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Supercharger - Myrtle Creek, OR
- Thread starter Ml007
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Myrtle Creek, OR
Along Primary Interstates: I-5
Along US Numbered Highways (<=5mi): None
Along Auxiliary Interstates: None
Along State Routes: OR-99
I-5
From: Grants Pass, OR - 46.9 miles
To: Springfield, OR - 92.4 miles
Diversion: 0.9 miles
From: Medford, OR - 74.4 miles
To: Salem, OR - 153.9 miles
Will split The Gap on I-5, reducing the largest spacing from 138.4 miles to 92.4 miles. (Grants Pass OR to Springfield, OR).
But also it splits a 227.7 mile gap between the v3 Superchargers in Medford, OR and Salem, OR, allowing drivers of some newer cars to stick to v3.
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Along Primary Interstates: I-5
Along US Numbered Highways (<=5mi): None
Along Auxiliary Interstates: None
Along State Routes: OR-99
I-5
From: Grants Pass, OR - 46.9 miles
To: Springfield, OR - 92.4 miles
Diversion: 0.9 miles
From: Medford, OR - 74.4 miles
To: Salem, OR - 153.9 miles
Will split The Gap on I-5, reducing the largest spacing from 138.4 miles to 92.4 miles. (Grants Pass OR to Springfield, OR).
But also it splits a 227.7 mile gap between the v3 Superchargers in Medford, OR and Salem, OR, allowing drivers of some newer cars to stick to v3.
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pdx_m3s
Active Member
No sign. But the findus has Hood River, OR for 2021Q4, so maybe their eyes will head east to Boardman, OR next year.Now we just need Tesla to split the I-84 gap
I hope this one is open next time I got down to CA. I could skip Springfield and Grants Pass if I could stop there.
I agree that I-84 needs attention. The Dalles is very overloaded at this point.
I agree that I-84 needs attention. The Dalles is very overloaded at this point.
That would be so weird for them to have had Boardman on the map for a couple years, THEN remove it completely, to then just put it back on the map. Could happen, but I fear for some reason east has just been deemed "good enough."
Not weird at all. For a long time Tesla's map policy for future supercharger locations that had fallen through but that they were still working on finding a replacement hosting site was to just leave the pin on there and keep incrementing the "target opening" date by 1 year every January regardless of whether they had actually made enough progress on securing a new host to realistically hit that target. The fact that Boardman stayed on the map was just indicative that they were still trying to get a supercharger there eventually. Then, at the beginning of 2021, Tesla changed the way they were maintaining their map. Now, future supercharger sites seem to get pins and updated target dates based on their actual current status. That meant that Boardman had to come off because it didn't yet meet their new criteria for having a pin. But it doesn't mean that they stopped working towards a supercharger there. Once Tesla finds a host property, they'll add Boardman back on.
Ah, I thought the change was that they still would show a pin with a vague "Coming 2022" or something when they had identified a needed location but hadn't really found a site or devoted any time to that location yet. Then it would change to a specific quarter when they were closer to actually pulling permits and building (though we know that some locations still slipped from one quarter to the next, so it's not like it was a sure thing even then).
I thought by the pin being dropped it was that the location had dropped off Tesla's radar on being "needed."
I seriously hope this location is still something they are able to work with and either a host keeps reaching out and pushing or Tesla finds a good location on their own. That eastbound route is still a little rough in 75kWh or smaller vehicles in bad conditions (rain, high winds, snow/winter temps). It's doable, but ideally you would want to do a section from a max of like 70% down to 10% for the quickest supercharger stops, and Hood River to Pendleton is ~150 miles. On a 75kWh battery (using only 60% of the capacity, 70% down to 10%) that's 45kWh to play with, or 300 wh/mi. That's totally doable on my Model Y at 70mph in good conditions, but give me bone chilling winter temps, standing water, etc and at 65 to 70 that likely will climb up to like 335 wh/mi or maybe a little more. Again, it's doable but you're spending more time at a supercharger and getting into slower points of the charge curve. A Boardman charger would allow you to depart probably at like 60% battery AND would give you that redundancy if Pendleton was offline. It makes sense, that's for sure. (Also anyone towing or those poor guys in the ~50kWh batteries of the SR+ they're having to do almost full charges in the winter to ensure they have some wiggle room in bad weather)
Alright guys, the topic of this thread is the supercharger in Myrtle Creek, Oregon. Feel free to start a dedicated thread for bitching about the Dalles situation (oh wait! there already is one!), but let's try not to let it clutter every other supercharger thread in this sub-forum.
pdx_m3s
Active Member
Fingers crossed this is ready for the holidays. We will probably be heading south for either Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Oliver’s MX
Member
I’ll be heading south to Central Cali on 2 October and will be stopping by the site to see if there’s any construction progress. And I will post my findings as soon as I can shortly thereafter.
This was just posted this afternoon on Facebook. Looks like construction is almost complete!
When this is complete, it will allow me to skip Spingfield and Grants Pass when I go down to California. I'm looking forward to it!
EV-lutioin
Active Member
Finally! Talk about the most needed Supercharger for a LONG TIME! I've spent way too much time in Grant's Pass charging enough to make it to Springfield.
Ended up going through at night so the pics aren't great, but here ya go:
Looks like 8 stalls. No transformer on site and still a lot of wiring to do. They are working on the trenching at the moment.
Looks like 8 stalls. No transformer on site and still a lot of wiring to do. They are working on the trenching at the moment.
PLUS EV to the crew at 4am: come on, hurry up! I need another first to get past Bighorn in the stats!!!
Another update on Facebook about this today. Definitely seems like it's progressing nicely to being available for the holidays, but we all know looks can be deceiving.
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