segment during the winter months.
EnrgyNDpndnce
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Wow, that’s disappointing. I no longer live in KY, but when I did the Lexington to Bowling Green drive was definitely anxiety inducing in the winter. Of course that was during my first few months of ownership, maybe now I wouldn’t mind so much.
On the plus side, it seems Tesla has updated the “coming soon” locations with more accurate info. Listing Q1 or Q2 on many 2021 locations and showing 2022 on others. Keep them coming Tesla!
That is sad. Bowling Green is bad enough 15 minutes (at best) and 4.5 mile detour. And another 20+ minutes for 7.3 miles in Louisville. Compounded with the extra slow Supercharging now on 2013's, I drove the 4x4 truck last two times.
South side of Indianapolis is nice, as is Athens, AL.
I have family that we visit in Kentucky and it's like an EV wasteland. I have to travel from near the Kuttawa SC all the way to Elizabethtown and back. Even with my P100D, it can be a challenging drive in the winter. At least Elizabethtown has ChargePoint and some 14-50 plugs provided by the city. When I visit family in Madisonville, I have literally no options available beyond a 110 plug.
You should check out Arkansas. The EV population is pretty small in these parts of the country. But the few owners that are in those areas are pretty big promotors to friends and family.
The thing that seems so unfortunate about it to me, is these are also the populations that don't travel much. Over the past 20 years when my wife and I would go on road trips outside of Arkansas it was extremely rare to see other Arkansas cars. I actually remember many of the times we'd see them because it was so significant. So if they're not going far from home, they're ideal candidates for EVs.
scottf200
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We can suggest it on Tesla’s website.
Charging Partners | Tesla
Location? SpringHill Suites Elizabethtown
Open Charge Map - Browse Charging Locations
MediumFidelity
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When we drove through heading to TN, I did note a few "Coal keeps the lights on" license plates.
Will do, one in Elizabethtown, KY would be nice.
Tesla is in the unique position to see the location of every car, it's SoC, when/where/how they charge. It'd be fun to work on a SC planning tool with that data.
scottf200
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Thanks.
I hear what you are saying. For roadtrippers, they may take different routes because SCs are missing in 'good' locations so that would have to be taken into account.
M3BlueGeorgia
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Seems unlikely that Tesla will be adding one in E'town anytime soon.
The new Supercharger (not yet available) in South Louisville at I-65 and I-265 is only 107 miles from Bowling Green, so bisecting that unlikely to be a priority.
7 months later, it's back on the map. Estimated Q2, 2022.
Over in the Beaver Dam KY thread:
Soooo somebody should do another round of digging into local construction permits, to see if you can find the location. I see there's a Target store in the area but it's kind of far from I-65.
Ignore the map marker on Tesla's website (as seen above), because the markers for the future sites are always just dropped at the municipality center. Obviously it will be located closer to the nearest interstate highway.
Soooo somebody should do another round of digging into local construction permits, to see if you can find the location. I see there's a Target store in the area but it's kind of far from I-65.
Ignore the map marker on Tesla's website (as seen above), because the markers for the future sites are always just dropped at the municipality center. Obviously it will be located closer to the nearest interstate highway.
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Wow. Right off I-65. It will be great being able to bypass Bowling Green, at which the Supercharger location and abilities just plainly suck
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