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Least-used supercharger?
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Used the DeFuniack Springs FL SC on the afternoon of the11th Oct2017 on a visit to Rosemary Beach.
Doing a 'splash and dash' as the 'Destination Charging' provided in the Pergalo parking area that I had built was 115VAC@15A before the days of EV.
The SC were pull in type from the North on 10th Street . Be carefull pulling in as the kerb is low and sharp don't damage your tires or rims with your butt sticking out slightly as road markings were ??
The SCs are of the new lit variety and worked well , handles got a bit warm but then the ambient temp was 92 deg F.
The White pickup truck that is visible on Google Earth was parked there on the vacant lot.
There is an unlit attractions billboard to the right.
The DeFuniack Springs Hotel ( est 1903 ) was being renovated.
Doing a 'splash and dash' as the 'Destination Charging' provided in the Pergalo parking area that I had built was 115VAC@15A before the days of EV.
The SC were pull in type from the North on 10th Street . Be carefull pulling in as the kerb is low and sharp don't damage your tires or rims with your butt sticking out slightly as road markings were ??
The SCs are of the new lit variety and worked well , handles got a bit warm but then the ambient temp was 92 deg F.
The White pickup truck that is visible on Google Earth was parked there on the vacant lot.
There is an unlit attractions billboard to the right.
The DeFuniack Springs Hotel ( est 1903 ) was being renovated.
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Well, I don't know about the least used Tesla Superchargers, but I sure can tell you about the most crowded ones. They're all in the Los Angeles area on weekends. We had to wait at least 30 minutes at 11:30 pm one Saturday night at the Burbank SC. It was even worse at the SC in Santa Ana and Buena Park during the middle of the day on Sundays.
I offer Fort MacLeod, Alberta. For the moment the only reliable way to get there is going south from Calgary. There were 2967 people living there according to the 2010 census and the only notable item of interest, for us anyway, is the McBride Lake Wind farm a few km away which has a 75 megawatt capacity.
Sometime this place may link south to I-15 thence to Butte but that will require at least one other location along the way, maybe two.
In the meantime I wager Fort MacLeod is the indisputable least-used Supercharger in North America.
Given my humility, I'll offer no odds, but I will make the wager.
Sometime this place may link south to I-15 thence to Butte but that will require at least one other location along the way, maybe two.
In the meantime I wager Fort MacLeod is the indisputable least-used Supercharger in North America.
Given my humility, I'll offer no odds, but I will make the wager.
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I used that one coming up north from Idaho. But had to overnight in Fernie first to get there from Coeur d'Alene. I see Fernie listed in the future supercharger list, so that might help improve access to Ft. McLeod
I made the link from Fort MacLeod to Missoula by overnighting at the Red Lion in Kalispell. Fun little trip through Glacier National Park was included as well.
Was there enough range to make some side trips when going from Kalispell to Ft Macleod?
Reviving this old thread. Based on (lack of) recent plugshare checkins, I'll nominate Tonopah, NV. Maybe Nevadans don't use plugshare, but no check-ins since October, 2019: PlugShare - Find Electric Vehicle Charging Locations Near You
Lusk, Ft MacLeod, Wausau, and even Farmington each have several plugshare checkins from 2020...
Any other nominations?
Lusk, Ft MacLeod, Wausau, and even Farmington each have several plugshare checkins from 2020...
Any other nominations?
I think that is getting to be almost a counter indicator. I never check in on Superchargers on Plugshare anymore because there is so much redundancy and great reliability that I don't feel it's much of a question anymore to even need to reassure people that they are working, like I would with a single plug J1772 station that can be really iffy.
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We've charged there a couple times and it's been half full. I remember talking to the family in the Model S next to us last time. That's the one in the same parking lot with the big Casino, right?
For BerTX: I'm staying with my nomination of Shamrock Texas for least used. The Nevada ones have lots of Los Angeles to Las Vegas traffic. How about that one with the Big Eddie or whatever-- took forever to find the men's room.
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They do offer something in that direction at the design HQ, in Hawthorne California-- the big chart on the wall near the front door shows the most-used superchargers in the world--
We'll have to check that out. Is it as good as Wickenburg Arizona? That was awesome. I can't think of a way that it could have been better. Have you been to that one?
Well yes and no. No because Duluth is on route into Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Not everyone knows about the UP. What a grand piece of America-- unspoiled and beautiful, or at least it was in the mid 1980s when I was last there (In Marquette at Northern Michigan University).
I'd like to go there again with the wife but the supercharger layout has not been there last time I checked---
When I hear people say that they want to go to Europe, or go to Hawaii, I always ask if they've seen the canyons of Utah, and the clear quiet landscape of the Upper Peninsula in Northern Michigan.
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Marathon is almost always used by people traveling to the Florida Keys. It never will be among the most heavily used, but it is always used. FWIW Marathon is among the rare breeds of Superchargers since it was funded by Florida Tesla Enthusiasts. Most of the use is from people who travel from the Miami area to Key West. Key West has no Supercharger yet, but has plentiful overnight charging options, which is really all one needs since Key West is, by definition, a destination.
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Welcome back, Vern!
I want to see the UP some time before I push up daisies, but I understand the mosquitoes are about the size of crows. (Yes, physically impossible for winged hexapods, but allow me some prosaic license.)
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