It's partially due to the fact that Colorado is a very strong state for Tesla along with our location as a state that lots of folks travel through to get lots of other places.
Supercharger - Idaho Springs, CO
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And also the fact that mountains are range murderers. Not crazy to see 600-900+ kwh/mi going up the interstate into the mountains, esp. if it's cold. Our glut of chargers are concentrated near I-70 at the base of the mountains, and also intersecting I-25. If you take all those out, we don't have an unusual amount for the population, esp. compared to Utah or Arizona.
stopped by yesterday, same issue. Ended up moving to the Beau Jo’s free charger while we ate.
Do we know why they are still "Temporarily Closed"? It would be nice if they could put a descriptor as to why they are closed (ie: construction on the gas station, utility work in the area, etc) as well as "estimated time that it will reopen"
Why is it closed? It's so new, I cant imagine that it is broken already. And if it is broken, its been broken for a few weeks.
MorrisonHiker
S 100D 2021.4.12
While it's nice they are really building out the Denver metro area, does anyone else notice a pattern? Idaho Springs has been reported as having problems for weeks since it recently opened. Thornton has repeatedly has problems. Multiple Superchargers in Lakewood have been out of service since it opened. A third of the Superchargers at Centennial still aren't activated. I wonder if these were all built by the same contractor...and if they are having 'issues'. 
HillCountryFun
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While it's nice they are really building out the Denver metro area, does anyone else notice a pattern? Idaho Springs has been reported as having problems for weeks since it recently opened. Thornton has repeatedly has problems. Multiple Superchargers in Lakewood have been out of service since it opened. A third of the Superchargers at Centennial still aren't activated. I wonder if these were all built by the same contractor...and if they are having 'issues'.
I agree, it's disappointing and I've been wondering about the installs. I remember when they moved the Supercharger location at Park Meadows mall, it went live and then a month or two later they added these devices:
The smaller boxes are "Auto Transformers" and they are used for Voltage Regulation before the feed enters the actual Superchargers. I wondered why they didn't install them when the site went in and it could be that they want to run the site for a while before the add the regulation equipment. It's just a guess.
Has anyone noticed these at any of the other new sites?
Are they all v3s? There have been problems with opening the v3s since inception. It isn't unique to Colorado.While it's nice they are really building out the Denver metro area, does anyone else notice a pattern? Idaho Springs has been reported as having problems for weeks since it recently opened. Thornton has repeatedly has problems. Multiple Superchargers in Lakewood have been out of service since it opened. A third of the Superchargers at Centennial still aren't activated. I wonder if these were all built by the same contractor...and if they are having 'issues'.
MorrisonHiker
S 100D 2021.4.12
Yeah, all v3 but some of them have never worked. At Centennial, for example, they only turned on 8 of the 12 Superchargers.
HillCountryFun
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Currently charging at Colorado Mills Supercharger, it’s hard to see but I could not find Auto Transformers.
One other data point that might be relevant, 2 other Tesla owners, both with newer vehicles, told me the last stall towards the mall was not working. But on my 2014 Classic S it is working fine, this time and once before. Could this be part of what is happening?
I was at Idaho Springs yesterday and it worked fine. I think 62 kw and roughly 150 miles/hour. 2nd one in from the chargers nearest I70. Maybe the recent software update helped.
HillCountryFun
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This might be related to my older S working at stalls that don’t work for newer vehicles. Thanks for checking and the update!
I was in Black hawk recently and looking at the supercharger list in the app, Idaho Springs was missing. Silverthorne was there to the west and Centennial was listed, too. Any idea why Idaho Sprgs was not listed? It certainly is the closest one.
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