Looking at the expansion/redundancy of freeway travel supercharging location in WA compared to OR is a little surprising though.
I would have expected one to show up between The Dalles and Kennewick (Boardman), and maybe between The Dalles and Portland since The Dalles is only a five spot location.
We’ll have four between Kennewick and Seattle now (not counting the Kennewick or downtown Seattle one!) and four between Kennewick and Tacoma. Yet only one between Kennewick and Portland, which is roughly the same distance. I-84 also is probably the primary route to get to Idaho area, maybe northern Utah, and eastern Washington, so I would assume it’s fairly frequently traveled just like I-82 in WA.
Then I’m a little surprised there isn’t one between Eugene and Grants Pass, because from what I recall, the Grants Pass location can get full at times, right? Then maybe one south of Salem, but that would be probably just a bonus.
I feel like WA really has a build out that’s giving multiple options to charge along those high traffic routes to allow shorter charges (to take advantage of the faster low SOC rates) or to avoid crowding, rather then making new routes passable [at least not the primary focus of these new SC].
Those 3 superchargers I mentioned for OR would add a lot of extra options along I-84 and I-5. Would help a lot of cars only charge from 20% to 60% (during peak SC speeds), and give alternative locations when one site is packed. Three chargers when WA has had like seven break ground this year. Just seems a little odd to me (especially with OR’s EV friendly incentives). Certainly not complaining about WA (except for no Yakima!), but I’m going to get spoiled up here so when I do Tri Cities to Portland and HAVE to stop at the only supercharger along the route (5 spot) to make it. Worse when I return home and will have to do up to 80 or 90% on my SR+ at the Dalles location (30+ minute stop).