Supercharger - Portland, ME

[Darren S]

I was able to borrow a car from benevolent @Half Dollar Bill while staying at his B&B in Freeport and bop down to Portland just for my own curiosity (and to visit Portland Head Lighthouse) but still no power.

@PLUS EV, it's nothing like your pic at West Quoddy Head but I'll take what I can get.

 

[T-Rick-M3]

I saw a man working there at 8:00pm tonight. There were a few pedestals on the ground. I don't think these will be operational for at least a week or so. Has 12 pedestals and one is a pull-through.

 

[RedSoxFan18]

Just stopped in and I'm happy top report Portland is LIVE.

 

[JSergeant]

Just stopped in and I'm happy top report Portland is LIVE.

@MarcoRP @Chuq

 

[Darren S]

Just stopped in and I'm happy top report Portland is LIVE.

Shucks, I left the area just 2 days ago. So close but I didn't think it would have been ready this soon anyway. Another trip will need to be scheduled up that way (twist my arm).

 

[Tdreamer]

Shucks, I left the area just 2 days ago. So close but I didn't think it would have been ready this soon anyway. Another trip will need to be scheduled up that way (twist my arm).

My guess - they are enroute to or at Medway today.

 

[Tdreamer]

My guess - they are enroute to or at Medway today.

Apparently my guess was correct - someone just posted Medway is live as well!

 

[Surfertom]

Today is Thursday October 17 2019
Meeting friends at the Cider House
Stopped by and it is live!!!!
I have nearly full battery but power is out so will add some here
Thanks Elon

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

The NDEW Portland, ME event will (almost certainly) be held at Back Cove again next year. Now there will be nearby charging for some of the (many) Tesla owners who attend.

 

[Half Dollar Bill]

So now that it's open......
I was an "unofficial" supercharger ambassador in VA. By that I mean I had a bag full of scissors and a bunch of ribbon and any time a new one went live in the area we'd pick a date and time and have a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Then we maybe pick a local spot and go get lunch and gab for an hour or so. We'd publish the pictures back to this thread.
Any interest here?
Realize that any date/time is not going to be good for everyone interested so we just try to find the most common denominator.
Reply back and we'll get the conversation going.

 

[ATechGuy]

So now that it's open......
I was an "unofficial" supercharger ambassador in VA. By that I mean I had a bag full of scissors and a bunch of ribbon and any time a new one went live in the area we'd pick a date and time and have a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Then we maybe pick a local spot and go get lunch and gab for an hour or so. We'd publish the pictures back to this thread.
Any interest here?
Realize that any date/time is not going to be good for everyone interested so we just try to find the most common denominator.
Reply back and we'll get the conversation going.

Not sure when you want to do this, but with power out at my house. I'm headed there now.

 

[doghousePVD]

Not sure when you want to do this, but with power out at my house. I'm headed there now.

I’ll be trying the Portland charger Wednesday noonish

 

[ATechGuy]

Not sure when you want to do this, but with power out at my house. I'm headed there now.

I was at 46%. Getting consistently 50kw charging with no one else here.

Tesla system hasn't updated map info yet.

 

[Tdreamer]

I was at 46%. Getting consistently 50kw charging with no one else here.

Tesla system hasn't updated map info yet.

It's possible you're battery was probably not warm enough to charge at a higher rate given you appear to be close. Also, since Portland isn't on the nav yet, the car didn't know to do the supercharging pre-warming prior to arrival either. I was getting 89kW last night when I pulled in with a 50% SoC.

Newly commissioned sites can sometimes take anywhere from a day to sometimes a few weeks to show up on the nav (not sure why).

 

[Dynodan]

Great news everyone. Figures I’m home recuperating from surgery and will not be able to swing by and enjoy my first Portland Maine SC experience for a while.

 

[Gwgan]

It is now on the in car map, along with Jackman but not Medway.

 

[Beavertail S]

It was totally live yesterday (Saturday the 19th). We noticed it had a live icon on the car’s screen when we left RI for our trip to Maine. I’ve attached a photo of us plugged in and a screenshot of the charging rate. The Hannaford is a nice one, with bathrooms at the front of the store, so not too far a walk while charging. We were the first to charge here at full power? We didn’t see anyone else while we were there.

 

[Surfertom]

Not sure when you want to do this, but with power out at my house. I'm headed there now.

Funny with no power x 4 days I charged there 2 days in a row which was excellent timing, another bonus I think there was no Supercharger Fee, I suppose first few weeks they are working out kinks or maybe I will see this show up soon. Anyone else charging for free?

 

[Gwgan]

Electrify America is putting a DC charger in at the Walmart in Scarborough.
500 Gallery Blvd, Scarborough, ME 04074 Google Maps
Keep an eye out.

 

[T-Rick-M3]

Funny with no power x 4 days I charged there 2 days in a row which was excellent timing, another bonus I think there was no Supercharger Fee, I suppose first few weeks they are working out kinks or maybe I will see this show up soon. Anyone else charging for free?

I was not charged for the charging on Friday and Saturday, but my friend was charged for charging on Sunday.