Supercharger - Centralia, WA

[TaoJones]

I guess you weren't there for the eclipse traffic 2 weeks ago... or maybe the 7 you saw were still making their way home afterwards
but seriously, good to hear expansion is coming. And my thanks too to the lot owner/squeegee provider
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I'll second that thanks to the squeegee guy. Clean water, too. A couple of years back he was preparing to stain the SC equipment enclosure to protect the wood. That's pride of stewardship right there.

 

[RobertSeattle]

Just did a query at frmPermitSearchMain (Searched for owner Tesla) and noticed this:

Applied 9/10/2017: "Adding 5 250 amp feeders to superchargers"

 

[PLUS EV]

Just did a query at frmPermitSearchMain (Searched for owner Tesla) and noticed this:

Applied 9/10/2017: "Adding 5 250 amp feeders to superchargers"

So probably 10 more stalls. There's plenty of room in that lot.

 

[ilovemycoffee]

IMO, there should be a supercharger just north of Vancouver, WA and another in Roseburg, OR.

Your wish is granted! The new map shows Superchargers for Longview, WA and Roseburg, OR.

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[wdolson]

Your wish is granted! The new map shows Superchargers for Longview, WA and Roseburg, OR.

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I saw that. Cool.

 

[RyanT]

Saw this on an email. Looks like they are adding 10 more now! I like this place. There is also a public restroom right across the street.

 

[PLUS EV]

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Saw this on an email. Looks like they are adding 10 more now! I like this place. There is also a public restroom right across the street.

This was mentioned up thread, but it's definitely good to see that the construction has already begun!

What do you mean by the public restroom? Are you talking McDonald's or is there something I don't know about?

 

[EarlyAdopter]

What do you mean by the public restroom? Are you talking McDonald's or is there something I don't know about?

Across the street and to the right, at the end of the strip mall with Under Armor and the kids clothing store.

 

[brianman]

Across the street and to the right, at the end of the strip mall with Under Armor and the kids clothing store....

I've never noticed that one. I always hit up McDonald's and sometimes get fries.

 

[RyanT]

Don't have to feal like you should buy something to use it : )

 

[S4WRXTTCS]

I casually walk into Denny's and use the bathroom there, and casually walk out.

The strip mall bathrooms as far as I know close at 9pm. At least the one in the middle of the outlet mall does.

 

[taldric]

Construction work underway to add more chargers. I'm sitting here charging and watching them work.

 

[letsgo]

I just stopped in this morning and it looks like they have already completed the new 10 chargers.

 

[KJD]

I was there last week and there were 4 or 5 guys working on it. It looked like there would be 20 stalls total when completed. A very nice installation.

 

[Cascadian]

Pretty cool! Just left there. 20 stalls. Wow!

Btw, we were in Nanaimo, B. C. last Friday. Long road trips involving ferries are FUN!

 

[melindav]

so looks like all the new spaces are also back in spaces. I expected they would have made the one on the right a pull in like they are doing with most of the newer setups

 

[taldric]

I’m at the Centralia SC right now, and the new stalls are powered up. I am charging in spot 6B!

There are now 10 additional spots, making a total of 20 charging stations here.

 

[taldric]

Oh - and yes, they are all back-in spaces

 

[UnknownSoldier]

I'm looking at the Supercharger map. For a drive from Seattle to Portland and back again, it seems like my most efficient plan would be to stop in Centralia, charge fully to 100%, then drive to Portland and back to Centralia to charge assuming I only want to use Superchargers? I don't see any better options if I don't want to drive out of my way to Woodburn or Sandy, OR just to charge.

It's a good thing Tesla is committing to adding urban SC's in 2018 because this kind of trip is really inconvenient with SC's only in between cities and away from cities.

 

[PLUS EV]

I'm looking at the Supercharger map. For a drive from Seattle to Portland and back again, it seems like my most efficient plan would be to stop in Centralia, charge fully to 100%, then drive to Portland and back to Centralia to charge assuming I only want to use Superchargers? I don't see any better options if I don't want to drive out of my way to Woodburn or Sandy, OR just to charge.

It's a good thing Tesla is committing to adding urban SC's in 2018 because this kind of trip is really inconvenient with SC's only in between cities and away from cities.

Yes, that is the proper plan with the backup plan being a detour to Sandy or Woodburn if you burn up to much of the battery driving around Portland.

Supercharging in this corridor continues to be highly inconvenient, unacceptably so for two metro areas with such high Tesla density. I used to often drive Marysville to Olympia and back when there wasn't even a supercharger in Arlington. Now that was inconvenient!