Supercharger - Robertsdale, AL

[lynyrdM]

I'm heading to Orange Beach in early June. If you do not mind me asking, what route(s) do you take to/from Tulsa to that area?

Hunger and pee breaks permitting, I'll mostly follow ABRP which shows I'm going to first hit the Ozark, AR V3 supercharger, race across to the Brinkley V3 Supercharger, break south on highway 49 over to Batesville, MS then south to the Grenada Supercharger. After that we will stop at the Meridian Supercharger and hopefully eat Mexican at the mall over there in honor of Cinco de Mayo before we finally drive to the nearest DC charger to our AirBnB in Gulf Shores for a quick top up.

Our AirBnB hosts said I could charge at the house if I can find a plug but I want to give myself some buffer if that somehow doesn't work out (bad outlets, outlets too far away, 120V is the best I get, etc)

I go back and forth between using the old V2 Supercharger in Mobile and the new Chargepoint in Foley for that last stop if this Robertsdale V3 isn't operational. The Mobile V2 Superchargers are supposed to be in a kind of sketchy area and we'd be using it at night while the Chargepoint looks to be power limited to 30kW. If Tesla would just release their CCS1 adapter, maybe I could try for the EA station too but that seems very unlikely and I don't trust EA Chademo reliability. I really hope these Robertsdale V3 Superchargers are completed in time because they would be so much better than any of those other options.

 

[dc121gw]

In Foley, the good people at Benson's Appliance, across 59 from the Chargepoint station, have both a Tesla destination charger and a J1772 charger. Both are free.

@LandThief From I-10, the fastest way to Orange Beach is to skip the 59 exit and go to the Beach Express, which ends in a toll bridge that will take you right there, letting you skip the traffic in Foley and Gulf Shores.

 

[Erichj]

Stopped by this morning. Fence is down. Utility Transformer is installed along with a meter. Getting closer.

 

[1speed]

I'm heading to Orange Beach in early June. If you do not mind me asking, what route(s) do you take to/from Tulsa to that area?

@LandThief Eat at The Gulf in Orange Beach. They have a couple Tesla destination chargers.

 

[BrownOuttaSpec]

Wow. This might be online by this weekend! Everything looks to be in place and the meter is powered so probably just waiting on final inspection from Tesla to give it the green light. Keep us posted @Erichj !

 

[LandThief]

@LandThief Eat at The Gulf in Orange Beach. They have a couple Tesla destination chargers.

That place is delicious. LuLu's also has destination chargers if I remember correctly.

 

[XHabjab]

Stopped by this morning. Fence is down. Utility Transformer is installed along with a meter. Getting closer.

I was going to report the same thing for today but you beat me to it.

Some ICE problems are going to happen but this will be a welcome location.

Is this going to be the first Buc-ee’s to reach completion?

 

[1speed]

I was going to report the same thing for today but you beat me to it.

Some ICE problems are going to happen but this will be a welcome location.

Is this going to be the first Buc-ee’s to reach completion?

Leeds, AL completed a couple weeks ago. Construction there was very fast as well.

 

[PocketChange]

Charged there this morning, not displayed in the car yet but was a good place to top off before taking 98 to Hattiesburg. Was really busy as the chargers are right at the entrance making it difficult to back in. Was a line of cars waiting as I backed into a stall, hopefully this was just a really busy time I hit and won't be the norm.

 

[Jeremy3292]

Open @corywright per above post

 

[ChrisC]

A line of cars waiting at a brand new SC site? Tesla doesn't normally route people to it right away. @PocketChange , you are definitely talking about the site that subject of this thread, right? Robertsdale AL, north of Foley AL, on the Baldwin Beach Express?

Or did you mean a line of cars waiting for gas and thus somewhat in the way?

Is this appearing in in-car nav?

 

[scottwith1t]

A line of cars waiting at a brand new SC site? Tesla doesn't normally route people to it right away. @PocketChange , you are definitely talking about the site that subject of this thread, right? Robertsdale AL, north of Foley AL, on the Baldwin Beach Express?

Or did you mean a line of cars waiting for gas and thus somewhat in the way?

Is this appearing in in-car nav?

From previous experience, there is always a crazy line of cars for the gas pumps, to the point that they've got barricades up in the parking lot to direct traffic.

I'm not sure if this is the case for this specific instance, however unless these charging stalls are located incredibly far away from the main building, you can expect them to be ICE'ed quite often.

EDIT:
So if this is in the South East corner of the parking lot like described and the pictures seem to indicate, that is just about the best location to avoid ICE'ing that they can do. However, when busy the line for the gas pumps can pass right by there and could make it more difficult to get in/out of. Hopefully they redirect traffic when these are officially open?

 

[Jeremy3292]

It is not in the nav yet

 

[BrownOuttaSpec]

Maybe @Erichj or @XHabjab can get us some pictures to confirm if it is open.

 

[dc121gw]

@ChrisC all Buc-ee's are busy but this one, being on the beach road, is jam packed on weekends during the peak season. There will be gas cars and RVs everywhere.

 

[PocketChange]

Yes this was the case, the entrance for bucees is limited to two parking lot rows by barricades, first one being where the superchargers are. I was the only Tesla there at the time.

 

[Jeff Hudson]

I can only see what this traffic situation is about using Google Maps which to be honest is pretty good. The Bucee's employee parking lot on the other side of the road looks like it could evolve into another larger Supercharger location.

 

[ChrisC]

Thanks PocketChange for confirming that it wasn't a line of Teslas, rather it was a line of gas cars

 

[PocketChange]

You bet sorry about the confusion, on a long road trip from Jacksonville FL to Las Vegas NV to visit family. Really glad this supercharger was available as it gave us peace of mind to cut out the Mobile / Biloxi superchargers and cut straight to Hattiesburg up 98. Seems people were charging there early as Thursday according to plugshare.

 

[Erichj]

Not showing on the Tesla Map yet but definitely getting some charge.