Supercharger - Great Falls, MT There is an excellent location in Great Falls, MT that I recently discovered. This multi-stage development was started over a year ago. It is slightly upscale for the area. The hotel they put up as 4 Tesla destination charges *if* you are staying there. Not useful for those traveling through. It does mean Tesla has the beginning of a relationship there. Here is the main contact if you wanted to let him know that you'd be happy to visit establishments in the area if they had a Tesla Supercharger. I have passed various bits of info to him but if you wanted to *nicely* encourage him and show him what a Tesla community is like that'd be cool -- Jeremiah Johnson -- [email protected] Development is: West Bank Landing - Great Falls, Montana Development | Mixed Use River Front Sustainable Development Local newspaper article: What's going on at West Bank Landing? ... in progress .... This hotel is built already with some Tesla Destination chargers (old picture) 1.5 miles from I-15 Finishes a nice look via MT, Canada, WA, ID
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Great Falls is also an important spot for Billings<->Glacier/Kalispell. Without a SC in Great Falls this route is problematic even for a 3LR. Hurry up and get us a super charger Tesla!
Shelby, MT is also on this need list to easily get to Canada and Kalispell. People should be emailing!!!! -- > [email protected]
I pinged Jeremiah. Maybe we'll hear something soon. I sent this back: Here is a picture and article on the one in Missoula. I would think you guys could get some good press if you did this as well. Tesla Motors opens Supercharger station in Missoula Here is another article about Montana and electric car chargings. Montana charging stations give electric vehicles room to roam Article text: "Charging stations can also be found outside many Montana restaurants and coffee shops, such as Suds Hut bar and grill and one of the Starbucks locations in Helena. Several Montana hotels and motels provide them for customers as well. Tesla Motors now has “Supercharger” stations for Tesla vehicles in eight Montana communities: Billings, Big Timber, Bozeman, West Yellowstone, Lima, Butte, Missoula and Superior. Part of what drove the expansion in Montana is national park access, Tesla told The Montana Standard in 2014, which is when the company installed many of its charging stations in the state. Tesla tries to place the stations in convenient locations about 150 miles apart."
I'm going to guess these are on the cost-cutting list for 2018. Shame, because Great Falls, MT _could_ or _could_ _almost_ make I-15 "complete" (at least in reasonable conditions): it's about 150 miles from the Butte, MT Supercharger, and under 120 miles to Sweetgrass, MT.
Kalispell SC is on hold for now (long story). However, 'construction has started in Great Falls, Helena, and Miles City' is from a supremely reliable source.
Done. It's going to be in the parking lot on the south side of the Hampton Inn, across 14th street from the Great Falls Marketplace shopping center (Smith's, AMC theater, Home Depot, etc). Address: 2301 14th St SW, Great Falls, MT 59404 GPS (guess): 47.482950, -111.337681 Info comes from finding the underground utilities locating request. OneCall ticket # 19065897. @BlueShift @Chuq @MarcoRP
Yippee ki yay! 2 other ones on the map! I was going to add them on Supercharge Info but Chuq did so before I could get to it! Does it say anywhere that its under construction?
No, the filing I found for Great Falls doesn't mean it's already under construction. The same company is doing all these Montana builds and there have been 2 of those calls before actual ground breaking at all 3 Montana locations that we know are active (Helena, Glendive, and Miles City). The first was in July or August. Then another right before digging started in September or October. The one I found for Great Falls is the first. So, while it's possible that it's already under way (e.g. if it was started before Helena), I think it's more likely that they haven't started yet and they'll call for an updated request before breaking ground. Someone local will have to go out and scope the area so we know for sure. Until then, I think the blue dot on SC.info is the right call.
Great Falls, MT Along Primary Interstates: I-15 Along US Numbered Highways (<=5mi): US-87, US-89 Along Auxiliary Interstates: None I-15 From: Helena, MT - 85.5 miles To: End (Sweet Grass, MT) - 118.8 miles Diversion: 1.4 miles From: Butte, MT - 150.9 miles To: Fort MacLeod, AB (I-15/AB-4, AB-3) - 215.3 miles To: Medicine Hat, AB (I-15/AB-4, AB-36, AB-3) - 252.1 miles Next up on I-15, would be Shelby, MT.