I've found that the percent remaining on arrival at the bottom of the turning popup is just as effective as the trip graph and doesn't take up screen space the way the trip graph does. It also warns you if you need to slow down to make your destination. Because it's dynamic, it recalculates continually. A good plan is that if there is bad weather, start slow and speed up once you have built up a reserve. Example: charge to 20% remaining, drive slower until the reserve reaches, say, 25% or 30%, then speed up so that you reach the destination with the original 20%. This method allows for errors (like taking a wrong turn).
Can anyone confirm whether the Chademo at HyVee is turned on or not? I'm going NE to MN soon and it'd be nice to have available. Neither ChargePoint nor Plugshare seem to say, that I could find anyway. (they do show a Chademo 'coming soon' to a Kum & Go.)
You should be fine as long as it is not snowing and rainy. If you are part of the Tesla Owners Club Nebraska there is a free CHAdeMO adapter that you can borrow for trips.
Drove by the Kum & Go last week Saturday and it was no further along than the pictures I posted in PlugShare.
It's not live on chargepoint yet but it has to be close it was built/complete a long time ago (4+ weeks).
It looks like the Greenlots charger is now open at Kum & Go. At least that’s according to Greenlots and PlugShare. I don’t live in Sioux City so I can’t confirm that. But I sure hope it’s true since I have to go to Sioux City this weekend.
You need the greenlots app in most cases, sometimes if they are in testing phase you can just activate it but I wouldn't bank on that. Actually i looked at greenlots, its' in payment testing phase and it costs .25 cents per hour so you do need the app. I doubt the card readers at the charger are working yet. I also would never count on them, problematic.
I can now confirm that there is a working DC charger at Kum & Go in Sioux City. As advertised, it has 2 CCS and 2 CHAdeMO chargers. Since Teslas only work with CHAdeMO chargers right now (with the $450 adapter), that’s what I had to use. I charged from 54% to 90%. Got a max of 45 kW (CHAdeMO is limited to 50kW). On a Model 3 LR, that came out to 191 mi/hr. It costs $0.25/hr. It’s no supercharger, but it’s still way faster than an AC charger. If you’re lucky enough to be able to use CCS, you’ll be able to charge at 150 kW. I used the Greenlots app to start the charge. I preloaded $10.00 on my account when I downloaded the app, which will last me a long time if they keep the price at $0.25/hr. I added a few photos. I also updated PlugShare with the photos.
Awesome! Just ordered the adapter as well. I thought someone said the .25 and hour was an introductory rate.
Well, dang! Good to know, thanks for the info. I hadn’t bought a Chademo but I guess if this is the best option for Sioux City right now, might as well
It has a card reader. But I don’t know if that’s for some sort of Greenlots card or if you can use a credit card. I used the Greenlots app, which was easy enough. I just opened the app and typed in the station ID. Then it started charging. The only trouble I ran into was getting the CHAdeMO plug to fit into the Tesla CHAdeMO adapter. It REALLY did not want to connect. I’m not sure if the issue is just that both adapters were new, if the Tesla adapter is made a bit tighter than it should be, or if I did something wrong. I got it connected eventually, but it was very difficult. As for the PlugShare app, it’s on there, I promise! It’s probably an issue of your filter settings. Make sure CHAdeMO isn’t filtered out in your settings. There are probably a few other settings that could prevent you from seeing it as well.
Actually, I guess you can pay with a credit card. You can find more info about that here: https://www.midamericanenergy.com/electric-vehicle-fast-charge-network-faqs
aha, sure enough you were right, the app wasn’t set to show CHAdeMO. I changed that and now I see it!
Nice to have this until Tesla gets their act together. It'll cut 120 miles off each MN to NE round trip. Also nice to be able to use CC. Just for the record, since there are at least 5 K&G's in SC, this the one at 1005 Gordon Dr, Sioux City, IA 51101, USA. Thanks for checking and posting.
Does anybody know if the new Charge Point DC charger is up and running at the South Sioux City Hy-Vee? Charge Point just started showing it the other day, but it says “No Status.” The weird thing is, it also says that the charger has been used multiple times since 10-29-2020. I’d love for this one to be up and running. I’ll be going to Sioux City again soon, and having a second DC charger in the area so that I have a backup would be comforting!