I've done Edison NJ to Newark DE many many times in my 85 in cold weather. Always leave with 90% charge and make it with 0 issues
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Supercharger - Newark, DE
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I've done Edison NJ to Newark DE many many times in my 85 in cold weather. Always leave with 90% charge and make it with 0 issues
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jcadman22
Tesla Owners Club Maryland
Converting the old stalls to Destination Chargers (2 HPWCs + 2 J1772) would make a lot of people really happy, i.e. Roadsters and other EVs.
paulkva
part of the supercharge.info dev team
True that more L2 stations would be a help for non-S/X drivers, that would be good to see. But why not add instead of replace? I don't see Tesla shrinking any time soon, and I really don't see the point in ripping out infrastructure that works just fine, as long as the local grid can handle it. Judging by the giant transmission lines on the other side of I-95 I imagine there's enough power. And based on the comments on the new supercharger location, there are underutilized parking spaces on the property that could handle "non-super" charging stations.
Progress as of today: When I stopped by to take pictures I noted all 4 SC bays full and 1 car waiting: I took the second picture to show the 12 'stall stanchions' to reconfirm 12 stalls going in.
I like the idea of L2 chargers change in the original spots
I like the idea of L2 chargers change in the original spots
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Level 2 chargers are nearly useless on a highway. A highway rest stop isn't a destination. Anyone who needs to stop to level 2 charge for hours at a highway rest stop because their car can't DC charge probably shouldn't be making that trip in an EV.
There already are high-amp level 2 chargers at this rest stop--2 of them, I think? 70 amp J1772, if memory serves. They are in the truck parking area.
My understanding is that the four Tesla stalls at the original location are going to remain.
Nissan and BMW/VW both have DC Fast Charger installation programs and are free to negotiate with the rest area to install equipment to serve their customers. The door is open for a commercial charging provider such as NRG eVgo to establish a location there.
Even better, the state of Delaware has an Alternative Fueling Infrastructure Grant that is available to help fund DC Fast Charging stations in the state. There is $1.4 million available for private or public alternative-fueling infrastructure. Perhaps an entity can apply for that grant to help pay for CHAdeMO and SAE Combo chargers at the Delaware Welcome Center.
Better hurry, the deadline for applications is February 29th. source
Lanny
Nissan and BMW/VW both have DC Fast Charger installation programs and are free to negotiate with the rest area to install equipment to serve their customers. The door is open for a commercial charging provider such as NRG eVgo to establish a location there.
Even better, the state of Delaware has an Alternative Fueling Infrastructure Grant that is available to help fund DC Fast Charging stations in the state. There is $1.4 million available for private or public alternative-fueling infrastructure. Perhaps an entity can apply for that grant to help pay for CHAdeMO and SAE Combo chargers at the Delaware Welcome Center.
Better hurry, the deadline for applications is February 29th. source
Lanny
Curt
Roadster Signature #55
You beat me to it.
If Tesla would install even one HPWC at each SuperCharger location, ALL Tesla owners could benefit from this charging network.
To be fair, there are two 80Amp J1772 stations in the Truck Parking area at this rest stop (which I use frequently), but Tesla had nothing to do with putting those in.
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As a Roadster owner who does road trips, I beg to differ!
Don't be such a SuperCharging snob - there are different EVs for different tastes, and I wouldn't give up my Roadster for anything.
There are a slowly-growing number of 80Amp J1772 stations in the wild, and the Destination Charger program certainly helps, but if Tesla would simply put ONE 80Amp HPWC (or 70Amp HPC) at each SuperCharger location, then ALL Tesla owners would benefit.
Tesla's future is Supercharging. Superchargers' speed allow them to serve a much larger volume of cars. Putting a 70A 240V charger at a Supercharger site is a waste of a space. Wrong type of site, pointlessly slow.
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With that said, I'm not sure I've seen a spot on the map with a construction cone and a red dot, though I have a red/blue dot (Cleveland, for example, where they have limited hours.)
While progress would be nice to show, not sure we want to muck up the map for expansion purposes since it is "open."
A good "progress" indicator to me has always been looking at the charts page and seeing how many SCs have opened over a period of time. World-wide, they've opened over 2 a week since the beginning of 2016 (2015 averaged 5 a week the entire year; 6.6 for 1/1/2015-2/24/2015.) In North America, they're averaging less than one a week right now; 2015 on average was just over 2 a week and 1/1/2015-2/24/2015 was 3.75/week.) So things are definitely slowing down, which makes sense. As time goes on, they're going to be adding less and less SCs on average.
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WATTS-UP
Member
I think its time that Tesla adds to the SC in Newark,they have eight stalls at location that may see one car per day. Newark has cars there all the time. Time we get an upgrade.
DFibRL8R
Active Member
Lol. It's happened to all of us. It's especially easy to reply to a post mid-thread while using tapatalk. You're reading new posts, you reply, only to discover later the conversation turned left further down.
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