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Saw there was a 22 mile traffic jam leaving Vegas. How is Baker Supercharger holding up?
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This is some Yogi Bera-esque logic at work here.I would think traffic jam means no one is getting there and ones there have charged and left.
"Nobody goes to the beach any more. It's too crowded."
I would think traffic jam means no one is getting there and ones there have charged and left.
How bad was your SOC?... we were driving on I-40 from Kingman, AZ to San Clemente, CA.
I was expecting to charge at either Yermo or Barstow
but our SOC was getting low so the GPS diverted us to Baker which was more than an hour out of our way.
Next time I make this drive, I'm going to top off at Needles
and avoid a slow drive on a two-lane Kellbaker Road to Baker and I-15.
Just an FYI on I40 it’s a slight uphill and kills battery pretty quick ..I was surprised coming this way in my X .. I had to nurse it to yermo..and I have a 100 battDid you really were not able to have the extra 12 to 15 miles of range to go to Yermo instead of Baker
We visited the Baker SC on September 10th. This is an enormous location most of it covered by a roof made out of solar panels. Food options are limited nearby with a small Jersey Mike's and just a few outside tables and chairs. Way not enough to serve the potential Tesla's charging there not to mention that it's a gas station for ICE cars. We had no problems. But, we were driving on I-40 from Kingman, AZ to San Clemente, CA. I was expecting to charge at either Yermo or Barstow but our SOC was getting low so the GPS diverted us to Baker which was more than an hour out of our way. Next time I make this drive, I'm going to top off at Needles and avoid a slow drive on a two-lane Kellbaker Road to Baker and I-15.
Sounds like a crappy diversion, but I actually love those 2-lane desert roads in the Mojave. You weren't the first Tesla to drive the Kelbaker Road! The old depot in Kelso is worth checking out if you have time.We visited the Baker SC on September 10th. This is an enormous location most of it covered by a roof made out of solar panels. Food options are limited nearby with a small Jersey Mike's and just a few outside tables and chairs. Way not enough to serve the potential Tesla's charging there not to mention that it's a gas station for ICE cars. We had no problems. But, we were driving on I-40 from Kingman, AZ to San Clemente, CA. I was expecting to charge at either Yermo or Barstow but our SOC was getting low so the GPS diverted us to Baker which was more than an hour out of our way. Next time I make this drive, I'm going to top off at Needles and avoid a slow drive on a two-lane Kellbaker Road to Baker and I-15.
Yermo is 1,000 ft higher than Baker, so the difference isn't trivial. Also, I-15 isn't going to be busy on a Thursday.How bad was your SOC?
Looking a Google Map:
Needles to Baker: 121 miles / 1 h 55 mn (I-40) or 124 miles / 2 h 1 mn (US-95)
Needles to Yermo: 136 miles / 2 h 9 mn (I-40)
Needles to Baker then Baker to Yermo: 173 miles / 2 h 41 mn
Did you really were not able to have the extra 12 to 15 miles of range to go to Yermo instead of Baker?
You made then a detour of 37 miles and (at least) 32 minutes of extra time by doing so when using the busy I-15.
When you said 'GPS' do you mean the Tesla NoA (Navigate on AutoPilot)?
I would more rely on APRP for finding the optimum trip duration and charging level.
The Tesla NoA is more designed to use the minimum number of superchargers, but not the optimum time.
This is an option, but it isn't necessarily the best option. Assuming he's just trying to get from point A to point B as fast as possible, he should have just charged a little longer in Kingman or made a stop for a top off in Needles.For next time: Leave Kingman north on US93. About two-three miles north, head west on Arizona 68 (I think that is the highway number.). That will take you to Laughlin and then west to Searchlight Nevada. Go north on US 95 a short ways to a Nevada state highway 164 (Nipton Rd.). Head west on Nipton Road, cross into California, and meet Interstate 15 about 35 miles north of Baker.
This seems counterintuitive, but is about as short as staying on I40 through Needles to Barstow.
Already covered here: Electrify America station under construction in Baker CAStopped at the Baker SC twice in the past week, and there is a rather large “other” DC fast-charger site going up right next to it. Biggest I have ever seen with multiple stations (I wanna say like 10). I should have taken a picture of course.
Not sure if it is Electrify America.