FMinMI
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Hard to believe that 'small' green unit powers the three larger ones
Go, go, go...
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Supercharger - Pigeon Forge, TN
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Go, go, go...The orange trucks were from some electric company, not utility company. As I left, they were setting up a shade structure by the green box, my guess to connect something and make them live. Sadly I had to leave before they finished, barely made it to the next charger, had to spend some L2 time in Cherokee to get enough.
Fortunately REI is right across the parking lot with several destination chargers and it's free. Was a good spot to L2 charge. Another is in the LARGE empty parking lot across Teaster Lane (on the hill) from the LaConte center. Currently building a hotel there and there are a slew (12?) of Chargepoint that give about 25-30 mph (you pay for those). Nice to have options. Watched Netflix while charging. Found other Chargepoints around town but most only provided 3-4 mph and you also pay and share.
I skimmed through the thread and didn't see these stated in plain text, so for the record the address is:
153 E Wears Valley Rd
Pigeon Forge, TN 37863, USA
and the Plugshare link: PlugShare - Find Electric Vehicle Charging Locations Near You
Since the utility transformer is in place, visitors to this site should now look for the utility meter, indicating that it has passed final inspection by utility/AHJ and power has been turned on. After that, only the final Tesla tech visit is needed to activate these.
153 E Wears Valley Rd
Pigeon Forge, TN 37863, USA
and the Plugshare link: PlugShare - Find Electric Vehicle Charging Locations Near You
Since the utility transformer is in place, visitors to this site should now look for the utility meter, indicating that it has passed final inspection by utility/AHJ and power has been turned on. After that, only the final Tesla tech visit is needed to activate these.
CubedRoot
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I was up there this weekend. The Pigeon Forge superchargers are almost ready. 8 of the 12 stalls were lit up and powered on. The two cabinets had their fans running and all of the pedestals also had their fans running. I plugged in of course! But only had it get to “starting to charge” and never went green. More than likely it’s because they are not active on the network yet. Pedestals 8-12 were not powered on (neither was their cabinet), so sounds like just a little bit more work and they're ready. Here's some photos and a quick silly video I made while I was there Saturday.
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BrownOuttaSpec
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That is a LOT of bollards in place to protect the Superchargers from being hit, I've never seen them have them so well protected!
Plasmid_Boy
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We are arriving in about 45 minutes from Cincinnati. I will let you know if they are active.
FMinMI
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Fantastic! That just made out trip next month so much more enjoyable. Thanks for the update and kudos to the SuC team for how fast they got this one done just in time for the summer visitors.
CubedRoot
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HECK YEAH!!!! This will relieve some of the traffic on the Knoxville supercharger for sure. We live in Chattanooga, and have to stop in Knoxville to top-off to make it home after a Pigeon Forge Trip and there is ALWAYS a wait in Knoxville.
With this one active now, our next trip up we can casually swing by these before heading home. Fantastic! Thanks for letting us know they are working @Bakerr6 ! Are they showing up as active on the trip planner?
With this one active now, our next trip up we can casually swing by these before heading home. Fantastic! Thanks for letting us know they are working @Bakerr6 ! Are they showing up as active on the trip planner?
Wow! Open for just a few hours and already there are 3 Teslas charging!
Great news! This will definitely relieve any range anxiety when in town and allow for more time to be spent doing activities outside of L2 charging.
Have you experienced the drivers at Pigeon Forge ???
Just this morning I checked my Tesla app and I see the charger location has now popped up but it is not saying how many stalls are available
Yeah - pain in the butt. But at least plenty of space to unhitch and maneuver.
I grew up in this area and can confirm that Tesla made a good call with these.
I just did a search because when I was planning my trip here last week it said there weren't any superchargers, so we charged fully in NC. Then we get to Dollywood this morning and the car was showing this one. 
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