Supercharger - Davenport, IA (Quad Cities)

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Davenport, IA

Interstates: I-74, I-80
US Numbered Highways (<= 5 miles): US-6, US-61, US-67.

I-74:
From: Start (I-80, Davenport, IA!) - 2 miles
To: Normal, IL - 136 miles
Diversion: 2 miles

I-80:
From: Coralville, IA - 60.6 miles
To: Peru, IL - 84.9 miles

On I-80 will split a 144 mile gap (Coralville, IA to Peru, IL).
On I-80/I-74 will split a 194 mile gap (Coralville, IA to Normal, IL).

 

[xy46]

Wow, this is great news. I grew up in the QCA and often travel there from Michigan to visit my family. With the Dixon and now this QCA supercharger available, the trip will be a breeze. Thanks Tesla!

 

[drummerm]

Anyone in the quad city area have an update on the status of this charger?

 

[jgillispie]

I will be checking tonight while I run some errands on the Iowa side of the QC.

 

[Silvwarrior]

Transformer is installed but no meter yet.

 

[keithhammer]

Based on the image of the enclosure wall color/finish, the foundation construction with a wide lip and what is going on in Coralville, my guess is they may also brick this one in too. Hopefully not waiting to electrify until that work is done though...

 

[essmd]

I am planning a trip late October in my Model X 90D from Texas, routing through Omaha, then Cedar Rapids for an overnight, then to Napierville. If the SC in Davenport is completed by then, my only struggle will be from Omaha to Cedar Rapids.

Any suggestions for charging on that segment?

 

[Chuq]

Any suggestions for charging on that segment?

Purely from looking at a map, West Des Moines and Coralville (Iowa City) are also under construction.

West Des Moines - under construction for 59 days
Coralville - under construction for 66 days
Davenport - under construction for 20 days

Usual construction timeline is 4-6 weeks, and the first two are almost done going by the threads linked above, so the odds are in your favour that they will all be done before then, almost certainly 2 of 3.

 

[Electric doc]

Coralville (Iowa City) is all done except for the inspection - I'm sure it will be on-line by late October. E-mailed SC at Tesla with very little info other than " thank you for your patience and enthusiasm we are working on it"

 

[wycolo]

Moline, Bettendorf, Rock Island, & Davenport. From memory, and not reading any posts yet - how did I do?
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[Silvwarrior]

You are correct.

 

[essmd]

Ahhh. I was interpreting the posted Construction day info on Supercharge.info backwards, thinking it was a countdown...(silly me knowing the moving target of completion).
So the only challenge will be from Coralville to Napierville (200 miles). Fortunately there are 2 destination Tesla Chargers in the Davenport area (per Plugshare), so that will provide some buffer.

Thanks for the infio and clarification

 

[jgillispie]

Davenport looks like's is even more close to done than Des Moines(transformer installed) so it should be available by then as well.

 

[ashanson]

Moline, Bettendorf, Rock Island, & Davenport. From memory, and not reading any posts yet - how did I do?
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You forgot East Moline! Yep, there are officially 5 cities in the Quad Cities haha.
When I get my Tesla, this will be a good stop driving from Des Moines to Chicago, pretty much half way.

 

[wws]

You forgot East Moline! Yep, there are officially 5 cities in the Quad Cities haha.
When I get my Tesla, this will be a good stop driving from Des Moines to Chicago, pretty much half way.

East Moline is the 4th city. Bettendorf is a mere newbie. They tried "Quint Cities" for a while. (I can still hear the 1970s Quint Cities jingle from radio station KSTT in my mind.) But everyone hated the sound of it. So they went back to Quad Cities.

Looking forward to driving my Model 3 to the QC someday.

 

[wycolo]

East Moline . . Quint Cities . . you guys just messin' with the Legend. And you're no East St Louis either!
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[nonapfulk]

Ahhh. I was interpreting the posted Construction day info on Supercharge.info backwards, thinking it was a countdown...(silly me knowing the moving target of completion).
So the only challenge will be from Coralville to Napierville (200 miles). Fortunately there are 2 destination Tesla Chargers in the Davenport area (per Plugshare), so that will provide some buffer.

Thanks for the infio and clarification

I used the Destination Charger at Teriyaki Madness last weekend while visiting my daughter at Augustana. Charged at 25m/hr. I uploaded photos on ChargeHub app. The station was about 7min from my hotel by the airport. I am looking forward to the SC completion for the quad cities. It will allow me a direct drive to QC from Bloomington,IL and then charge up before I head back.

 

[wws]

East Moline . . Quint Cities . . you guys just messin' with the Legend. And you're no East St Louis either!
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Well as a Rock Island native, we were part of the original "Tri-Cities". Rock Island, Moline, and Davenport were all incorporated around the same decade or so. A dwindling number of older businesses and institutions still use "Tri-Cities" in their names. And parts of downtown Rock Island used to be a bit like East St Louis...

 

[jgillispie]

I used the Destination Charger at Teriyaki Madness last weekend while visiting my daughter at Augustana. Charged at 25m/hr. I uploaded photos on ChargeHub app. The station was about 7min from my hotel by the airport. I am looking forward to the SC completion for the quad cities. It will allow me a direct drive to QC from Bloomington,IL and then charge up before I head back.

Glad to see someone using it. I drive by there all the time and haven't seen a vehicle using them yet. At least they have decent food there and the river is within walking distance if you want to kill some time.

 

[keithhammer]

Ahhh. I was interpreting the posted Construction day info on Supercharge.info backwards, thinking it was a countdown...(silly me knowing the moving target of completion).
So the only challenge will be from Coralville to Napierville (200 miles). Fortunately there are 2 destination Tesla Chargers in the Davenport area (per Plugshare), so that will provide some buffer.

Thanks for the infio and clarification

We do Cedar Rapids to Aurora all the time. No problem. If you have problems getting from Omaha to Chicago after October, you might want to visit a service center and have someone check out your car...