They are in some areas, but not in others. Southwestern Ontario once you get past Woodstock is pretty lacking with only London, Windsor and Comber along the 401. And the 401 E of Gan is also pretty slim, although less so once this site goes ahead, plus Brockville, assuming that happens.
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Supercharger - Morrisburg, ON
- Thread starter CanadaGoose
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Canada Gooses opinion is that Kemptville isn’t used enough for them to prioritize Prescott or Morrisburg.
Morrisburg is a win for the dead spot between MTL and Kingston.
Morrisburg is a win for the dead spot between MTL and Kingston.
RedOctober
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I travel from the London area to Windsor and found the Comber Rd SC becoming very congested since there really isn’t any place to charge between the two cities. I looked around to see if there would be a suitable location along the 401 along that route but there just isn’t much out there. Chatham is in the area but is so far off the 401.
alesgaroth
Blue LRY 7 Seats, Tow
With Brockville coming online in a month or two, they might think Prescott would be redundant.
Agreed, I was hoping that they would move the Brockville site to Prescott. But they have other sites very close together - Port Hope and Coburg, Belleville and Trenton, Kingston ang Gan. Those are all about the same distance apart as Prescott and Brockville.
I like your optimism.
Well, Brockville, ON, Kemptville, ON and Morrisburg, ON certainly make Prescott less important, but not redundant.
Prescott would make the density there close to "stop when you need to stop".
alesgaroth
Blue LRY 7 Seats, Tow
Well, I certainly have no problem with "stop when you need to stop", but other areas in Ontario need it more than the Gananoque to Morrisburg section of the 401. Highway 11 from North Bay to Nipigon is a 10 hour drive with *zero* superchargers. Timmins is on the edge of my range from any supercharger with my MYLR, and I have to be careful. If there was a detour I could end up with a dead battery.
Tesla is in the business of making money. Hwy 11 through Northern Ontario doesn't get a ton of traffic and if you really need to go from North Bay to Nipigon then you can take the Hwy through the Soo and have Supercharging along the way. The ROI on that route is going to be pretty low. The 401 is pretty much the busiest highway in the country that connects the country's two largest cities.
alesgaroth
Blue LRY 7 Seats, Tow
If I was going to use a gas car for trips, I'd have stayed with my Leaf and not bought the Tesla.
alesgaroth
Blue LRY 7 Seats, Tow
I'm not interested in driving to Nipigon specifically. I'm driving to Englehart and Timmins. Hearst is currently out of the question without a CCS or Chademo connector or a slower L2 charge along the way. When there are some NACS chargers along Highway 11, I'll feel a lot better.
I'm aware the ROI for Northern Ontario is low. They had Rouyn and Val-d'Or on the map as places they were planning a supercharger for a while. Can't be much better there.
EVs can’t do everything in 2024. If you expect them to, you may be disappointed.
Morrisburg is showing up in my app. But when I click on it, it says “unknown error occurred”. Maybe activation is soon!
Unless you are going from Toronto to Ottawa as you will never see Morrisburg.Awesome!
Really no need for Brockville now
Not sure if (he was) serious.
The thing about Superchargers is ...
First they complain that there's no Supercharger.
Then they complain that the Supercharger is in an inconvenient location.
Then they complain that their Supercharger doesn't have enough capacity and it needs to be expanded.
Then they want to go somewhere else ...
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