A dig ticket has been filed on behalf of Tesla for placing electric to charging stations. The site is the Quik Star on Isaac Newton near the 30/35 interchange. Couldn’t find a building permit so hopefully someone can check this out in person.
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Supercharger - Ames, IA
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Ooh.
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A helper on I-35, and splitting the largest gap on US-30.
@Guacahummus @Big Earl @corywright
Blue cone?
A helper on I-35, and splitting the largest gap on US-30.
Ames, IA
Host Type: Gas Station
Host: Kwik Star
Along Primary Interstates: I-35
Along US Numbered Highways (<=5mi): US-30
Along Auxiliary Interstates: None
I-35
From: Des Moines, IA - 28.4 miles
To: Dows, IA (v2) - 50.3 miles
Diversion: 2.4 miles
From: West Des Moines, IA (v2) - 41.3 miles
To: Albert Lea - Happy Trails Lane, MN (v2) - 120.3 miles
US-30
From: Kearney, NE - 330.4 miles
To: Cedar Rapids, IA - 103.7 miles
Diversion: 0.7 miles
From: Gothenburg, NE (v2) - 389.4 miles
To: Oswego, IL - 285.2 miles
Adds another Iowa V3 on I-35, which is a splitter of the largest gap on US-30, which will reduce the largest gap to 330.4 miles.
Host Type: Gas Station
Host: Kwik Star
Along Primary Interstates: I-35
Along US Numbered Highways (<=5mi): US-30
Along Auxiliary Interstates: None
I-35
From: Des Moines, IA - 28.4 miles
To: Dows, IA (v2) - 50.3 miles
Diversion: 2.4 miles
From: West Des Moines, IA (v2) - 41.3 miles
To: Albert Lea - Happy Trails Lane, MN (v2) - 120.3 miles
US-30
From: Kearney, NE - 330.4 miles
To: Cedar Rapids, IA - 103.7 miles
Diversion: 0.7 miles
From: Gothenburg, NE (v2) - 389.4 miles
To: Oswego, IL - 285.2 miles
Adds another Iowa V3 on I-35, which is a splitter of the largest gap on US-30, which will reduce the largest gap to 330.4 miles.
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It’s at the Kwik Star. This is notable in that this would be the first in Iowa and 2nd location for parent corporation Kwik Trip, HQ in LaCrosse,WI. The first location being the recently opened Johnson Creek, WI. SuC.
BTW it's Kwik Star. Kwik Trip (Wisconsin) and Quik Trip (Oklahoma) are different companies and this is Kwik Trip. They use the name Kwik Star in some states to differentiate themselves from Quik Trip. There's a Quik Trip across the road from this gas station.
Thanks. I think I tried that and got weird autocorrect too many times and stopped fighting it.
Yes! That’s exciting. Just across the street from the Kum & Go I suggested to Tesla for the first round of supercharger voting.
This is the perfect location for a supercharger in Ames. Great access to both highways. Highway 30 is the primary road into town for students and sports events. This site is also far enough away from campus to avoid vandalism issues if VEISHEA ever returns.
I’ll make a lot of use of this location.
This is the perfect location for a supercharger in Ames. Great access to both highways. Highway 30 is the primary road into town for students and sports events. This site is also far enough away from campus to avoid vandalism issues if VEISHEA ever returns.
I’ll make a lot of use of this location.
The picture above shows what appear to be prefabricated V3 units. It's possible that they'll install MagicDocks, but we won't know that until they open.
Coming from another direction I suspect I'll be utilizing this one as well headed your direction. From Omaha, Dows is a stretch in anything but optimal weather conditions. It will be nice to be able to get beyond Des Moines in sub-optimal conditions for me. And headed back it would be the same for as it is for you allowing me to skip Dows if I chose to.
Pretty slim on the V4 like @Big Earl said given the photo. And I'd say slim as well on the magic dock as well... They're not all that common on new installs Furthermore, Tesla is having less of an incentive to do it going forward with everyone shifting to NACS. Plus at this location specifically, the Kum & Go across the street already has two CCS stations.
Updated pictures as of this morning. Getting closer.
I think Osceola, IA (I-35, US-34, US-69) would be the priority of those, since Bethany, MO is only a 6-stall V2.
But Clear Lake, IA (I-35, US-18) and Cameron, MO (I-35, US-36) would also help V3-ify I-35 as well as improving the West-East travel on US Numbered Highways. Cameron, MO is on the route between Lincoln, NE and Springfield, IL or Indianapolis, IN.
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