Supercharger - Sioux Falls, SD

[mdX-]

I spoke to these guys yesterday, They said maybe turned on by today or tomorrow.
I'll check on Sunday!!

PS, they loved the Model Xmas show!

 

[mdX-]

I'm returning to Sioux Falls a day later so will check tonight or tomorrow am.

 

[mdX-]

SIOUX FALLS SUPERCHARGER IS HOT (7/8ths)
At noon on Monday the Supercharger icon was absent. At 6 PM it was present With my Navigation system showing one slot busy.

My First SF SD SCharge [THE FIRST SF SD SCharge?] Monday night, Oct 30, Max rate was 319 mph. Minimum at 88% charge was 248!! That's when I quit.

The HyVee staff were told that the system was onboard mid day Sunday, Oct 29.

QUESTION: Why the high rate? Maybe because my batteries were cold as I only drove 19 min to get there and it was 29 degrees.

 

[mdX-]

One Stall Not Online: 4A was not lit-up, and would not charge my X. The Navigator showed 7 sites availabe. Note #6 from left is dark.
Note my charge port is White!

 

[mdX-]

CORRECTION # 7 from left is dark and won't charge.

 

[lightfoot3b]

SIOUX FALLS SUPERCHARGER IS HOT (7/8ths)
At noon on Monday the Supercharger icon was absent. At 6 PM it was present With my Navigation system showing one slot busy.

My First SF SD SCharge [THE FIRST SF SD SCharge?] Monday night, Oct 30, Max rate was 319 mph. Minimum at 88% charge was 248!! That's when I quit.

The HyVee staff were told that the system was onboard mid day Sunday, Oct 29.

QUESTION: Why the high rate? Maybe because my batteries were cold as I only drove 19 min to get there and it was 29 degrees.

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The charge rate in MPH does not matter(and varies by vehicle configuration).
All that matters is the live ###KW being delivered. - universal to all Teslas for apples to apples comparisons.

 

[ReddyLeaf]

FYI, there is a good chance of being ICED because of the liquor store right next door. In less than 30min I saw 3-5 ICING. Well, maybe even higher.

 

[chwall P90DL]

View attachment 313090 View attachment 313091 FYI, there is a good chance of being ICED because of the liquor store right next door. In less than 30min I saw 3-5 ICING. Well, maybe even higher.

Terrible Ice issues here. 5 of 8 spots taken up. People are super cocky about it too. Yuck.

 

[TreborThickweb]

The icing is indeed impressive. While I was charging people were coming and going except in the spots next to me. Not being a local I decided not to say anything. What I did notice is that when there was only two empty places left, drivers would pull in and look then decide to pull in 30 feet or so away. Maybe thier logic is with no Tesla’s and 8 empty space, who could they possible hold up? But with a Tesla there they were being polite but practicle and not using the last two spots?

 

[lightfoot3b]

My money is on they don't read the signs/they don't care because they don't know what it is for, for the vast majority of them. Once it is widely understood what they are for it should help, except for those who truly are anti-anything they don't have.

 

[XHabjab]

A gallon of green paint to cover the stalls might remedy the situation...

 

[PLUS EV]

Cones are a cheap and easy fix.

 

[kwjayhawk]

My wife needed to charge here today and said it was pretty tight getting in. Lots of stalls taken by ice vehicles and the stalls across were full. Made backing in tight.

 

[Kuhz]

Even more impressive, dedicated piano movers still exist!

 

[kwjayhawk]

Even more impressive, dedicated piano movers still exist!

As a piano tuner I appreciate their effort!

 

[pscarroll]

Many spots here ICEd, especially the ones that are for Tesla only. People weren't nice about it either and were giving dirty looks, I didn't say anything. Maybe SD folks are anti electric vehicle or perhaps illiterate?

 

[QUBO]

Many spots here ICEd, especially the ones that are for Tesla only. People weren't nice about it either and were giving dirty looks, I didn't say anything. Maybe SD folks are anti electric vehicle or perhaps illiterate?

Used Sioux Falls charger at HyVee twice, on the way there and back, 4 days apart, and both times there were ICE vehicles parked in the supercharger spots. There was a verbal altercation between a truck ICEing a spot and a Tesla driver and one car was ICEing two spots. Never noticed such bad behavior in the many other superchargers I've visited.

One difference in the supercharger location is that it is very close to the liquor store entrance. A prime spot to park. The superchargers I've used don't take up prime parking locations.

 

[kwjayhawk]

Hoping something on 229 opens rather than that grocery store. Some similar on the side in MN. All the hyvees down near us have them in the parking lot towards the back near the road entrance and seem to be out of the way.

But yes, that location plus a liquor store door equals a bad time.

 

[kwjayhawk]

Follow up, I’m at the Lincoln, NE supercharger right now and it’s in the hyvee parking lot. At the opposite end from their doors and I think that’s a respectable placement. Not a fan when EV parking gets the appearance of special parking near the front- that’s not what it’s for. Charge and stay out of the way.

 

[DataMN]

This is one of the biggest screwups the SC Team has ever made! There are distant corners of the parking lot (NE best) that very likely would have worked. Instead, we get bad feelings and bad PR. Tesla should take responsibility, bite the bullet, and move it!! It's going to get much much worse before it gets better (It will take SD ICE owners years to start liking EVs and their owners.) This was easy to see coming back in 2017, my only time at this SC.