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Supercharger - Kingman, AZ
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I've seen it go both ways. Considering there were often lines forming at the original Kingman supercharger, I would hope they would keep it open. It was opened almost exactly 8 years ago. Sometimes they are on a 10-year contract with the property owner. If they do decide to shut it down in 2 years, they will need to open another one in Kingman, perhaps at the Andy Devine exit. It's hard to imagine how many Teslas will be on the road by then lol.
cpa
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What Plus said.
For example, in Joplin, Missouri, Tesla opened up a V3 Supercharger with eight stations about six-eight months ago. The original V2 Supercharger at a boarded-up weed-infested former convention center was taken out of service almost immediately. I don't know if Tesla has removed all the V2 hardware or not from this original location.
At Mt. Shasta City, Tesla installed 16 new stalls across the street from the original 4-stall set up at the Best Western motel. Those four stalls are still putting out electrons. Similarly, Tesla added 24 V3 stalls at Beaver, Utah, to augment the original four, then eight V2 stalls. Those locations are separated by parking stalls.
Plus has done a lot more sampling of Superchargers across North America (and Europe too!) so he would have a better grasp on which locations were eliminated and which remained when expansion occurred just a few short steps away.
mpmeyer
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AZ Tim
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Doakills
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Event was pretty fun, I can confirm charging!
What is nearby in terms of bathrooms/food? The Kingman Visitor Center webpage says they are closed on Sunday. Wonder what the options are on Sunday for a bathroom break while charging....a prime travel day between Vegas and Phoenix.
Yes, in North America, V3 supercharger cabinets each serve (up to) 4 stalls, so V3 sites are almost always built with a total number of stalls evenly divisible by four. In Europe/Asia, new V3 installs are generally in multiples of 3.
eladts
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There are lots of 6-stall v3 sites in Canada. It has less to do with North America vs Europe/Asia and more to do with sites that currently have low traffic but may grow in the future.
No, it doesn't. Those "6-stall" installations along the TCH are really 8-stall installations only Tesla didn't put in the above-ground charging posts. However, the V3 cabinets at those locations each still had conduit laid out to 4 stalls. When Tesla decides the traffic levels merit it, they'll just pop 2 more posts on the capped lines that are already there and then from the user perspective it will be an 8-stall location, too. In Europe/Asia, V3 cabinets at new locations have conduit laid out to only 3 stalls. Unlike the Canadian sites you're referencing, it's not a matter of Tesla just waiting for the site traffic to justify installing the missing charging posts, the site designs are different and very likely there's a minor hardware version difference in the cabinets.
There is a minor caveat to the above in that the early V3 installations in Europe/Asia were apparently done using the North American hardware and so for a time at the beginning of Tesla's V3 rollout in those regions, sites were also done in 1:4 ratio instead of the now standard 1:3.
and already reduced service? Hopefully this is just a fine tuning at the beginning and not a problematic site. At least there are 16 stalls!
The Route 66 museum is there. They have an EV exhibit for $5. They also have bathrooms inside.
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