Supercharger - Golden, BC Canada
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dark cloud
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I've only charged there once and we were the only ones then too (though this was April). I've since charged in Revy several times and that place is ALWAYS busy; often 3, sometimes full with cars trolling through the lot looking for openings. I think they need a few more stalls there at least.
Do most people skip Golden going from Revy to Canmore??
Just curious - how does the Autopilot behaveon winding mountain roads? Is it smart enough to slow down on curves?
Works great and slows appropriately for curves, provided there are decent lines on the road. When I did Rogers Pass back in April, the lines had disappeared for large portions of the route due to the winter salt, so those areas I had to take over.
I just drove from Golden on 93 to Radium BC about 70 miles. Half on autopilot and it worked out really well. A little nervewracking with oncoming traffic, but the lanes were well marked so the car tracked fine!
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This comment implies you don't own one? Yes of course, when the camera sees the angles of the painted lines bend it adjusts the speed, sometimes too much, in which case you can just keep your foot on the accelerator to bring up the speed to a more acceptable level. But not always.
But why on earth would someone not want to drive this car on a twisty mountain road?
Going back yes I skipped Golden and drove straight from Canmore to Revelstoke.
The reason I ask is because I have experiences watching the car do slightly over the speed limit on EAP particularly on icy roads and some curves. We don’t have a lot of extreme curvy roads on the prairies and without super chargers my experiences are limited to in and around the urban area. I was just wondering if it had the sense to slow down in the tight turns.
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I see where you coming from; sorry I should have figured that out. It does it (slow down on tight corners) with TACC as well. I am sure there are tons of YouTube videos showing this; with one camera view on the road and the other on the cluster.
I don’t think anyone should be in the habit of using anything other than manual driving when roads are icy however.
When temperatures are consistently in the -20 range, even bare city streets you may hit an icy bit every so often.
Has anyone been here lately? No stall info shows up from the Tesla map and A Better Route Planner shows the four stalls as unavailable. Just wondering if the site is offline and not available for supercharging or whether there is just no data available. Taking a trip through and would be quite concerning and will need to find alternate charging around here.
There's a check-in on PlugShare from 3 days ago that says 2 of 4 chargers are working.
As a backup, there's also a CHAdeMO in town, if you have an adapter... PlugShare - Find Electric Vehicle Charging Locations Near You
Thanks! Our first long trip. The CHAdeMO and BC Hydro DC chargers have been a great supplement.
1A, 1B and 2A were all in use. I changed at 1A. This is a fantastic community. Thanks!
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Was 2A working? I was there 10 days ago and both 2A/2B were down. I charged at 1A yesterday and it was great.
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