Supercharger - Sault Ste. Marie, MI

[tesrella]

No transformer. Could be a while.

yikes

 

[MarkoC]

I’m charging up in Mackinaw City then headed to Sault Sainte Marie before going toward Marquette. I don’t see any Level 3 chargers up there on PlugShare. Is there any up there?

 

[Mr. Ed]

Marquette is the only Tesla charger open in the U.P.

 

[mrau]

Believe the Canadian side of Sault Ste Marie has a supercharger. However border crossings aren't planned until mid August

 

[MarkoC]

Marquette is the only Tesla charger open in the U.P.

I thought that was the case but I was wondering if there was a Chademo that I wasn’t aware of.

 

[dudeabides]

I’ll be at Soo Meijer later today … hopefully can report some progress.

 

[dudeabides]

Progress.

 

[tesrella]

Progress.

That looks about done, right? Just needs approval

 

[PLUS EV]

That looks about done, right? Just needs approval

It's definitely close to finished. Potential hold ups could be the meter (may or may not be on site... we don't have enough information), parking bumpers, and line painting (sometimes, but not always, it needs to be repainted).

After that, it's just up to Tesla to send someone up there to test and activate. This process usually has about a 90% success rate. Sometimes there is a part failure or they discover that the contractor screwed something up and needs to re-do something. Due to the rather remote location, it might take Tesla a while to get someone up there. Or they might wait until Escanaba is complete so they can activate both in one trip.

 

[DJKINGSLEY]

Well Escanaba is up, hopefully any day for SSM!

 

[dudeabides]

Heading to the Soo again today. Any guesses on the status?

 

[dudeabides]

I got excited, but they still aren’t operational.

 

[79yofridge]

I was here yesterday. Meter is installed, but didn’t appear to have power.

 

[tesrella]

Seems like a matter of days away

 

[waterskier2007]

Anyone have a chance to swing by in the last week or so?

 

[dudeabides]

Anyone have a chance to swing by in the last week or so?

I’ll likely be there again sometime next week to check.

 

[tesrella]

I'm going up right now to check on them, unless someone has information since last posted

 

[Utahken]

I'm going up right now to check on them, unless someone has information since last posted

Thanks Chris! I might go up there in October. Any recommendations on accommodations around the Soo?

 

[tesrella]

Thanks Chris! I might go up there in October. Any recommendations on accommodations around the Soo?

No idea!

 

[tesrella]

Update 8/20/2021 06:34PM EDT

So close! The power to the meter is on and I can hear the transformer is "spooled up". No power at the stalls. Only construction equipment on site is 7 full-size construction barrels. New asphalt has been poured for all of the stalls (heated under-pavement for winter...?!) as well as new painted lines. Ugh! Going back home shortly.

Video of the meter;

Video of the whole site;