Supercharger - Bend, OR

[ecarfan]

Great news! Thanks for your post. I'm going to using that SC at some point in the future.

Just checked evtripplanner.com and from Mt Shasta to Bend it shows 230 miles and an S85 will use about 55kWh and only 238Wh/mile because you will lose over 4,000 ft of elevation. Of course that assumes mild weather and no rain or significant headwinds.

 

[goneskiian]

Pictures taken at the Fred Meyer supermarket parking lot alongside highway 97 in the middle of Bend, Oregon.

61535 S Highway 97, Bend, OR 97702

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Bam! There it is! Awesome stuff! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Jeff N]

Great news! Thanks for your post. I'm going to using that SC at some point in the future.

Just checked evtripplanner.com and from Mt Shasta to Bend it shows 230 miles and an S85 will use about 55kWh and only 238Wh/mile because you will lose over 4,000 ft of elevation. Of course that assumes mild weather and no rain or significant headwinds.

I agree that it does seem like there should be another one placed between Shasta and Bend. I have no information about any plans for doing that.

 

[NovemberXray]

I guess supercharge.info is not the most reliable source... they don't even show it in the permit stage, let alone construction! As I often travel to Bend, I'm very happy to see this going in. I agree with other that it would be nice to see more connections to the South and East, although I don't personally travel that way.

UPDATE: No disrespect to supercharge.info, turns out they are just crowd sourced, so I will pass this thread on to them so they can hopefully add it to their maps.

 

[GHammer]

Great News!!

 

[freds]

Dang, I have friends down that way, can't wait for them to turn it on....

 

[Sarcarean]

Awesome! I had a feeling it would be at a Fred Meyers at Bend or Redmond (after Sandy)! Now all we need is one towards Burns and one around Shasta and we have OREGON covered!

 

[BobtheV]

Awesome! I had a feeling it would be at a Fred Meyers at Bend or Redmond (after Sandy)! Now all we need is one towards Burns and one around Shasta and we have OREGON covered!

One is needed at Chemult and K Falls

 

[Sarcarean]

Yeah I meant Klamath. I know it should be very possible from driving from Bend to Shasta in a S85D, but I would feel so much better if there was a 'fall back' charger just in case.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

I guess supercharge.info is not the most reliable source... they don't even show it in the permit stage, let alone construction! As I often travel to Bend, I'm very happy to see this going in. I agree with other that it would be nice to see more connections to the South and East, although I don't personally travel that way.

UPDATE: No disrespect to supercharge.info, turns out they are just crowd sourced, so I will pass this thread on to them so they can hopefully add it to their maps.

BlueShift who runs it usually updates within 24 hours of receiving information.

As for the site:
Interstates: None
US Numbered Highways: US-97, US-20
It's the 2nd Supercharger site on US-97.

 

[RMan]

Great, long awaited news!!! Hopefully Klamath Falls in the near future!!!

 

[Sarcarean]

Update. I went to see the construction today and took some new pictures.

There are 8 chargers total and they are located on the right-side of Fred Meyers.

 

[ReddyLeaf]

One is needed at Chemult and K Falls

This area is pretty remote with little in the way of services. Klamath Falls is pretty close to the Shasta SC, so it might be better to be a bit north. Ideally, near highway intersections like 58 or 138 (but nothing at these intersections). I vote for something near an entrance to Crater Lake at highways 62 & 422: 501 Chiloquin Blvd, Chiloquin, OR 97624, klamathtribes.org (541) 783-2218
Google Maps

 

[BobtheV]

This area is pretty remote with little in the way of services. Klamath Falls is pretty close to the Shasta SC, so it might be better to be a bit north. Ideally, near highway intersections like 58 or 138 (but nothing at these intersections). I vote for something near an entrance to Crater Lake at highways 62 & 422: 501 Chiloquin Blvd, Chiloquin, OR 97624, klamathtribes.org (541) 783-2218
Google Maps

Chemult is at one end of a lengthy cross- Cascades route like Bend/Sisters are. Chemult has a couple of restaurants and gas stations. I like that little place and once spent a few days there.

 

[Sarcarean]

Chemult would be a good location for a Supercharger, but you would still need one in Klamath for travelers heading to NE Cali. So vote for both of them!

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Some distances

US-20:
From: I-5 (Albany, OR) - 123 miels
From: Detroit Lakes, OR - 81.6 miles
To: Boise, ID - 313 miles
To: Winnemucca, NV - 349 miles (US-20, OR-78, US-95*)

US-97
From: Mt Shasta, CA - 214 miles
To: The Dalles, OR - 134 miles (US-97, US-197)
To: Ellensburg, WA - 254 miles

* This could be connected by 2 Superchargers - 1 in Burns, OR, and the other in the unincorporated community of Burns Junction, OR. (+131 miles, +91.3 miles). Burns Junction would also connect Winnemucca, NV to Boise, ID along US-95** and ID-55.
** US-95 is one of the best covered US Numbered Highways, with the known location in Tonopah, NV, there only remains a 612 mile gap from Winnemucca to Couer d'Alene. Despite being 1,574 miles long, once Tonopah is in place the next longest spacing between Superchargers on US-95 will be only 127 miles.

 

[Kepmad]

Been waiting for this, but it looks like it will not be done for my trip to Boise on Thursday May 26th. Now we need to get support for at least a two stall unit in Burns OR.

 

[ernies]

Beautiful area and I have fallen in love with the stops and the red and white oval architecture. We all need to walk a little after a couple of hours, get the obligatory coffee, salad or whatever.

 

[Lyon]

Fantastic! Great find!

 

[Lyon]

This is an almost perfect location for my ski trips. With the P90D I'll have the range to get back down the mountain to here after driving over from Eugene! 20 minutes later and I'll have enough range to get back home again! The only thing better would be destination charging at the mountain!

Bend has added charging in a mind boggling way. In January 2014 my dad and I both drove over and the guy who runs the physical side of The Riverhouse was kind enough to run some 110 extension cords for us to plug in. Not much later he managed to wrangle 4 HPWC from Tesla. Now there's destination charging there, The Oxford, Tetherow, Sunriver and in Sisters. Add the 8 stall Supercharger and the immediate area's saturated. I agree that Eastern Oregon needs more stations up and down 97.