tharasix
Member
Still no transformer, but a big optimist with a white Model 3 plugged in and walked away. I think that person will be disappointed upon return to the car.
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Supercharger - Bloomington, MN
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A bit of work to do here yet, looks like a transformer installed w/o a meter and more yet to appear.
tharasix
Member
Yeah, that's basically no change. The white ones are Tesla charging cabinets, The wire vomit on the right is where the green transformer will go, and that has to come from Xcel.
tharasix
Member
Lots of L2 charging in the area... And I'm not sure where exactly you're coming from, but St Louis Park really isn't that far away.Doesn’t look good for our visit to Bloomington July 21..Was hoping it’d be open for some local charging without having to drive too far out of the way.
Missed it by that much….
Coming from south (St Louis Missouri). Staying in town for 3 days. Expecting to come in with less than 25% charge. So will need to charge at/near arrival and again before departure. No L2 at the hotel. Staying around 35 and 90th St.
Charge at Minnetonka or St Louis Park. If you're coming in at 25%, you can charge the next day when you're out and about. Neither charger is that far given its all highway driving. They are both at Targets so you can do some shopping when your car is charging.
DeepBlueMN
2019 AWD Model 3
Yeah, every time I come up from the south I am annoyed that there isn’t a single supercharger in the south metro area. Not sure why Tesla can’t find a good place in Lakeville or Owatonna for a much needed SC site. Before SLP and Minnetonka opened, this route in winter was sometimes challenging. Once Bloomington opens, this will help a lot.
From my experience, SLP is much busier than Minnetonka, though SLP is much closer to Bloomington. There is a new Dick’s “House of Sport” to check out there in Minnetonka (first one in the country, I think).
FYI, they changed the pricing structure at several supercharger locations recently. Minnetonka and St. Louis Park now charge $0.50/kWh from 11am-9pm, $0.25 at all other times. Robbinsdale was reduced to $0.25/kWh at all times.
DeepBlueMN
2019 AWD Model 3
One thing that I notices is that there are a number of locations in many major metro areas nationwide that have been converted to time-of-use, just from examination of the pricing data shown in the navigation system. I would not be surprised if any new superchargers in the metro area that are in Xcel service areas are set up as TOU.
Guess that means it won’t be working when I roll in Thursday…No transformer yet.
And, no meters.
DeepBlueMN
2019 AWD Model 3
Hmmm. This seems weird. This digging does not look related to the area where the transformer will be. I am not sure why there would be any digging in this area. But, it probably does not mean that a transformer is imminent.
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