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Supercharger - Quartzsite, AZ
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Chuq
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It makes me wonder, does Tesla use the solar/batteries connected to their larger sites to not only buffer the grid for charging vehicles, but in their 90% of non peak time do they earn revenue in other ways?
* Export solar generation to the grid?
* Provide grid services like frequency stabilisation (FCAS)?
* Play the wholesale energy market by charging when cheap, discharging back to the grid when expensive?
Uncle Paul
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First energy will go to cars currently charging.
Next energy to topping off batteries.
Then consider back to the grid.
Next energy to topping off batteries.
Then consider back to the grid.
That's 4 new ones. I would assume this is an indication that the expansion will not be complete in time for Thanksgiving. I also suspect that there will be huge backups during peak times. The worst part is the Needles/Kingman and Yuma situations are also bad, so it's not like there are even reasonable alternatives for SoCal-AZ travel.
Chancellor32
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So true! We took the 8 last month and thankfully it was empty, but Yuma is garbage right now.
Sasmania
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Anyone else driving through Quartzite on Tues the 19th for CYBERTRUCK?
Me and my +1 will be driving our 2 Teslas. Hoping it's not full, but should be light traffic otherwise I would think.
Me and my +1 will be driving our 2 Teslas. Hoping it's not full, but should be light traffic otherwise I would think.
Not making that trip, but I am on a weekend trip and the Buckeye supercharger had signs urging tesla owners to fully charge while Quartzite is being upgraded. Nav said I could make it to Indio, but only with a 3% buffer.
I stopped in Quartzsite when nature called and was able to charge up to 80% so I could make it to the outlets in Cabazon. Only two other teslas were charging at 6pm on a Saturday.
I recommend charging fully in buckeye with the expectation to skip Quartzsite.
Sasmania
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Ohh good info, THX! I'll be fine in my P3, but my friend is driving my old P85 with about 240K miles on it so maybe 230 miles at 100%
ahagge
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I was there on Sunday - from what I can tell, 4 of the "urban" chargers on skids were connected (using the power cables from the 2 temp urban chargers and 2 temp Superchargers that had been there for some months); the other 4 chargers (on two skids) were not yet connected to power.
Alas, the entire site still seems to be power-limited. I connected to stall 4B (4A was not in use) and was only able to get 48kW with a low battery SOC.
I found it interesting that the skids actually had 3 urban chargers on them - one on the back of one side and one on the front and one on the back of the other side. So one side could be used as pull-in rather than back-in.
I'm hoping that they do a bunch of pull-in spots (with long markings on them) for folks pulling trailers. That's really been lacking up to now, and it would be a royal pain to disconnect a trailer every time you have to charge. Fingers crossed!
Sasmania
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Was just a the Q. They now have 4 sets of 3 Temporary Urban Chargers (only one set seems to be wired up now) for 12 additional chargers. I'm betting these get hooked up before Thanksgiving.... and will stay until the V3 site is done.
ALSO... I saw an bulldozer with claw moving earth near where I think is the Pilot Travel Center / McDonalds right before the turn off for Carls Jr / Tesla. Wonder if this is the new site for the 28 V3??
ALSO... I saw an bulldozer with claw moving earth near where I think is the Pilot Travel Center / McDonalds right before the turn off for Carls Jr / Tesla. Wonder if this is the new site for the 28 V3??
Only 2/3 stalls per pallet work, so that makes for 8 stalls. So much for them being V3.
Sasmania
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They are def not V3! But hey, it's a temporary fix until V3 which is a huge improvement over doing nothing at all. I'll take it!
Chuq
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Interesting observation.. another comment earlier in this thread suggested it was going to be on the empty lot immediately adjacent to the current site (just to the west). Might be worth keeping an eye on both locations!
Stopped in Quartzsite on the way back. Only other Tesal was a nice guy in his X jokingly asking where the credit card machine was to pay for his charge. He picked 3A, the only reliable Supercharger left. 2B got me 50kW. 3B shared the 30 kW and 1B got nothing.
Larger diameter PVC is being run around the parking lot to the temporary chargers. I am hoping this means heavier gauge wiring so faster charging.
Stopped by last night around 6:30 PM @ Quartzsite and talked to Tesla folks putting up some final touches to operate those new urban SC's. They told me that night it will be operational after an hour later. Didn't confirm coz I have to drive back to SoCal. This additional SC's will help Tesla drivers taking I-10 between PHX and SoCal especially during holidays.
The future site of V3 is the vacant lot which is situated west of the existing charging station. It will be available between 3 to 6 months according to Tesla workers on the site. Kudos to Tesla SC team for making this happen and listening to our request.
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