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Supercharger - Clayton, NM

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So happy to see this! I've owned a Tesla for only 7 months but I feel like I've been waiting 5 years for this SC. I've made the drive from Amarillo to Trinidad just once but going up Raton Pass with less than 5% SoC is a nail-biter. Having an SC in Clayton will make it a much more comfortable drive. I know that others have suggested I-35 to I-70 route to get from the metro areas of Texas to Colorado, but that's not a good option if you're headed to the southern half of Colorado or are coming from the western half of Texas. My Houston-to-Wolfcreek ski trips look so much easier with this filled in. I still can't believe there's no SC in Lubbock, but fortunately, I don't have to go that way.
 
So happy to see this! I've owned a Tesla for only 7 months but I feel like I've been waiting 5 years for this SC. I've made the drive from Amarillo to Trinidad just once but going up Raton Pass with less than 5% SoC is a nail-biter. Having an SC in Clayton will make it a much more comfortable drive. I know that others have suggested I-35 to I-70 route to get from the metro areas of Texas to Colorado, but that's not a good option if you're headed to the southern half of Colorado or are coming from the western half of Texas. My Houston-to-Wolfcreek ski trips look so much easier with this filled in. I still can't believe there's no SC in Lubbock, but fortunately, I don't have to go that way.

Lubbock at least has a few L2 charging options, including a 10KW+ Tesla Destination with 4 stalls at a restaurant. Kicking it there for an hour or so should help close the gap between Sweetwater and Amarillo for people on that route. But yeah, with Tech there it seems pretty obvious Lubbock needs a Supercharger site in the near future. I bet with the Texas Tesla factory being built, Texas is going to see a LOT of Supercharger installs in the next two years.
 
Lubbock at least has a few L2 charging options, including a 10KW+ Tesla Destination with 4 stalls at a restaurant. Kicking it there for an hour or so should help close the gap between Sweetwater and Amarillo for people on that route. But yeah, with Tech there it seems pretty obvious Lubbock needs a Supercharger site in the near future. I bet with the Texas Tesla factory being built, Texas is going to see a LOT of Supercharger installs in the next two years.
why is there no dc fast charging of any kind in Lubbock? Its like the Bermuda Triangle of dc fast charging
 
So happy to see this! I've owned a Tesla for only 7 months but I feel like I've been waiting 5 years for this SC. I've made the drive from Amarillo to Trinidad just once but going up Raton Pass with less than 5% SoC is a nail-biter. Having an SC in Clayton will make it a much more comfortable drive. I know that others have suggested I-35 to I-70 route to get from the metro areas of Texas to Colorado, but that's not a good option if you're headed to the southern half of Colorado or are coming from the western half of Texas. My Houston-to-Wolfcreek ski trips look so much easier with this filled in. I still can't believe there's no SC in Lubbock, but fortunately, I don't have to go that way.
You make a good point. I live in SW Colorado and we have hordes of visitors from Texas. The most common out of state plate I see is Texas, followed by California and then the neighboring "Four Corners" states of AZ, NM and UT. We also get a lot of Florida and Georgia visitors, despite the distance. Visiting southern Colorado from Texas via I-70 is not ideal, to put it mildly.
 
Lubbock at least has a few L2 charging options, including a 10KW+ Tesla Destination with 4 stalls at a restaurant. Kicking it there for an hour or so should help close the gap between Sweetwater and Amarillo for people on that route. But yeah, with Tech there it seems pretty obvious Lubbock needs a Supercharger site in the near future. I bet with the Texas Tesla factory being built, Texas is going to see a LOT of Supercharger installs in the next two years.

why is there no dc fast charging of any kind in Lubbock? Its like the Bermuda Triangle of dc fast charging

There is a 24KW CCS at the Harley Davidson dealership, and I picked up the Setec CCS adapter to help when traveling north. Lubbock SC is set to be built in 2017,2018,2020..2022....er soon...maybe?.
 
I've made the drive from Amarillo to Trinidad just once but going up Raton Pass with less than 5% SoC is a nail-biter. Having an SC in Clayton will make it a much more comfortable drive. I know that others have suggested I-35 to I-70 route to get from the metro areas of Texas to Colorado, but that's not a good option if you're headed to the southern half of Colorado or are coming from the western half of Texas.

So how much do you figure you will charge at Clayton ?
 
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You make a good point. I live in SW Colorado and we have hordes of visitors from Texas. The most common out of state plate I see is Texas, followed by California and then the neighboring "Four Corners" states of AZ, NM and UT. We also get a lot of Florida and Georgia visitors, despite the distance. Visiting southern Colorado from Texas via I-70 is not ideal, to put it mildly.
I now understand TX to Eastern Colorado via I-25 driving the hypotenuse via Clayton, but I imagine TX to SW Colorado would be I40 to 550, No ?
 
