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Michigan Superchargers (location speculation, discussion)
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Bay City/Saginaw SC: Not sure if this is the right place for this. I'm from Toronto, but often drive up to Gaylord to see my daughter and grandchildren. Without that planned charger in Bay City it is not practical to go there in my Tesla. Is there a big need in Michigan to have an SC half way between Detroit and the Mackinaw Bridge?
It would be a big deal to me.
It would be a big deal to me.
@biker ... Actually it is the right place for this discussion
See the last few posts from the Cadillac thread: Supercharger - Cadillac, MI - Page 11
See the last few posts from the Cadillac thread: Supercharger - Cadillac, MI - Page 11
The 2016 plan is:
Bay City / Saginaw
Port Huron
Lansing
Traverse City
Grayling
Ludington
As far as how big of a need, I do not know. However, that's Tesla's Plan (which is always subject to change). Keep in mind, Tesla executed their last 7 month Michigan roll out on time (and as planned). So, if the next 9 month go according to plan, you'll be able to Super Charge on your way to Gaylord.
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But that is all for sometime next year ...
RogerHScott
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Visited this SC yesterday. Good meal at Deet's. No other cars when we arrived; one other car
charging when we left. The SC itself is not super-easy to find in the cast Meijer parking lot.
Yep, the Ann Arbor location is great for people. (No Tesla yet, but grew up and live here).
In the Meijer parking lot there is a Starbucks, Texas Roadhouse, Five Guys, Pancheros. Within walking distance (under 10 minutes) there's a McDonald's, Best Buy (actually a whole shopping complex where bestbuy is), a local breakfast/pancake place, and a Outback Steakhouse.
In the Meijer parking lot there is a Starbucks, Texas Roadhouse, Five Guys, Pancheros. Within walking distance (under 10 minutes) there's a McDonald's, Best Buy (actually a whole shopping complex where bestbuy is), a local breakfast/pancake place, and a Outback Steakhouse.
With 2016 drawing to a close, they have officially moved the locations they didn't get to this year to the 2017 map. The northern Michigan marker has moved from what looked like Gaylord before to its proper location in Grayling, and Battle Creek has been added as well. The random mid-Michigan locations have been removed.
dhcp
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I grew up in Michigan and kinda want to drive there just to see what it's like to go to a Supercharger with no other cars in it. That's unimaginable here in California, we get excited when we are the only one waiting in line!
RogerHScott
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RogerHScott
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Can that be zoomed in upon? At that scale it is pretty hard to make out specific locations, and if you ask for the list you just get current locations, not 2017.
@roger, in the advertising world, that graphic would be called a "serving suggestion".
Although Tesla would like to cover the kind of range you see in the chart with new chargers, specific locations have not yet been negotiated with property owners, city permits applied for, or any of the other details that go along with an implementation.
Although Tesla would like to cover the kind of range you see in the chart with new chargers, specific locations have not yet been negotiated with property owners, city permits applied for, or any of the other details that go along with an implementation.
I went to high school in Michigan. A few months ago I went back to see if anything had changed since >50 years ago. Some things had changed.
Mine was the only Tesla I saw anywhere near the then new Port Huron Supercharger. As I came over the bridge into Michigan the US Immigration guy spent five minutes grilling me about my Tesla, not a problem since nobody was waiting and I was not in a hurry. Later I charged at the Dearborn City Hall (several free stalls, working very well at 240/30). Nobody else was charging when I arrived, nobody when I left. Then I parked at the Henry Ford Museum, whereupon three people started asking about my Tesla. I was surprised but never more so than when another Model S parked beside me. Later when I left there was a third Model S sitting beside us both.
With all the Michiganders discussing their Teslas I actually expected to see more of them. I did not go back to visit my own childhood area but I'll wager it is all ICE there (South Central, about 30 miles from Angola Supercharger and about 20 from the upcoming Battle Creek Supercharger).
I know this is slightly OT, but I suspect many of us former Michiganders will bring out Teslas back to visit as the infrastructure develops. Now, if we all can get the crazy laws changed!
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