Supercharger - Monroe, WA

[rpo]

Nothing on the roof (falcon wing doors and all that), but I had a full load of passengers, was sporting winter tires, and ran the heater the entire way. There was also heavy precipitation and wind. I wasn't exactly light on the accelerator. Left Kirkland at 100%, arrived at the top with 38%.

For the occasions when both L2 chargers are occupied at Steven's Pass, I carry a CHAdeMO adapter to get some juice at Sultan or Skykomish. At Steven's Pass there are 120v sockets on the back of the two chargers that you can trickle off. 5kWh might make the difference between needing to quick charge on the way back or not.

38% is plenty to get back down the Kirkland unless the battery gets cold soaked at the pass for a day. Precip will definitely increase drag and hurt your range. I've seen that drop mine 10% over what EV Trip Planner estimates on long trips. No precip and that site is dead on.

 

[hpartsch]

Location is correct on supercharge.info (zoom in on the location)

supercharge.info

Not talking about superchargers in that post.

 

[Pricee2]

Checked the construction progress about 11:15AM. The worker I talked to yesterday must have been a landscaper as I can find no utility transformer. There is still paving to do and there are no power cables in the pedestals. Not raining near as hard today so got a couple more photos.

 

[Pricee2]

Arg! Trying the second photo again.

 

[goneskiian]

I was trying to figure where these were... For the life of me, I could not. Might be helpful to others to post a picture to plugshare if you get a chance next time .

My snowboarding days are over, I'm pretty sure I got a concussion and broken rib from my hard falls. One less Tesla to worry about at this charger!

There are pictures of the Stevens Pass chargers on Plugshare already. They are literally right next to the main entrance to the area and are fastened to an old chairlift.

 

[hpartsch]

There are pictures of the Stevens Pass chargers on Plugshare already. They are literally right next to the main entrance to the area and are fastened to an old chairlift.

Sorry for the confusion, I found/used the ev chargers (J1772 ). What I couldn't find "on the back" of the chargers was the 120v slow chargers. That's what I was referring to for pictures.

 

[goneskiian]

Sorry for the confusion, I found/used the ev chargers (J1772 ). What I couldn't find "on the back" of the chargers was the 120v slow chargers. That's what I was referring to for pictures.

Ahhh, gotcha.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Monroe, WA

Interstates: None
US Numbered Highways: US-2(W)

US-2(W):
From: Start (I-5 Everett, WA) - 14.5 miles
To: Duluth, MN - 1680 miles
Diversion: 0.5 miles (staying on route 2)
To: End (St. Ignace, MI) - 2100 miles

To: Ellensburg, WA (WA-522, I-405, I-90) - 127 miles
To: Centralia, WA (WA-522, I-405, I-5) - 110 miles
To: Aberdeen, WA (WA-522, I-405, I-5, US-101, WA-8, US-12) - 135 miles
To: Burlington, WA (US-2, I-5) - 53.5 miles

A Supercharger to get to special tourist destinations, I think.

 

[Pricee2]

A Supercharger to enable an alternate cross state route. By adding a SC in E. Wenatchee and Davenport.

Snoqualmie Pass has frequent closures due to avalanches and avalanche control as does Stevens Pass but they are rarely closed at the same time. Also there are several hours in the A.M. that it will take :50 minutes or more to get from Woodinville to I-90, a distance of 13 miles, or in either direction in the afternoon (ask how I know this).

So:
Monroe SC to E. Wenatchee Fred Meyer Via US-2 110.6 miles.
E. Wenatchee to Davenport Via US-2 126.6 miles.
Davenport to Couer d'Alene SC. via US-2 and I-90 66.6 miles.

 

[snort]

A Supercharger to enable an alternate cross state route. By adding a SC in E. Wenatchee and Davenport.
.

I agree with Wenatchee, but Davenport isn't far enough from I-90. Wenatchee to Ritzville is only 115 mostly flat miles.

Here's mine:
Burlington to Newhalem: 60 miles, /very/ hilly
Newhalem to Winthrop: 74 miles, also very hilly
Winthrop to Grand Coulee Dam: 98 miles.
Grand Coulee to Coeur d'Alene: 118 miles.

Wenatchee to Grand Coulee is 92 miles.
Wenatchee to Winthrop is 95 fairly hilly miles.
Ellensburg to Wenatchee is 73 miles.


Newhalem, Winthrop and Grand Coulee can all be very small, maybe just 2 or 4 charge heads. Wenatchee needs to be bigger than that....and Ellensburg needs to be at least 8.

-Snortybartfast

 

[DaveD]

Just checked the Monroe site again. The transformer is still AWOL, as are all the station cable/connectors. No workers/vehicles present that I saw.

 

[rainforest]

Just checked the Monroe site again. The transformer is still AWOL, as are all the station cable/connectors. No workers/vehicles present that I saw.

Thanks for the update. I'm waiting for this station before i can make my next trip.

 

[Tessa]

Very happy about Monroe location as I live in east Wenatchee and make frequent trips to Seattle. This will make that trek just great!!! Looking forward to charging at Fred Meyers here in east Wenatchee when that becomes available, too! Go Tesla Superchargers!!!

 

[dss33]

I sent a quick note to the City's building and permitting office and I'll let everyone know if they have any details around opening date.

 

[PLUS EV]

Very happy about Monroe location as I live in east Wenatchee and make frequent trips to Seattle. This will make that trek just great!!! Looking forward to charging at Fred Meyers here in east Wenatchee when that becomes available, too! Go Tesla Superchargers!!!

Do you have any information about a supercharger going in at that East Wenatchee Fred Meyer location? I figured it was a likely location but hadn't heard anything concrete.

 

[Tessa]

Do you have any information about a supercharger going in at that East Wenatchee Fred Meyer location? I figured it was a likely location but hadn't heard anything concrete.

Unfortunately I am only reflecting comments from others. I'll see if I can visit with management here in east Wenatchee at Fred Meyers to see if they know anything. Am pleased with Superchargers "expansion" for sure!

 

[Pricee2]

Just checked the progress in Monroe. Paving is complete. Pedestals are being wired up today and will be completed today or tomorrow. No transformer yet but a little birdie told me it should be there in about a week.

 

[Tessa]

Just checked the progress in Monroe. Paving is complete. Pedestals are being wired up today and will be completed today or tomorrow. No transformer yet but a little birdie told me it should be there in about a week.

Thanks for helpful update!

 

[CharlieH]

I live 3 minutes from here (lucky me!); will be checking every morning and afternoon.

As of this evening, they're not up. Look finished, but I'm assuming there's no transformer still.

Will post when they're up and running for the trip planners in this thread.

 

[rainforest]

I live 3 minutes from here (lucky me!); will be checking every morning and afternoon.

As of this evening, they're not up. Look finished, but I'm assuming there's no transformer still.

Will post when they're up and running for the trip planners in this thread.

Really appreciate this!