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Supercharger - Kayenta, AZ
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Last time I used that Chargepoint CPE250 in Bluff, I got high 70's low 80s kW on a 2023 Model Y. Not amazing speeds but just fine for a long picnic lunch stop in the park across the street.
The drive through Bluff is way more scenic than your Gallup route. This country is so gorgeous and even the hamlet of Bluff so quaint, why you'd choose to save 1/2 hour by driving through Gallup, I can't grasp.
So…. Ahhhhh…. Construction is nearly complete on this. I drove by this afternoon as part of a convoy of river rats headed to the Grand Canyon for a 14 day trip. I happened to glance over to the parking lot of the Birger King, and there were what appeared to be at least 8 V3 chargers installed and still wrapped up in white plastic, and at least two cabinets. I have zero photos, but hopefully someone will be driving through and snap some. This is a huge development for those of us in the Four Corners area! I’ll take some photos in two weeks, but hopefully this will be running by then.
It’s not April fools day (I checked my watch), so I hope this is for real!!
tmoz
S85D, Y LR, ex Prius PiP
DeepBlueMN
2019 AWD Model 3
Omg!! I have been waiting 12 years since I bought my 1st Model S for this to happen!! Let’s hope it’s real!! I drive through Kayenta 4 times a year and I have learned to live without a Kayenta charger but this opens up some areas of the Rez that I have missed visiting since I went all electric 12 years ago. Yay!!! Great news!
JamesEarl15
Member
This has to be b.s lol….i would lose my shyt if there was one there lol
Hopefully this isn’t b.s. because I can really make good use of a Kayenta supercharger. I hope we get a confirmation soon.
JamesEarl15
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Kayenta, AZ
Host Type: Restaurant
Host: Burger King
Along Primary Interstates: None
Along US Numbered Highways (<=5mi): US-160
Along Auxiliary Interstates: None
US-160
From: Start (US-89 west of Tuba City, AZ) - 81.8 miles
To: Durango, CO - 162.1 miles (Permit)
Diversion: 0.1 miles
To: Alamosa, CO - 310.5 miles
It's also just before the start of US-163 in Kayenta.
Host Type: Restaurant
Host: Burger King
Along Primary Interstates: None
Along US Numbered Highways (<=5mi): US-160
Along Auxiliary Interstates: None
US-160
From: Start (US-89 west of Tuba City, AZ) - 81.8 miles
To: Durango, CO - 162.1 miles (Permit)
Diversion: 0.1 miles
To: Alamosa, CO - 310.5 miles
It's also just before the start of US-163 in Kayenta.
tmoz
S85D, Y LR, ex Prius PiP
Well bust my buttons! Hallelujah!! (full disclosure - I had to look up how to spell Hallelujah)
After the Supercharger department mass firings I was worried that Kayenta might be significantly delayed.
Then new permits being issued daily over on supercharge.info came to a complete halt in late April, which did not bode well for any new SC’s, but especially this historically politically complex one on the Navajo Nation. I was 100% sure it would be years more before Kayenta actually happened.
So the fact that this is actually really happening feels like a miracle!
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Then new permits being issued daily over on supercharge.info came to a complete halt in late April, which did not bode well for any new SC’s, but especially this historically politically complex one on the Navajo Nation. I was 100% sure it would be years more before Kayenta actually happened.
So the fact that this is actually really happening feels like a miracle!
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BenBethel
Member
My guess is that this one was started well before the Supercharger mass firings and due to the low traffic on this road we only heard about it this week.After the Supercharger department mass firings I was worried that Kayenta might be significantly delayed.
Then new permits being issued daily over on supercharge.info came to a complete halt in late April, which did not bode well for any new SC’s, but especially this historically politically complex one on the Navajo Nation. I was 100% sure it would be years more before Kayenta actually happened.
So the fact that this is actually really happening feels like a miracle!
It's probably a better split between Flagstaff and ... Durango? I've lived in Phoenix since 1980 and used to do a trip to Colorado at least twice a year. Mostly going Phx-Flag-Cortez for the first day, which is about 425 miles (uphill). Half the time I was on a motorcycle, with similar range to a Tesla. I would stop and gas up in Flagstaff, then Kayenta and finally in Cortez. On my motorcycle I never made it past Cortez because my back and knees were killing me by the time I got past 4 Corners.
Chargers at Kayenta will absolutely open up the Navajo Nation. I wonder how standard the installation is? I wonder if the cables are going to get cut the day before I show up there?
I've thought about the power issues on the rez for some time now, and I wonder if the Navajo should just make their own solar/battery power plant rather than rely on anyone else? I suspect they could get huge grants toward it, and then they could sell electricity to the tribe cheap or free while charging tourist about anything they want.
I do wonder if other SC's are going in elsewhere on the rez? Kayenta is the perfect place if there is only going to be one charging location, but it doesn't do much good if not passing through. Teec Nos Pos and Chinle would open up more of the rez without a long drive to the middle. And Colorado needs a Supercharger in Cortez pretty badly. Not sure what is going on in Durango.
boulder.dude
Member
We need to drive (MYLR) Denver->Grand Canyon next week and a Kayenta charger would be perfect! Assuming we’ll have to take the longer less efficient less beautiful route on I-40 though. Maybe on the way home we’ll brave the Kayenta route and get a pic of the SC situation.
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