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Supercharger - Champaign, IL
- Thread starter jvonbokel
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3/17 update: Good news: just swung by, Ameren crew there, leaving. It looked all done, and they stopped me to tell me commissioning is tomorrow, should be open in the afternoon.
Tripple_T
Cincinnati Member
The final step is a Tesla employee will come out with a Model S and run tests on each charger. At that time they will place the labels on the bottom of the chargers 1a and 1b - 8a and 8b. (In the circles) Normally this is a day or so after the electrons stop their work.
Good to know, thank you! Strange that roadside assistance didn't say anything about this. Makes sense.
bjwModelS
Member
I had a high school classmate pass away and need to make the Indy to Springfield run Thursday or Friday. I will check on supercharger over and back, and hopefully be able to use it. My battery has the graded 8 miles since the summer, where I made it to Springfield Illinois supercharger with 9 miles to spare...
Sorry to hear about your loss.
Slow down a bit and you can make it work. My S85 has degraded to ~245mi on a full charge, but in the last week I made trips of 255.8mi (256Wh/mi, arrived with 11 rated miles to spare) and 283.7mi (244Wh/mi, going 2-3mi past zero*). For the latter, I set the cruise at 55mph on the interstate, and then towards the end was driving 10-15mph below the speed limit on state highways and city streets. Don't go below 25mph though, because that's the point of diminishing returns (you'll actually use more energy at lower speeds).
*I don't generally recommend trying to go past zero, because I've personally had my car shut down on me with as much as 7mi rated range remaining, but that was in freezing temps with snow on the road, and this week it was fairly nice out for both of these stretched drives, so it appears weather has an effect on energy consumption and energy measurement.
I defer to John as the king of "stretching the charge". Have a look at his avatar. 
This Supercharger just went live on Tesla's website!
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Stay tuned for unofficial grand opening details.
Find Us | Tesla Motors
Stay tuned for unofficial grand opening details.
bjwModelS
Member
This Supercharger just went live on Tesla's website!
Find Us | Tesla Motors
Stay tuned for unofficial grand opening details.
I'll double check tomorrow around 1pm... But drive as if it isn't true.
bjwModelS
Member
Called Tesla Service to double check. He first said no, then said there is another system he could check. Looked and said something to the effect of "Oh yep, went online this afternoon. I'll push that info ahead to get our other systems updated."
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