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Duluth and Brainerd Superchargers just got pushed back to 2015, big bummer. They were listed as 2014.
That's excellent, my parents live in Duluth so it would be great to have more charging options when we take a trip up there. Would you mind sharing what the proposed locations are?I do have some good news to report for some of MN. There should be 4 HPWCs going in the NE part of the state. I have been working with Tesla to help get these chargers out into the wild and it has been very nice.
That's excellent, my parents live in Duluth so it would be great to have more charging options when we take a trip up there. Would you mind sharing what the proposed locations are?
Yup, and The Depot has a charger as well, at least according to plugshare. Both of these would be emergency stop overs for me as my folks live close to Two Harbors and that's a bit of a stretch for my 60 coming from the Eau Claire SCer, if the temp dips below the 40's. Would love to have access to a HPWC in Duluth to get a top up since, I believe, all of the current chargers are 30A J1772's.The Holiday Inn in Duluth has a charging station. That was one of my first road trips, actually!
That's great news, thanks for your hard work on this and make sure you post on any progress moving forward.I am still working to figure out the exact locations, but the towns are going to be Duluth (Canal Park), Ely (this is 100% solid, a hotel on the main drag), Grand Marais and Virgina.
I have also been contacting campgrounds that have hookups to put them on Plugshare. Right now, the NE does not have a single plug on Plugshare, not even a 110v, outside of Duluth. I have made it my mission to change that. A lot of the campgrounds are along the very rural roads, such as the Gunflint Trail and Hwy. 1, just where they would be needed.
With HPWC's in the "major" towns/arteries, and a few rural campgrounds on board with 14-50's, the NE will be really well covered.
I feel it is important to have good saturation in this area because of the long camping trips people do (vampire) and the extreme cold weather that can occur.
Thunder Bay ON has a 90 amp charger, so the Grand Marias HPWC will help to bridge the gap between Duluth and Thunder Bay, 190 miles, could even be tough even in an 85 if it is very cold.
If anybody happens to have connections in Duluth, Grand Marais or Virginia, please let me know. In each town I have a good business that is strongly considering hosting an HPWC, but I really want to get these set in stone ASAP.
Yup, and The Depot has a charger as well, at least according to plugshare. Both of these would be emergency stop overs for me as my folks live close to Two Harbors and that's a bit of a stretch for my 60 coming from the Eau Claire SCer, if the temp dips below the 40's. Would love to have access to a HPWC in Duluth to get a top up since, I believe, all of the current chargers are 30A J1772's.
Are and Xcel customers here using a second meter or Time of Day Plan for charging? With the Time of Day plan you basically pay 17cents/kwh from 9a to 9p and 2cents/kwh from 9p to 9a. I am getting solar, so if my solar is worth 17cents/kwh (because it would essentially all be generated from 9a to 9p) I would be sitting in great position. I am not sure if that is the case however.
Are and Xcel customers here using a second meter or Time of Day Plan for charging? With the Time of Day plan you basically pay 17cents/kwh from 9a to 9p and 2cents/kwh from 9p to 9a. I am getting solar, so if my solar is worth 17cents/kwh (because it would essentially all be generated from 9a to 9p) I would be sitting in great position. I am not sure if that is the case however.
I'm in Minneapolis on Xcel, I have an an electric heating/cooling system (ground source heat pump) with the attendant savings. I have heard that I can't also use EV charging at the discounted rate. Does anyone know if this is true?
Xcel pays us 4c/kWh for overproduction.
We have a Sharp/Enphase 9.5kW solar array on top of the house that yields about 60kWh on clear sunny days and averages 34kWh/day if you annualize it. We did the analysis and the "Time of Day" metering isn't going to help us unless we put in a battery for storing excess power we generate during the day. Also staying on fixed rate.
Hi AMN, what is your average monthly use in Kwh? Thanks