Supercharger - Kingsville, TX - E Corral Ave

[Guacahummus]

Filing for Superchargers at 2104 E Corral Ave, Kingsville, TX 78363 on the north side of town. Looks like at the site of a Fuel America Travel Center coming soon.

https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2023009680
https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2023007350

 

[Electroman]

Hmm there is already one just 2 miles away!

What is really needed is one medium sized (16 stalls) station in South Padre Island and one more larger station in Brownsville.

 

[thestral999]

Be nice to have the 250kw and extra spaces in kingsville but I think upgrading Three Rivers TX area first would be more ideal. Maybe up the road further north from current one. Cause that Loves gets busy with ice cars and bathrooms always packed.

 

[Cigar Man]

Hmmm, puzzled by this one. This is like Van Horn - an existing SC that is seldom overloaded, yet building another on the opposite side of the highway. Not complaining , just puzzled. Maybe up the road a bit like Sinton or Refugio. I’ve probably used Kingsville more than any other SC and never seen it full - usually 2 to four cars.

 

[iAlphachi]

Hmmm, puzzled by this one. This is like Van Horn - an existing SC that is seldom overloaded, yet building another on the opposite side of the highway. Not complaining , just puzzled. Maybe up the road a bit like Sinton or Refugio. I’ve probably used Kingsville more than any other SC and never seen it full - usually 2 to four cars.

It happens quite often...

 

[electricglider]

It happens quite often...

Yep. Unless you constantly travel through any particular area at different parts of the day to truly get an accurate view on how congested a SC location is, I would trust the supercharger site location decisions Tesla makes since they ultimately have the best data to work with.

 

[get-atty]

I guess we could call this the SpaceX effect. Probably makes good sense for a second charger since it is such a long stretch down to Brownsville/Boca Chica. Plus Tesla is probably trying to anticipate more charging infrastructure from the money from the Inflation Reduction Act.

 

[Electroman]

I guess we could call this the SpaceX effect. Probably makes good sense for a second charger since it is such a long stretch down to Brownsville/Boca Chica. Plus Tesla is probably trying to anticipate more charging infrastructure from the money from the Inflation Reduction Act.

If that is case, what is really needed is a minimum 24 charger stall in South Padre and one more in Brownsville, besides one in Boca Chica for SpaceX employees and contractors.

 

[TexasDuke]

If that is case, what is really needed is a minimum 24 charger stall in South Padre and one more in Brownsville, besides one in Boca Chica for SpaceX employees and contractors.

I’d say there are at least a dozen designation chargers at the hotels on SPI, if not two dozen already.

 

[Guacahummus]

Not really saying much with this post, but this site was added coming soon recently

 

[gbrgbr]

the existing SC is at a motel. If the new one is at a 24/7 truck stop, it'll be an improvement. also v2 -> v3.

 

[get-atty]

Good news for southbound SpaceX visitors! Successful launch yesterday from Boca Chica.

 

[get-atty]

No activity for now, but there is major construction on the new Tesla Lithium factory just 10 miles north near Driscoll TX. So that might be more of the thinking for this location. This location is next to the Love's Truck Stop on the north side of Kingsville. Looks like it will be at a competing large truck stop to be built.

 

[get-atty]

Lithium factory update

 

[AudreyHTX1]

So nothing happening here yet over a year after the permit?

Oh yeah, I guess they have to build the travel center first, but has that not even started?

 

[Cigar Man]

I'm posting this during the afternoon of the third SpaceX Starship launch.

And, as expected, the SCs on the routes back north are loaded up. The traffic is clearing on the ones in deep south Texas as the "herd" moves north.

Harlingen - 5 open
McAllen - full
Kingsville - full
Three Rivers - full
Victoria - full

Obviously, this new one in Kingsville is needed. I realize that Tesla is being asked to build the church big enough for the Easter morning service, and many of the SCs will be under utilized, but I also think that as the launches become more frequent, the crowds will increase. After all these years, a major launch at Cape Canaveral, FL, still draws a crowd.

 

[AudreyHTX1]

Did you see this launch?

 

[Cigar Man]

Did you see this launch?

No - I went to the first one, and it was a mob scene! Not for me. I was like most and watched it on television.

 

[AudreyHTX1]

No - I went to the first one, and it was a mob scene! Not for me. I was like most and watched it on television.

We stayed on the Island April last year and caught the successful reattempt on Thursday. But it was so darn loud! - that’s it for us too.

 

[ChrisC]

I was passing through the area and stopped by to get a look. This address is a gigantic construction site. So it's going to be a while yet.