alpinehijinx
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Did the Highway 97 drive north yesterday [cool, mid-30's], left Redmond with about 74% SOC and arrived at The Dalles with 19%. Thinking about how much more straightforward the Hwy97 drive would be if you could instead leave Madras at ~90% and arrive in Yakima without diverting west to the crappy Dalles SC. The Dalles has an odd five stalls (three labeled A and two B) and, with two others' there, it was impossible not to split the remaining charge. Even after one person left I only got 57kW and had to move to another to get 130kW. A v3 charger in Madras, and then Yakima, would allow driving 97N directly and eliminate stopping at the similarly small and variable-output Ellensburg SC. I would guess that those with an SR+ battery would be even more excited to see this route realigned with a Madras SC, especially in winter. Yakima coming soon is obviously the lynchpin for making Hwy97 more functional too.