I now understand TX to Eastern Colorado via I-25 driving the hypotenuse via Clayton, but I imagine TX to SW Colorado would be I40 to 550, No ?
For Durango, Cortez and Red Mountain Pass I think you are correct (I-40 to US 550). For Wolf Creek (mentioned by doeandjon above), Alamosa, Great Sand Dunes NP and pretty much anything south of Pueblo and from I-25 to Wolf Creek Pass, the diagonal route via Clayton is a significant improvement over I-70 through Kansas and a moderate improvement to Denver. Perhaps best described as "south central" Colorado, I suppose, although I consider anything west of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to be western Colorado.

Is Clayton NM as big a deal as the long missing Kayenta AZ, or Alamosa CO? Not to me, but I am biased by my location!
 
We live in Atlanta and when one of the daughters lived in Northern Colorado we drove out there three times, and had to use I-70 in Nov & Dec. Ugh

We really needed access to viable Southern route, but it due to some critical missing locations, specifically Clayton, NM and a nasty gap on I-40, that route added 6 hours to the trip.

The I-40 gap is greatly reduced, and adding Clayton would make that Southern route viable.

...of course, she moved since, so my interest now is purely academic.
 
We live in Atlanta and when one of the daughters lived in Northern Colorado we drove out there three times, and had to use I-70 in Nov & Dec. Ugh

We really needed access to viable Southern route, but it due to some critical missing locations, specifically Clayton, NM and a nasty gap on I-40, that route added 6 hours to the trip.

The I-40 gap is greatly reduced, and adding Clayton would make that Southern route viable.

...of course, she moved since, so my interest now is purely academic.

I-40 through Arkansas and east Oklahoma has gotten a lot better in the past six months. Brinkley is being built now (nearly done), Ozark is operational, Van Buren is nearly done as well. The biggest gap now is OKC to Van Buren at less than 200 miles. And there's Destination Chargers at the Grand Casino east of OKC that can take about 40 miles off that, for about an hour charge.

Big stuff! Cross country travels are getting better every month.
 
For Durango, Cortez and Red Mountain Pass I think you are correct (I-40 to US 550). For Wolf Creek (mentioned by doeandjon above), Alamosa, Great Sand Dunes NP and pretty much anything south of Pueblo and from I-25 to Wolf Creek Pass, the diagonal route via Clayton is a significant improvement over I-70 through Kansas and a moderate improvement to Denver. Perhaps best described as "south central" Colorado, I suppose, although I consider anything west of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to be western Colorado.

Is Clayton NM as big a deal as the long missing Kayenta AZ, or Alamosa CO? Not to me, but I am biased by my location!
Makes sense, and I have the same bias.

Amusing to me that I looked at a map for a few minutes and failed to understand the utility of Clayton. I suppose it reflects my local disinterest of far Eastern New Mexico -- AKA 'texas.' Well .... excluding Austin.

Joking aside, I really am blind to the Texas snow pilgrims.
 
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Makes sense, and I have the same bias.

Amusing to me that I looked at a map for a few minutes and failed to understand the utility of Clayton. I suppose it reflects my local disinterest of far Eastern New Mexico -- AKA 'texas.' Well .... excluding Austin.

Joking aside, I really am blind to the Texas snow pilgrims.
When it becomes safe to travel again, I'm looking forward to visiting Texas to collect as many Supercharger Stations as I can for the "Superchargers Visited" game. The state is so large it will take some time and planning.

We have some snowbirds in my rural county; mostly from Arizona and Florida IME. They have it backwards in my view: winter here is when the mountains are snow-capped and beautiful and the air is clear. Nowadays summer is getting to be "smoke season" sad to say. Didn't use to be that way. I felt sorry for the tourists last summer who hit the smokiest days, it was pretty ugly.
 
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Nothing against Clayton, but why put a Supercharger there ?

Amarillo, TX to Trinidad, CO is 225.9 miles and the fastest route takes US-87 through Clayton, NM.
Anyone traveling between Texas Triangle and Denver, CO would want to go that way.
In addition Clayton, NM is at the intersection of 2 roads that have 4 US Numbered Highways.

Aside: I noticed that the northbound Mapbox routing used by Supercharge.info directed away from or around a railway bridge on US-87/287 north of Amarillo near Chunky, TX. The stretch was marked unaccessuble on OSM. Google had no problem, so I updated OSM.
 
ABQ or Santa Fe to Farmington is no piece of cake either...

Yeah that's a long one, but they're the same elevation and it's about 180 miles. Should be no sweat so long as you get a full charge before departing ABQ or SF. I have a 180 mile stint on one of my regular routes and so long as I'm over 90% at departure I arrive with more than 10%, even driving 75+mph.