Levichar
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I'll be heading across 80 on Monday, July 3. I,'ll stop and look for the Falls Creek charger. Depending on time and my remaining miles, I'll try to check Bellefonte.
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Turning off the AC makes almost no difference. You slow down. The difference in energy consumption comparing 70 mph to 75 mph is 10%+ And its not linear so 75 to 80 mph is much greater than 10%Just learned that I will be driving Chicago to NYNY at the end of the month. The Falls Creek Supercharger would be soooooo helpful. It's a long, long way from Macedonia, OH, to Bloomsburgh, PA: 296 miles. That's cutting it AWFULLY close in my Model X 100D. I don't want to turn off the air conditioning and cross my fingers. (And I don't want to take the turnpike or detour through Cranberry, PA.)
Unfortunately #2 and #4 haven't even made the huge (overly optimistic?) list of "targeted" 2017 openings, so they could be a few years away. I'm crossing my Arizona resident fingers that the huge El Paso - Casa Grande hole is filled this year as per the plan. It looks like the East Coast is getting most of the new construction currently, but I realize that's also the most populated areas -- so local use could really mess up long distance travelers without many additional sites in those urban areas.This is brilliant. I was looking at supercharge.info yesterday and noticed that (I think) there are only 4 spots on any east-west interstates left that I cannot manage from coast to coast in my 75D:
1. El Paso, TX - Casa Grande, AZ (I-10)
2. Little Rck, AR - Oklahoma City, OK (I-40)
3. Bloomsburg, PA - Macedonia, OH (I-80)
and
4. the "North Dakota Hole" (I-94)
Other than those, I think I could pick any east-west interstate and drive from Atlantic to Pacific and back, ad infinitum, Forrest Gump electric style.
Then the next day, this thread made its way to supercharge.info and the list was shortened to 3. ;-)
I expect Tesla must be aware of this too, and I hope that means #s 1 and 2 are imminently about to be filled too.
When we might be able to get cross the I-94 may be less certain, but I suppose if Tesla is serious about their alleged "end of 2017" plans, it cannot be too far behind. This is a really cool time to be alive. It's almost like we might get our heads out of our asses and NOT destroy this planet after all.
Hoping as well... Also driving back Friday from Ohio. Probably unlikely but it should be there for the next trip. Hate the PA turnpike and fairly expensive as well.I just drove from Ohio to NJ and had to resort to using the PA turnpike again. Between the traffic issues and the construction, I'm also very eager to see this open. I'm hoping to see it open any day, at least so I can take that route home Friday.
The location of these chargers (at a gas station) is hilarious as no one wants to be at a gas station. You don't go to have fun. you go to fill your oil burner with... gas... while your eye catches the sexy lines of a sedan that's plugged in, without any fumes or $3/gallon costs...
I just find this... delicious. lol
At least they get to leave after 5 min. You are stuck for an hour.
You are stuck for an hour.
I have found that I spend about the same amount of time supercharging as I do getting gas. By the time everyone has gone to the bathroom and we have cleaned the car/windshield and the kids are buckled in, it is easily 20-30 minutes anyway. The only difference is that with my ICE car I have about 50% more range. But I worry about finding open gas stations on rural routes because we usually travel at night.
And Falls Creek is as un-happening a place as it is convenient racing across Pennsylvania. I really hope there are plans to put something more at that location, aside from the Sheetz gas station, which is a reasonably substantial gas station, I'll give you. But you refresh your supply of Mountain Dew or Red Bull and use the bathroom and you're done. Now you are just waiting to finish charging. I think they need a Home Depot or a Target or something...
I DO, however, wish they were at established rest stops ON the highway, especially at limited access turnpikes that you have to pay to get on and off of.