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Supercharger - Barrie, ON (2nd site on Bayfield St)
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Jaff
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RedAntisocial
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That is also a distinct possibility on the daily drive! On the night I went to dinner and parked in the lot where that supercharger now lives?Either that, or you were on Level 5 autopilot!
Well, I was going to say that it wasn't nearly as likely, but I'll be honest, it was slightly/minimally less likely...
Phillip L
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What RedAntisocial says is very encouraging. That is a very fast Supercharger build. Perhaps we may see a lot of progress in the ambitious Supercharger network buildout that was announced earlier this year. I, along with many others, was very sceptical that any more than a minimum would be built. Perhaps some optimism is warranted after all!
Barrie ON 20 Stall has been added to supercharge.info
No link to this page under "discuss" yet though.
No link to this page under "discuss" yet though.
Be careful guys/gals Supercharge.info says this site is 16850 ft below sea level. lol
Blueshift does an awesome job for us.
Blueshift does an awesome job for us.
Drone Flyer
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It’s all a matter of semantics. One could say Markham is not really Toronto either. After all, there was talk of putting a second NHL team there a few years ago. That will never happen by the way.
What about Oakville and Vaughan? Are they really part of Toronto too?
In my opinion, a city is defined by its geographical metropolitan region and yes, Brossard and DDO are considered to be Montreal as is Laval and the Terrebonne SC sites.
You could argue that the Bronx and Brooklyn are not part of NY because they are not on Manhattan.
One could also say that greater Toronto is basically a suburb of Montreal since the November 1976 exodus of people following Rene Levesque’s election victory!
Chuq
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I'm not sure if the person who added that is reading this thread but fortunately that incorrect marker has been deleted now. Why someone would post an inactive supercharger as an active HPWC I have no idea. Plugshare imports superchargers and destination chargers directly from Tesla so there is no need to rush in and add incorrect information to Plugshare as an attempt to be first!
It's because there is no option on Plugshare to create Tesla Supercharger sites. It's locked down - presumably there's a connection to source the info directly from Tesla's map, or only Tesla staff can add/edit Superchargers on Plugshare.
New SC sites should not be posted on Plugshare, unless you work for Tesla and that's your job.
I know some of the operators on PlugShare and one of them told me that users are not allowed to add SuCs until someone has officially integrated the location Find Us | Tesla Canada and on your car's map. Some chargers like the one in Lévis, were functional a week or two before they were put on the site but were put as RESTRICTED by the operators like they have also done with Barrie North. They will put is as public when Tesla integrates the location on its maps. P.S. I didn't add that location on the site it was added as soon as the chat here got started.
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Prob not strange. Largest population centre is Toronto. Probably large numbers of Tesla owners drive north to Muskoka weekly. I have never seen the first Barrie location full, but have only been there a few times. Maybe it was getting busy. Maybe they're just planning for the Model 3.
Weird.
I have never seen the first Barrie location full, but I'm not a Muskoka weekender (although I did head up one weekend and, again, didn't find this station full or even near full).
The busiest supercharger I have ever used from Toronto to Chicago to Tampa to Brewer, Maine, is--by far--the Toronto Lawrence East superchargers. (I didn't have home charging for the first year I had my Model S--lived in a condo.) It's the only station I've ever waited in line for and the only one I've ever given up on and left. I did both more than a few times.
If you're wondering about Toronto to PEI, talk to @rypalmer. He has done it a million times.
The only thing we really need is 1 station in Woodstock NB, but 2 between Riviere-du-Loup and Moncton would be better.
The "Level 3" stations that NB Power installed this summer are adequate but only barely. Travelling on Chademo is PAINFUL compared to superchargers. Don't expect to get much over (and sometimes not even) 40kW out of Chademo.
I am well aware that lots of folks are going up to the cottage but that doesn't necessarily mean that they will stop at Barrie. For one thing it is kind of close to Toronto - only about 80km or so. The second thing is that the round trip from Toronto - Muskoka - Toronto isn't all that far and if you are farther you are likely near Huntsville. It would make more sense to get groceries in Huntsville at the Metro and plug in the SC there for a bit. Another thing is that if you will be at your cottage for 48 hours or so then you can destination charge at the cottage - even at a charge rate of 5km/h you can pretty much recharge and if I had a cottage I would install a 240V/30A outlet for charging which should be plenty for a destination charger.
Duckjybe
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Correct. We have two Teslas going back and forth to Bracebridge area many weekends and rarely do we stop in Barrie. I have stopped when pulling the trailer with the X and when we have forgotten to turn up the charge on the S especially in the winter. It sure is nice to have Barrie supercharger there just in case. I just finished installing a dual HPWC sharing a 50A breaker at our cottage. I need to install another 50A plug at my Mom's place next door for her new Bolt. My sister has her Volt up there sometimes and we have a Volt as well so there could potentially be 5 EV's charging at once! I hope our transformer can handle 100A continuous.
I suspect that Barrie gets a lot of surge traffic summer long weekends. With SCs they need to plan for the peak demand, not the mean.
I'm sure this is in anticipation of the raft of M3s heading up to cottage country. Tesla knows where their M3 reservations are coming from, and with the pile of S/Xs out there they can probably predict geographic demand for SCs fairly well.
mknox
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Right. I was excluding that station because a) it is in a stupid spot and is often filled with service cars and b) I understand it is to be decommissioned and replaced by another site somewhere nearby. But for me, Barrie is right behind and I've traveled extensively in the US (especially mid-west) myself too.
Right now, Muskoka is a public charger wasteland. My buddy's cottage that I go to does not have anything other than a 120v outlet. I can easily make it there on a charge, and with a little 120v love, to Barrie on the way back. Day trippers to ski country may face the same issue...only needing it one way, but needing it nonetheless.
And not everyone is coming from the "center of the universe" I have friends from the Waterloo Region who regularly go to Muskoka.
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