Supercharger - Asheville, NC - 4 South Tunnel Road

[MarcoRP]

Thanks to Mike from CyberOwners on Twitter for finding a new Supercharger location in Asheville at the Whole Foods (4 S Tunnel Rd). The permit was filed today per the city's Accela database. Woot!

CyberOwners (Mike@) on Twitter

 

[mechrock]

This is a great location, I'll try and post updates as I see them in our local club.

 

[Rogue Synapse]

I'm excited about this one. Mike is the man.

 

[DavidAsheville]

This is good to hear!

 

[davidk2213]

Why would they not put this on the i-40 corridor? Seems like if you traveling down the i-40 both superchargers are quite out the way.

 

[Rogue Synapse]

That is a good point. It is about 2 miles up I-240 off of 40, so I-40 through-travelers still don’t have the best options. Similar to the existing supercharger on I-26, which is also about a 2-mile detour from I-40 on the west side of town.

 

[jbcarioca]

I'm thrilled about this one. I suspect fairly few Tesla drivers tend to pass Asheville without stopping. Perhaps that is just because like Asheville as a destination so much!
Still the new one is better located for my preferences, especially because it is so much faster.

 

[ChrisC]

For the record, the Asheville permit numbers are 21-00849 (for "site work") and 21-00846 (for "accessory structure"). The latter one shows that it was updated yesterday (10-Feb) but I don't know how. FYI these can be seen by going here:

https://dev-simplicity.ashevillenc....l&id=227822&entities=undefined&entity=address

... and then selecting "Development" and "List View". Note also that the permitted address is Suite 100 at 4 S Tunnel Road (presumably the Whole Foods itself) , or "4 100 S Tunnel Rd" as the Asheville system calls it.

 

[MarcoRP]

CyberOwners (Mike@) on Twitter

Location specifics (in the north end of the parking lot)

Edit: here is the T-1 sheet (with edits from the building department)

 

[Rogue Synapse]

It’s not really front and center to the busiest part of the shopping center on the Whole Foods side; it’s kind of tucked away in the back. So, it’s perfect.

 

[Rogue Synapse]

Actually Mike pointed out that it’s close to all the restaurants in the shopping center, so it’s not exactly tucked in the back. Regardless, it’s in a less-often-packed part of the parking lot.

 

[Rogue Synapse]

They’ve broken ground as of 4/14. Moving quickly.

 

[eladts]

@Chuq @MarcoRP @corywright Please update the location on supercharge.info to 35.584234, -82.523932.

 

[trekkie]

i hope this one is easier to get to on the I40 drive by than the other one is, it easily added 45m to my trip getting on/off 40 to get to that outlet mall (Christmas 2019). That was the only location I was not overly thrilled about in our 2200 mile round trip in our X before the world stopped.

 

[theothertom]

i hope this one is easier to get to on the I40 drive by than the other one is, it easily added 45m to my trip getting on/off 40 to get to that outlet mall (Christmas 2019). That was the only location I was not overly thrilled about in our 2200 mile round trip in our X before the world stopped.

Looks like it's about 3.5 miles (10 minutes with traffic) off I-40

 

[scottf200]

i hope this one is easier to get to on the I40 drive by than the other one is, it easily added 45m to my trip getting on/off 40 to get to that outlet mall (Christmas 2019). That was the only location I was not overly thrilled about in our 2200 mile round trip in our X before the world stopped.

Did you try a general navigation with a FROM and TO locations even in Google maps and add the new one supercharger as a waypoint (35.584234,-82.523932) along that route to see?

A quick test I did from Canton to Black Mountain shows picking either one as a waypoint to be about the same distance and time.

 

[theothertom]

A quick test I did from Canton to Black Mountain shows picking either one as a waypoint to be about the same distance and time.

I realize you are replying to @trekkie but I did a google maps "search" from I-40 to the new charger. That's how I got the 3.5 miles/10 minutes. I did not do a search from I-40 to the "old" charger.

 

[scottf200]

I realize you are replying to @trekkie but I did a google maps "search" from I-40 to the new charger. That's how I got the 3.5 miles/10 minutes. I did not do a search from I-40 to the "old" charger.

No worries. I was curious about this as I've made similar comparisons when they added the new Supercharger in east Lousiville KY.

Here were my two test. It doesn't get much closer of a comparisons it seems.

I would guess if someone were on I-40 and then went either north or south on 26 there would be advantages. Just going thru the area on I-40 does not appear to have advantages from the below .... oh wait ... there may be a difference just because one is v2 (150 kW max) and the other is v3 (250 kW max) which I never considered.

FYI, waypoint below start off as 35.584234,-82.523932 and Google maps changed it to the address below.

 

[MarcoRP]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1385066284996571138

 

[trekkie]

My question was more traffic related, wasn't clear on that sorry. Distance is not a big deal if you don't sit at the I40 exit for 25m. It was a Sunday mid day, so was just surprised at how hard it was to get off I40/Onto the other road, and into the mall.