I'll do this one last time, and after this I'm done arguing here.
SpiceWear:
was just trying to figure out why you said Houston->San Antonio->back couldn't be done at all. Lackland AFB to San Marcos Supercharger is 55 miles, so seems doable in a vehicle with 200 miles of range even after some driving around in town.
The whole point was, and I mentioned, coming in from the east on I-10 (Houston) - assuming you top off in Flatonia - then drive from there to Lackland area, then try to drive back to Houston with the 'detour' through San Marcos. That trip total is 155 miles to San Marcos with the detour and 196 miles if you are trying to get back to Flatonia. So without any superchargers in between, that's not a fun trip to make in a car with 200-237 miles of range when you are coming across I-10 inbound at around 80 mph.
This also completely ignores the traffic coming up from Laredo (154 miles up alone) who might be trying to come up and back. If you don't think that's a real trip, swing through La Cantera shopping mall (170 miles away from the Supercharger) some Saturday and let me know how many cars in the parking lot have plates from Mexico.
PLUS EV:
I'm with SpiceWare on this one. SA needs a supercharger, but the need is being overstated here. There are many similar situations in other places so it's not like this is some unique situation. San Marcos is inconvenient for a lot of drives through SA, but it is there.
Please point out where Tesla could put in
1 supercharger that would allow 2 highways (I-10 & I-35) to no longer have detours or even be passable. As a bonus, it should sit in a city that's in the top 10 in population (read, lots of cars on the road) and allow for a trip to and from a city in the top 5 in population (again, read lots of cars).
I'm not saying that there aren't other options to charge, or larger areas without, (Arkansas/Oklahoma, North Dakota/Montana, Saskatchewan/Manitoba) which were previously mentioned, but those are huge areas with many, many supercharger stations needed to close the gaps.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone here. Here's to hoping this time next year we aren't having this same argument...