Supercharger - Grants Pass, OR

[Yarder]

This is probably the biggest bottleneck along all of I-5 right now. If you have a Chademo adapter, might be good to use that in or around Grants Pass. You'll probably get through faster, and won't contribute to the clogging of the supercharger there.

Wow, things sure have changed! The last time I went there I was on my way to the Holiday Bowl. It was the day after Christmas, cold as all get out, there was no one there except for me, all the restaurants were closed, as I got there right around midnight. So, I plugged in to the supercharger, set the internal temp of the car to 70 - it was in the mid 20's outside, laid the seat back and slept for the night. When I woke up, there still wasn't anyone there.

 

[goneskiian]

Yeah every other necessary stop on I-5 has 14 stalls minimum. From north to south: Arlington, Centralia, Springfield, Mount Shasta, Kettleman City. The metro areas of Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, LA and SD have many options so those aren't really issues for road trippers.

What are you driving that you can get from Shasta to Kettleman City?

You've got some other big gaps in there too. Of course, you're in a 100 so I maybe you can comfortably make those gaps. My X (usually carrying bikes) won't even come close!

 

[PLUS EV]

What are you driving that you can get from Shasta to Kettleman City?

You've got some other big gaps in there too. Of course, you're in a 100 so I maybe you can comfortably make those gaps. My X (usually carrying bikes) won't even come close!

I covered those areas in the following sentence. They aren't bottlenecks like Grants Pass is.

 

[wdolson]

This is probably the biggest bottleneck along all of I-5 right now. If you have a Chademo adapter, might be good to use that in or around Grants Pass. You'll probably get through faster, and won't contribute to the clogging of the supercharger there.

I live just north of Portland and my S90D and I always have to stop in Springfield and Grants Pass, but if there was a supercharger in Roseburg I could skip both. I wish I-5 in Oregon would get a little more attention from the supercharger gods.

 

[goneskiian]

I covered those areas in the following sentence. They aren't bottlenecks like Grants Pass is.

Sacramento. Sorry, missed that.

 

[totoro722]

Does anyone recommend going through Klamath Falls as an alternative?

 

[PLUS EV]

Does anyone recommend going through Klamath Falls as an alternative?

Yeah that was discussed elsewhere, either in this thread or another. I think it's a good option in the summer, especially if you think Grants Pass might be busy (like if it's a weekend and the Nav is showing it as full when you are leaving Springfield). It's only 18 minutes longer and it's more scenic in my opinion. Be careful in winter though as that road from Eugene over to US97 (state highway 58) can be snowy and/or icy.

 

[totoro722]

Yeah that was discussed elsewhere, either in this thread or another. I think it's a good option in the summer, especially if you think Grants Pass might be busy (like if it's a weekend and the Nav is showing it as full when you are leaving Springfield). It's only 18 minutes longer and it's more scenic in my opinion. Be careful in winter though as that road from Eugene over to US97 (state highway 58) can be snowy and/or icy.

Thanks. I am not familiar with the area, but will be driving through twice in August, so appreciate the info. If 18 extra minutes of driving bypasses a line to charge, sounds like a good alternative.

 

[PLUS EV]

Thanks. I am not familiar with the area, but will be driving through twice in August, so appreciate the info. If 18 extra minutes of driving bypasses a line to charge, sounds like a good alternative.

If you're going through twice and you haven't been in the area before, I would go one way one time and the other way the other time. This is my general driving strategy as I like to see different roads and places as much as possible. Of course, you'll need to guess a little on which time Grants Pass is likely to be full. A lot of that will depend on day of the week/time of day, and of course you should check the Nav as you approach your fork in the road.