@bmah, I saw your quotes in the Amador Business Ticker:
How Tesla Came to Jackson
Found this thread when searching for Kirkwood supercharger. It's been rumored for awhile; I guess there's a KPMUD meeting happening on May 8 that has EV charging on the agenda. It sounds like they've disabled the destination chargers for the summer (!!). This is a big deal as my in-laws have a house there but no driveway/garage. It's no big deal for us to walk from the lodge to the house, leave the car overnight.
The Jackson supercharger is a big improvement as no detour to Manteca is required. In our Model 3, we can make it on a full charge, but arrive with only about 60 miles-- not a ton of buffer, but it would get us (slowly) downhill to South Lake Tahoe / Stateline to charge in the event the kirkwood chargers are down.
Anyway, back to Kirkwood -- Rumor is a supercharger and then more J1772 chargers. They uninstalled the 2 clipper creek units they had, which is silly; why get rid of all non-Tesla chargers.
Of course, the Superchargers won't be free, but I'd rather pay a few bucks and be able to see it on my map, know it's active, and have it maintained by Tesla. In turn, they should install (at least) some more J1772 L2 chargers for Tesla owners and non-Tesla owners alike. If they want to charge a nominal fee, so be it-- again, it makes it slightly more likely they'll actually work!
