Half Dollar Bill
Traveller, teacher, poet, accountant, innkeeper
As a graduate and frequent visitor, it's nice to see others use "need" instead of "want" as well
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Supercharger - Bloomsburg, PA
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I've been after Penn State to install destination chargers at the Nittany Lion Inn and The Penn Stater for over a year. They received a proposal from Tesla and voted it down. I don't know why.
PSU has gone out to bid to install generic electric vehicle charging stations on campus. Below is an email I received from Rob DeMayo, Dir. of Transportation Services, relative to that bid.
Good afternoon Mr. Kozinn,
Thanks for the follow up note, good to hear from you. We have received a number of responses from our RFP, which we’ll be evaluating in the coming weeks. So, we’ve made some great progress! Sorry we cannot accommodate the charging of your Tesla at the Penn State or NLI, but, keep in touch, we’ll get there. We’d definitely rather have you staying at one of our hotels.
Any other questions, please just let me know. And, as always, feel free to reach out to me at any time.
Best,
Rob DeMayo
Director of Transportation Services
PSU has gone out to bid to install generic electric vehicle charging stations on campus. Below is an email I received from Rob DeMayo, Dir. of Transportation Services, relative to that bid.
Good afternoon Mr. Kozinn,
Thanks for the follow up note, good to hear from you. We have received a number of responses from our RFP, which we’ll be evaluating in the coming weeks. So, we’ve made some great progress! Sorry we cannot accommodate the charging of your Tesla at the Penn State or NLI, but, keep in touch, we’ll get there. We’d definitely rather have you staying at one of our hotels.
Any other questions, please just let me know. And, as always, feel free to reach out to me at any time.
Best,
Rob DeMayo
Director of Transportation Services
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Half Dollar Bill
Traveller, teacher, poet, accountant, innkeeper
Rumored that one is targeted for Bellefonte but no site identified publicly yet. Dubois as well and next time I'm back to northeast PA I'm going to drive up to Ruby Tuesday's in Dickson City to see if there's a sneak one going in there.
SabrToothSqrl
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I was coming home from Penn State to Connecticut today so I called the Ruby Tuesday restaurant in Bloomsbury and asked if the Superchargers were up and running. They said no. I charged at The Penn Stater in University Park. They are very accommodating of guests who stay there. They actually pull out electric cable and set me up for a 19-20 mile/hour charge. That's ok with me since I'm plugged in overnight. I was told they will be installing Tesla chargers and generic chargers very soon. They have put the work out to bid.
SabrToothSqrl
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Pittsburgh, PA to Bloomsburg, PA ~ 220 miles.
Hagerstown, MD to State College, PA ~ 148 miles.
Although something is needed on I-99, State College wouldn't seem to help that much.
Sheetz #33 in Bellwood, PA looks like a good location. Altoona also has a bunch of mall areas off I-99 but at the southern end is about 128 miles from Bloomsburg, which might be more than ideal for winter.
So if Bloomsburg is now live, is there interest in doing an unofficial grand-opening next weekend? I have a service appointment on Tuesday, but assuming replacing my driver door latch fixes the problem with my door opening on its own I can do Saturday (Nov 22) or Sunday (23rd) as of now.
When I charged at The Penn Stater Hotel last weekend the guy who "hooked me up" said that Tesla chargers are "out to bid". He wasn't sure if The Nittany Lion Inn was getting them as well. He said they were Superchargers but I think they will be destination chargers. That would be fine with me since Bloomsburg is open for business.
Half Dollar Bill
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I agree with your assessment but going north from Central PA is a trip. State College is a nice midway point between existing superchargers in case you needed to make a trip to Buffalo per say. The population density booms there as well on weekends so a supercharger, although potentially unnecessary, would go a long way to easing concerns for some who may have a 60 or 75.
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