This thread is for discussion of the upcoming supercharger at the White Mountain Mall in Rock Springs, Wyoming. DrivingRockies received confirmation from mall management that it is coming:
This will "complete" I-80 in a marginal sense. It would be completely traversable in warm weather in an 85+ although you'd have to drive at slow speeds to complete the Cheyenne to Rock Springs stretch. Keep an eye out for permits in Rawlins as that would make the drive much easier.
So is it reasonable to go from Rock Springs directly to Jackson, once this is completed? Looks like it would be.
177 miles so probably. And you could continue on US-191 to West Yellowstone, MT; Butte, MT and Big Timber, MT (concurrent with I-90).
Rock Springs, WY Interstates: I-80 US Numbered Highways (<=5mi): US-191 I-80: From: Salt Lake City, UT -176 miles To: Cheyenne, WY - 264 miles Diversion: 1 mile From: Tooele, UT - 202 miles To: Ogallala, NE - 427 miles US-191* From: Price, UT - 218 miles To: Jackson, WY - 177 miles Diversion: 32 miles (different route ) To: Billings, MT (US-191, WY-28, US-287, US-26, US-20, WY-120, MT-72, US-310, US-212, I-90) - 376 miles To: Sheridan, WY (I-80, US-287, WY-220, WY-257, US-26BYP, I-25, I-90) - 375 miles To: Gillette, WY (I-80, US-287, WY-220, WY-257, US-26BYP, I-25, WY-259, WY-387, WY-50) - 351 miles To: Lusk, WY (I-80, US-287, WY-220, WY-257, US-26BYP, I-25, US-18) - 334 miles To: Loveland, CO (I-80, US-287, I-25) - 291 miles To: Silverthorne, CO (I-80, WY-130, WY-230, CO-125, CO-14, US-40, CO-9) - 318 miles To: Glenwood Springs, CO (WY-430, CO-10N, CO-318, US-40, CO-57, CO-7, CO-13, I-70) - 228 miles To: Santa Fe, NM (I-80, WY-789, CO-13, US-40, CO-27, CO-131, I-70, US-24, US-285, CO-17, US-285, I-25) - 602 miles To: Grand Junction, CO (US-191, US-40, CO-64, CO-139, I-70) - 244 miles To: Farmington, NM (WY-430, CO-10N, CO-318, US-40, CO-57, CO-7, CO-13, I-70, US-50, US-550, NM-516) - 468 miles To: Moab, UT (US-191, US-40, CO-64, CO-139, I-70, US-191) - 323 miles To: Nephi, UT (I-80, US-40, US-189, UT-52, I-15)- 244 miles To: Tremonton, UT (I-80, I-84) - 211 miles To: Pocatello, ID (I-80, US-30, I-15) - 243 miles To: Idaho Falls, ID (US-191, US-89, US-26) - 260 miles To: Lima, MT (US-191, US-89, US-26, Local, I-15) - 343 miles To: Big Timber, MT (US-191, WY-28, US-287, US-26, US-20, WY-120, MT-72, US-310, US-212, MT-421, I-90) - 421 miles Lots of holes to fill. * This will in fact be the _ninth_ Supercharger on US-191.
I think there is a fair amount of elevation gain, and it's Wyoming, so expect a 60 mph headwind. So no, Pinedale would likely be needed to make reasonably doable.
I'd be careful of close calls (and plot it on evtripplanner). Besides elevation changes, WY is usually windy.
I want to eventually do NYC to Yellowstone someday (probably in the spring season) and have been playing around with EVTripplanner. I would like to do this Via I-80 but things get pretty dicey after Cheyenne, WY – a SuperCharger in Rawlins, WY would certainly help. (as would a ChAdeMo in Lander or anywhere along rt-287/ rt-26) If I had to do NYC to Yellowstone this spring, I would charge to 100% at Cheyenne, spend 3-4 hours at a KOA in Rawlins, and another 3-4 hours in Lander before continuing onto the park. My intended final destination: old Faithful Snow Lodge. but yea, it would be a long day of Level 2 charging and I'd drive myself nuts.
There are now a few 80 amp chargers in that area and hopefully a few more by next summer. Riverton and Lander Wyoming Breadboards Getting 80amp Chargers
This is great news! I did see the charger you mentioned at Breadboard in Lander on PlugShare (along with that beautiful Model X with the crazy wingspan) unfortunately my Model S only has a single on-board charger and I'm not sure it's worth it to pay $2000 to bump up to 80 Amps. Most of the destination chargers in NYC are 208 V x 40 Amps, and those are the very best ones. As I type this my car is presently charging at 205 V x 24 Amps, or 15 miles per hour. (sucks) so 80 Amps charging capability would have little impact on my daily life -- although it would be useful for my proposed trip to Yellowstone. BTW it would be great if the Plugshare info for these chargers could be updated to reflect that it is an 80 Amp J1772 plug, when I 1st came a cross it i assumed it maxed out at 24 Amps, which is why I would prefer a NEMA 14-50 hookup at a KOA.
I think it's fairly obvious that Tesla is working to add a number of chargers in this section of I-80, but it's hard for us to find them at this stage. If it's anything like Nebraska, we'll see several come online at about the same time.
That's my new Model X at the Breadboard in Lander and Riverton. Pacific Corp has a good sized grant from the department of energy for adding a lot more charging infrastructure on the interstates in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. I've been talking with them about adding some level 3 to the locations I have leases at. In this order I should be adding Level 2 with options of adding level 3 later in Dubois, Rawlins, Cody, Alpine and Fort Collins. Things are looking good for Thermopolis, Laramie and Casper too. Need some leads on locations interested in hosting chargers in Evanston, Farson and Rocksprings. I feel like whenever you wash your car then it rains. I'm starting to put in some high speed charging and Tesla starts to get serious about adding stations in Wyoming, go figure. I waited 3 years of being told they would be installed in a few months before I starting to do it myself. At least I'll have my stations ready for Bolt's other EV's and when the Superchargers are full. More EV's and charging options the better I always say.
I totally agree. I've made several trips from SLC to Boise where the SuperCharger network is already "complete". I can't go the 80mph limit between Tremonton and Twin Falls, and I'd love to be able to make a detour to make some visits halfway between Twin Falls and Boise. Those two stretches are pretty barren for charging. MAYBE you could find an RV park. More charging availability on these corridors would definitely improve flexibility, and reduce anxiety.
This corridor will make the Denver to SLC run much more manageable. I-70 is just too unreliable in the Winter time. Not that I-80 is too much better, but this will at least give a second option.
I seem to remember seeing somewhere 13 weeks is expedited while 26 weeks is standard time from start to finish. I keep watching for other locations on 80. And not sure if could make it from here to Jackson. How much does AC impact range. Don't ranges increase in summer over published range for battery