mspohr
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Great news! I'm planning to be there at the end of the month... hope it will be open by then.
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Supercharger - Albuquerque NM
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meteoritehunter
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Sure could have used that last week when I was on my trip from Arizona to Arkansas and back. It was a hard stop place where I had to spend two nights charging.
I'm headed in that direction next week- I guess I'll use the new Chademo's on the way to Indiana- and maybe it will be online on the way back later in the month.
Meteroitehunter- Any tips for the Tucson to OKC leg of my trip? I think I've finally decided to get to I-40 via PHX and Payson and not chance Tus, Globe, Showlow route. My friend has made it from Chandler to Holbrook twice now with plenty of spare range in his S85 driving the speed limit I think that will beat going I10-I17 to I40....
Meteroitehunter- Any tips for the Tucson to OKC leg of my trip? I think I've finally decided to get to I-40 via PHX and Payson and not chance Tus, Globe, Showlow route. My friend has made it from Chandler to Holbrook twice now with plenty of spare range in his S85 driving the speed limit I think that will beat going I10-I17 to I40....
iCAR
Member
Don't know for sure, but the Texas SC's will probably be built by licensed Texas contractors, not NM contractors.
The guys who built Shamrock, Texas were from Michigan. And they had just finished one in Missouri.
They did have ONE local guy there, standing around with his hands in his pockets, acting like he didn't know what they were up to.
Berkut
Member
That is Excellent news, thanks for finding out. - I will need to swing by as well and observe the progress.
And the news about LV starting is welcome as well. I'm needing to travel directly to Denver and puts me one step closer.
bluefuego
Member
Thanks for the info! No ChaDeMo adapter; I will either charge at my father's house or stay at the Sheraton which has an HPWC (40amp though). Or if I stay at the HI Express, maybe I can convince them to let me 'test' it out for them?
Polly Wog
Member
iCAR
Member
thanks for posting the picture:smile:
I will be returning to Arizona in a few days, so maybe someone local Albuquerque can post updates and pictures until this SC is operating. Thanks
tinm
2020 Model S LR+ Owner
Great to see construction has begun in Albuquerque! A SuperCharger there is really going to do wonders for wandering around NM.
Now if only Tesla could get the auto dealers to back off and allow the legislature to permit Tesla to open some service centers in NM starting with Albuquerque!
Now if only Tesla could get the auto dealers to back off and allow the legislature to permit Tesla to open some service centers in NM starting with Albuquerque!
AlbertOnMars
Member
tinm
2020 Model S LR+ Owner
Nope. As a resident of New Mexico, it's infuriating. Earliest the law can be changed is 2016. Likelihood of that is... who knows?
AlbertOnMars
Member
Well, it looks like we'll have to wait until 2017 before the possibility of Tesla selling cars in Texas can be brought to the table again.
Come on up to Denver, Colorado. You can visit the one showroom, and test drive a Tesla S P85D. Don't worry guys, New Mexico & Texas will soon wake up. You can still buy a Model S online. They can't stop you from registering the car in your state. Soon there will be Tesla automobiles everywhere, and NM & Texas will have to enter the 21st century. I'm waiting for the Trinidad, CO to open, then I can visit my Dad in Belen, NM from Denver.
tinm
2020 Model S LR+ Owner
Not to derail this topic which is about the ABQ supercharger... but understand that the issue isn't about sales, which is what everyone focuses on (including the media) when a state controlled by its local auto dealer association bans Tesla from doing business. Sales schmales. You're right, just order online, no big deal. It is *service* that matters. And when service is banned in an entire state, especially for an American car, it creates owner frustration.
But I digress. Back to the ABQ supercharger, the opening of which will only help matters in New Mexico.
But I digress. Back to the ABQ supercharger, the opening of which will only help matters in New Mexico.
Polly Wog
Member
New pictures of the Albuquerque Supercharger site, taken today. Despite scattered thunderstorms in the Albuquerque area the last several days, progress is being made.
If anybody crosses paths with the construction crew, see if they have any intel on Trinidad, CO or Amarillo, TX
iCAR
Member
I spoke to them again Monday afternoon and they said their company has bids in for Las Vegas and Denton, TX, but we didn't discuss any other locations. He did say that they have built SC's in other states, and the contract decisions are a complicated process with Tesla. The award for LV is expected this week.
AlbertOnMars
Member
Spoke briefly with the workers today. There will be a total of 6 charging bays. Four on the south side and 2 on the east side of he southeast corner of the Applebee's restaurant parking lot on Menaul Blvd.
They were super nice, very friendly and excited to talk about their work. So great to see young people with good jobs and excited to do them.
Yahoo!
Maybe I'll get to see some Tesla's soon. My poor neck is getting a cramp from twisting around looking for them in traffic here! What a relief!
They were super nice, very friendly and excited to talk about their work. So great to see young people with good jobs and excited to do them.
Yahoo!
Maybe I'll get to see some Tesla's soon. My poor neck is getting a cramp from twisting around looking for them in traffic here! What a relief!
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