I-90 - Completing the West
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Bighorn
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I tried to confirm that on a map, which is easier said than done. That's why I said "fairly good" re: my wife's knowledge of geography. She works with folks in missions in both Superior and St. Regis and they interact a lot with various tribes. If that's the case, I'd continue to lobby for St. Regis.
Here is the best online map I could find of Montana's reservations.
http://www.montanatribes.org/learning_activities/images/09TrTerrMap1100.jpg
I used the Montana Official State Highway Map to determine St Regis is not on the reservation.
http://www.montanatribes.org/learning_activities/images/09TrTerrMap1100.jpg
I used the Montana Official State Highway Map to determine St Regis is not on the reservation.
Cottonwood
Roadster#433, Model S#S37
The Tesla Motor club wiki shows Superior MT as the potential mid-point Between CdA and Missoula. The report is that a contractor reported losing a bid for that location. Probably should update post #1 to reflect that.
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Thanks for the comments. I updated the table to account for:
The Superior vs. St. Regis discussion is interesting. I concur with St. Regis viewpoint, but I don’t mind driving a few miles to charge before heading to West Glacier. The time lost to access Superior is less than in some other urban locations where there is dense traffic.
The project to get I-90 connected seems to be looking very good and continues to progress very well. Thanks Tesla.
Thanks for the comments. I updated the table to account for:
- Reported location in Superior (DrGuest)
- Improved readability now locations are firm
The Superior vs. St. Regis discussion is interesting. I concur with St. Regis viewpoint, but I don’t mind driving a few miles to charge before heading to West Glacier. The time lost to access Superior is less than in some other urban locations where there is dense traffic.
The project to get I-90 connected seems to be looking very good and continues to progress very well. Thanks Tesla.
ISTM it's a question of both time and range. Superior is 14 miles from St. Regis, so allowing for getting on and off the freeway you're looking at 25-30 minutes extra. What advantage does Superior have that makes such a detour worthwhile? And then there's the range issue - putting the SC in St. Regis means that Tesla has the option of putting an SC either in Kalispell, which is probably where it would need to be from Superior, or moving it north to Columbia Falls or even West Glacier.
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Updated table to indicate completion of Bozeman and Big Timber.
3 Complete and 6 to go. Looking Good. Thanks Tesla.
Updated table to indicate completion of Bozeman and Big Timber.
3 Complete and 6 to go. Looking Good. Thanks Tesla.
Cottonwood
Roadster#433, Model S#S37
With an equal voice for: SHR,GCC! SHR,GCC! SHR,GCC!
By the way, I think that you mean COE! COE! COE! :wink:
CDA is for Caledonia County, Vermont. See CDA - Caledonia County Airport - AirNav
Forgot about all the pilots on here. Should have used CdA instead so as to not confuse them. I used to do PAE to S09 (Hot Springs, MT) occasionally and stopped at COE once for fuel.
Cottonwood
Roadster#433, Model S#S37
You know, although it makes as little sense to not put an SC in Coeur d'Alene as it does to put one in Superior instead of St. Regis, if you were unconcerned about intersections you could put a single SC between Ritzville and Missoula, at Kellogg or maybe even Wallace. Kellogg is the exact midpoint, and even at 15 deg. F. EV Trip Planner says you can make it with 20-30 miles of RR to spare in a 60. Note that I am very definitely not recommending that they skip Coeur d'Alene - one really bad SC location decision on this route already is one too many
Table on page 1 was updated. The Butte news is very exciting. Bighorn is going to checking on Sheridan for a similar development. That leaves finding the new location in Coeur d'Alene and finding more details on Gillette. It looks like we can start planning a Supercharger only trip to Chicago anytime now.
It could be horse race to see if the I-90 gap is filled prior to the I-70 gap. If the I-90 route is done before I-70 midwest gap, someone from the NW should set out to beat Tesla's winter cross country crossing record from last winter. The route will now be direct, and significantly shorter. Determining how to plan the shortest the charging times would be an interesting challenge.
It could be horse race to see if the I-90 gap is filled prior to the I-70 gap. If the I-90 route is done before I-70 midwest gap, someone from the NW should set out to beat Tesla's winter cross country crossing record from last winter. The route will now be direct, and significantly shorter. Determining how to plan the shortest the charging times would be an interesting challenge.
Bighorn
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I just checked and Sheridan does not have any signs of a build yet. With Superior and Butte on deck, Gillette or Sheridan now becomes the golden spike. Superior to Ritzville is 226 RM and 238 returning--not ideal, but doable in good conditions. We have owners in Sheridan and Gillette, so reconnaissance should be excellent going forward. Contemplating testing the Sheridan to Seattle spur over Thanksgiving.
Cottonwood
Roadster#433, Model S#S37
Send your recommendation to [email protected].
At the very least, Tesla should get Silver Mountain Resort on the destination charging program. What better way to pass the time during some L2 charging than taking a few runs down the mountain? Do you have any contacts at Silver Mountain or the Tesla Seattle Service Center to whom you could make a recommendation?
The supercharger page has one more SC between Billings where I90 heading east makes a right angle turn at Hardin and heads south toward Sheridan. Looks like it may be at about the intersection of I90 and US 212 heading east. Has either Bighorn or DrGuest detected any Tesla building activity in that "neck of the woods?" Anyone live around there??
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