Supercharger - Salem, Virginia

[jfe_md]

Will try to run by Friday

 

[jfe_md]

Lots of rain recently, not a lot of progress.

 

[Sw0rdf1sh]

This is awesome. Whenever I have traveled up there I had to make sure I had satisfactory Destination charging overnight to make it back down to NC.

So I'm guessing it's still a V2 charger, but I'm wondering if possibly they are only installing V3 chargers now if they are new? One (or many) can only dream.....

 

[Syd]

Almost all new chargers right now are V2. A great deal more planning for power feeds, etc. will be needed for V3. I would not expect any quickly.

 

[swengl]

We've had a few nice days of weather, has there been any progress on the site?

 

[Jbm2004]

Seems legit

 

[jfe_md]

Will go by "soon"

 

[SteelSully]

Darn, was really hoping this SC would be ready for our family camping trip this weekend from RVA to Claytor Lake. Would shave almost an hour if we didn't have to go the I-64 --> I-81 route. Oh well, an extra hour in a Tesla is fine by me...

 

[ZoomDoggie]

I just stopped by. The gal at the register said 'end of June'. One of the dudes doing the work said 'end of July'. All I know is that 6/7 date I was given...whether June 7th or 6 July are both kind of unlikely.

There is definite progress and looks to be 8 slots.

The white boxes had been wrapped up in the last set of photos I took (on the SWVA Tesla owner facebook page).

The end of July sounds reasonable. There had been a gap in work at one point, and the weather later didn't help I'm sure.

Here was the original facebook message saying 6/7. Then again, the YEAR wasn't specified

 

[IT Geek]

I've watched scores of these Superchargers being built around the country now and one thing has remained constant...all early predictions about when the site will open turn out to be wrong.

Whenever I visit a place that is under construction, I no longer ask any "when" type questions. I talk about my car and charging, I tell them I appreciate their efforts and that I'll look forward to using the charger when it is complete. No one there that doesn't work for Tesla knows when the site will be complete and ready to use.

 

[jfe_md]

Judging by the progress thus far, I would not expect this one to open until late July. I believe the city of Salem has its own electric company so hopefully final inspection will be quick and painless.

 

[Josh.md.us]

I just stopped by. The gal at the register said 'end of June'. One of the dudes doing the work said 'end of July'. All I know is that 6/7 date I was given...whether June 7th or 6 July are both kind of unlikely.

Seems like maybe "6/7" meant "June/July"?

 

[jfe_md]

Slow progress. At least these are as far from the store as possible, will hopefully limit ICEing.

 

[agloutney]

I was hoping to stop here on my drive from Montreal to Sarasota on Saturday night. Its not too big a deal if its not done since I was planning to overnight in the Roanoke area anyways so I can always find a hotel with charging. It'll be good to have once its done.

 

[jfe_md]

@agloutney….Hotel Roanoke is a wonderful hotel that has destination charging (2 HPWCs). I would recommend it over the other hotels in town (if the Hotel Roanoke is full or too pricey, the Hampton Inn in Salem would be my 2nd choice). Short walk from Hotel Roanoke to downtown which has abundant food choices and some shops. Enjoy!

 

[agloutney]

Thanks for those suggestions, I'll be sure to check them out. We're four of us traveling and i'm only one vote haha! I'm hoping to get there around 8pm and be out super early so really just need a couple beds for the night and a full charge in the morning. I think I saw a Holiday Inn express with four Tesla plugs but I'll definitely look at other options especially if they're further south towards Greensboro. I'll be going south to I95 in the morning.

 

[jfe_md]

The Holiday Inn Express is not in the best part of town. The Country Inn may be a better option for you.

 

[swengl]

I was hoping to stop here on my drive from Montreal to Sarasota on Saturday night. Its not too big a deal if its not done since I was planning to overnight in the Roanoke area anyways so I can always find a hotel with charging. It'll be good to have once its done.

If you come down I-81, you could stop in Lexington to get a full charge before stopping in Roanoke. Also, the PlugShare app might be a decent option if you want to reach out to one of the local owners in the area.

 

[agloutney]

PlugShare revealed a Chademo charger in town so I just might have to break in the adapter lol

 

[bariiings]

Went by this evening. Not much progress since last Wednesday. FYI, the Salem East Hampton Inn on Electric Drive has destination chargers with 40amps and it was recently updated.