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Supercharger - Aberdeen, MD
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Rlkoffman
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Passing through more states than any other interstate corridor, I-95 is this countries longest north-south interstate, one of the most heavily trafficked through ways, and not to mention, my daily bane--THANK YOU, Tesla!
paulkva
part of the supercharge.info dev team
So clearly we all need to favor Maryland House over the Delaware superchargers for the first year they're open.
In all seriousness, this is indeed great news. While Newark doesn't need pressure taken off of it at the moment, Maryland House (and hopefully Chesapeake House too!) will be a rather important backup in case there's ever another outage at Newark like there was not too long ago. That, and ... Model 3 is coming.
Thanks for the sleuthing and reporting as always, @Lanny !
Rlkoffman
Member
Of course the looming infrastructure question is, will Elon ultimately allow Porsche, perhaps others, access to the SC network?
rickrickrick
Member
Lanny, thanks for tracking this down!
I am excited that I may be able to skip Woodbridge on future trips south.
I am excited that I may be able to skip Woodbridge on future trips south.
jdo
Member
It's true that putting SCs at Maryland House, Chesapeake House, and Laurel is overkill this (still relatively) early in the Supercharger game, and that there is greater need to have one SC at 270 than to have four between DC and Dover. However, it's also true that Telsa doesn't get to choose unilaterally what goes up where and when, and has to take advantage of the opportunities when they occur.
In fact, once Maryland and Chesapeake Houses are open, Laurel will become almost completely superfluous for long-distance travelers. It's a little bit of a pain to get to, and who's going to want to negotiate that traffic when you can just take an access road directly off the Interstate?
vdiv
Chief Grump
Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves, neither the Chesapeake nor Maryland rest areas are reality yet (and may never be). Hell, even Laurel is still not on. While I-270 serves many commuters, I-95 serves a lot of long distance drivers all over the East Coast and the power-out incident with Newark, DE showed that we do need geo-redundancy in the charging network, not to mention increased capacity.
Of course the looming infrastructure question is, will Elon ultimately allow Porsche, perhaps others, access to the SC network?
Will he? Technically, he did - two years ago. He "opened" all patents relating to Tesla and the Supercharger network in 2014. In Elon's words, "Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology."
There was rumors of talks with a few manufacturers over the years, but that was it. The manufacturers are idiots if they don't (At least eventually) take Elon up on this offer. The network has been built out already. They should really standardize on the SC network technology and make this happen.
Why the sad face? If other manufacturers join in, the SpC will grow at a faster pace.Of course the looming infrastructure question is, will Elon ultimately allow Porsche, perhaps others, access to the SC network?
Wasn't one of the requirements that the manufacturer build out enough SpCs to cover their usage proportionally? If several other manufacturers join in, imagine the supercharger density/build-out that will happen.
Xenius
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mikeash
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The "Permit" status on supercharge.info seems to be more of a catch-all status for any location that's planned but not yet under construction. I don't think there needs to actually be a permit issued yet, it's just that a filed permit is usually the first indication of a new Supercharger location being planned. I've seen a couple of other locations go up as "Permit" when it was based on other information instead.
Joer293
MODEL X P100DL
Of course the looming infrastructure question is, will Elon ultimately allow Porsche, perhaps others, access to the SC network?
The answer is yes, if they abide by Tesla's lifestyle quality standards. I recall reading BMW and Chevy saying the reason they said no, was that Tesla won't negotiate lower kw charging speeds. The car must be capable of charging at speeds over 50kw or so. The cars also can not be built to require charging more than 30 minutes for X number of miles. Bmw and Chevy said that faster charging in the vehicle would raise the cost to much. Nissan Leaf is capable, but they already have a good history with Chademo networks. Ford said no to Tesla, until it becomes a universal standard, backed by standards bodies.
decrypt
Member
Great location! I regularly visit Bel Air and will certainly use this station from time to time. Any update, news, or evidence of construction beginning here? Mid-October is rapidly approaching.
This and Laurel mean never having to stop in Bethesda again. Maybe those really irate calls I made to Tesla HQ when both Tesla stalls were occupied and I waited OVER AN HOUR for some idiot in the mall to come out and move their car. And I wasn't the only one screaming at HQ. I'm happy that these are coming. but still annoyed that the Bethesda disaster has persisted for years.
jdo
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