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Supercharger - Mt. Shasta, CA (111 Morgan Way, 4 V2 stalls)
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I'm standing by my original statement. In addition to being a huge inconvenience for many Tesla owners, this is a PR nightmare for Tesla and it could have been easily avoided.
Well, it certainly could have been an opportunity for them, other than that I think EVs just got lumped in with the rest of the caos of short supply of energy (be it gas or electricity). It would have been awesome to see Evs come out on top on this one. On another note, if your a local in Oregon with an EV, you are less impacted than your ice neighbor.
I'm not sure how easily it could have been avoided. Not saying you're wrong, but it's possible there are utility limitations at these locations. I also don't know how many portables they have available. Four? I think that's the most we've seen deployed at one time, but I admit I haven't really counted. It would have helped, but the traffic is pretty thick either way.
I'm glad these sites are slated for expansion, either way.
cpa
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Yep. Certain times like Thanksgiving weekend and Christmas can be anticipated because we human beings are predictable with these events. Other events like a Super Bowl or World Series might be anticipated if a local team is playing, and they have an extensive fan base.
But a solar eclipse 500-800 miles away? C'mon! How many of you notified Tesla in advance that you were driving from California to various places in Oregon on the weekend immediately before the Monday event? Is Tesla responsible for circularizing its customers to determine travel plans? If so, many would squawk that this was an invasion of privacy and an unnecessary expense.
What would the reaction on this site have been if Tesla did deploy some of its temporary Superchargers and they went unused (or worse, Tesla miscalculated the busy spots) because very few of us made the trek to Oregon? This would have been an unnecessary expense to the company too.
I have to agree with Ohmman. There is no way that Tesla could have anticipated this mass pilgrimage to Oregon. Sometimes life deals us unexpected problems that inconvenience us, but do no harm. This is one of those times.
Um... I had called Tesla (Roadside assistance) on three different occasions in last weeks to suggest deploying mobile superchargers in Corning, Mount Shasta, and Grants Pass.
I'm curious about the mobil chargers. Is there a definitive wiki or info on them? Do they plug in to a PGE Service location, or are they huge generators in trailers? Coordinating and hooking in to a (Temporary)PGE service point seems almost impossible, so I'm really curious about them.
e-FTW
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In this event where there are gas (and porta-potty!) shortages, seems like finding electricity is somewhat easier than waiting at a gas station for the truck to come and refill the tanks.
Moderator note: please keep this thread focused on the Mt. Shasta Supercharger. If anyone wants to discuss Tesla's temporary mobile Superchargers all you have to do is start a thread about them. I would suggest the main Tesla Motors forum. Thank you.
A lot of people are disagreeing with my posts in this thread!
Anyways have fun on the way home everybody! Who knows, maybe Mt. Shasta won't even be busy. There's really no way of predicting these type of things. It's anybody's guess ;-)
Anyways have fun on the way home everybody! Who knows, maybe Mt. Shasta won't even be busy. There's really no way of predicting these type of things. It's anybody's guess ;-)
Bigtanuki
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A bit late, but I wanted to give big shout out to the Best Western management at the Shasta Supercharger. They had a guy stationed out at the entrance to the parking lot taking names and cell phone numbers with car description. He called when a slot was opening up. It allowed us to have a relaxing dinner without worrying about losing our spot in the queue. I thanked the manager and tipped the guy who spent his day in the sun dealing with Tesla owners.
Going South It's doable to charge more in Grand Pass and then go all the way down to Corning to skip this one. It's a lot of downhill and my energy consumption was about 20%-30% lower than average.
We all know that the solar eclipse was an exception and caused unprecedented traffic. I don't think the Supercharger network will ever be able to handle such extreme days without delays. But what it showed to me is that 4 stall locations are just not enough. Even on any busy normal weekend traffic, those stations become a bottleneck instantly. What makes it worse is that when all stalls are used the charge rate is lower but people also tend to charge higher than hat they need in fear of scarcity. Both these things make lines even longer. Kind of a feedback effect.
We all know that the solar eclipse was an exception and caused unprecedented traffic. I don't think the Supercharger network will ever be able to handle such extreme days without delays. But what it showed to me is that 4 stall locations are just not enough. Even on any busy normal weekend traffic, those stations become a bottleneck instantly. What makes it worse is that when all stalls are used the charge rate is lower but people also tend to charge higher than hat they need in fear of scarcity. Both these things make lines even longer. Kind of a feedback effect.
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