Supercharger - St. Charles, MO

[ajax]

Lol, I worked in that building 14 years ago back when it was a Quizno's! What are the odds?

 

[GreenT]

Which Quizno's do you work in now?

 

[ajax]

Oh, it was just a high school job. I've had quite a journey since then :smile:. Funny story, my older brother worked there too as a manager. The general manager of the store begged him to scrap his plans of going to college and just stay there indefinitely. It didn't work .

 

[wws]

And the state with the most interstate miles sans Supercharger.

Miles	State
1385	Missouri*
930	Oklahoma*
800	Kentucky
781	Iowa
731	Mississippi
647	Arkansas
612	Idaho*
571	North Dakota
482	Nebraska
367	Maine

*Permits issued/approved

Don't forget Alaska with 1,082 miles (according to wikipedia). Oddly, Hawaii also has a few "interstate" highways.

 

[beegee]

I drive past there on I70 every day- I'll keep an eye out now that I know which end of the Dierbergs lot to watch. :biggrin:

 

[TechGuy]

Yes, please do! I'm eager to know if it will be online before my trip in March.

 

[GRA]

I drive past there on I70 every day- I'll keep an eye out now that I know which end of the Dierbergs lot to watch. :biggrin:

I was kind of wondering if they'd go with Wentzville instead of St. Charles, thus connecting with I-64 instead of 270. Ultimately, I think cities with interstate ring roads and lots of interstates transiting them will need a minimum of 2 SC locations so that people don't have to go miles out of their way to charge, unless Tesla is willing to put SCs downtown where the interstates intersect. But that forces people to deal with major commute traffic instead of bypassing it.

 

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Nothing going on yet... Just silence...

 

[Liz G]

I've been trying to figure out the best way to pass through the SC desert of of Missouri when we go form Pennsylvania to Colorado in March. I'm hoping it's up and running by then, although Missouri will still require a bit of planning to get to Topeka.

Anyway, it looks like the City Council approved it on January 6. Fingers crossed for a quick install!!

@TechGuy - If by chance St. Charles isn't ready by the time of your trip you are welcome to charge at our house. We live in Wentzville (45 miles west of St. Louis). You can easily get from Springfield to our house on a charge. And we can make Kansas City (where there are some level 2's) from our house on a full charge if we drive conservatively.

 

[Cottonwood]

@TechGuy - If by chance St. Charles isn't ready by the time of your trip you are welcome to charge at our house. We live in Wentzville (45 miles west of St. Louis). You can easily get from Springfield to our house on a charge. And we can make Kansas City (where there are some level 2's) from our house on a full charge if we drive conservatively.

There are also 2 80A HPWC's at the Raphael Hotel in KC: Find Us — Raphael Hotel - Kansas City, MO | Tesla Motors

 

[TechGuy]

Thanks for the offers! We're aiming to get from PA to Denver in 3 days and Missouri is right smack in the middle of the second day. That doesn't make for a good over-night without adding an extra night to our trip... and I only have the single charger. Right now, my plan is to spend the night at the HPWC hotel in Champaign, IL and then (hopefully) get a SC in St. Charles, top off at a camp ground in Jonesburg for a few hours, and then hopefully make it to a public charger just east of Kansas City and stay the night near by. The Raphael Hotel (Kansas City HPWC) doesn't have any rooms available that night (3/13-3/14), but they look like they may be a bit fancy for us anyway... at least too fancy for my four year old.

 

[larryep]

Thanks for the offers! We're aiming to get from PA to Denver in 3 days and Missouri is right smack in the middle of the second day. That doesn't make for a good over-night without adding an extra night to our trip... and I only have the single charger. Right now, my plan is to spend the night at the HPWC hotel in Champaign, IL and then (hopefully) get a SC in St. Charles, top off at a camp ground in Jonesburg for a few hours, and then hopefully make it to a public charger just east of Kansas City and stay the night near by. The Raphael Hotel (Kansas City HPWC) doesn't have any rooms available that night (3/13-3/14), but they look like they may be a bit fancy for us anyway... at least too fancy for my four year old.

tesla service station has a charger not sure if it is a supercharger. give them a call (314) 872-9946. they are located on 1-70 and olive about 5 miles from Interstate 70.

 

[FlasherZ]

The St. Louis service center doesn't have a supercharger but does have an HPWC.

 

[larryep]

drove by location and noticed some utility markings and flags on site and at corner by traffic light.

 

[TechGuy]

Woo hoo! Thanks, Larry!

 

[Liz G]

@TechGuy - The Aloft Hotel in a south suburb of Kansas City is right next to a garage with a J1772. Very nice hotel in a nice location, great gelato place right across the street. You can easily make it to the Topeka SC or even the Salina SC from there. We stayed there last year when we did our trip to California.

 

[jthompson]

drove by location and noticed some utility markings and flags on site and at corner by traffic light.

Thanks, Larry! Your updates are important to many of us - keep 'em coming!

 

[TechGuy]

Looks like the Kansas City (Independence) Supercharge is now online:
Kansas City SuperCharger (Independence, MO) - Page 5

I wonder if they same crew will be moving down 70 to install St Charles? *hopeful*

 

[emupilot]

Looks like the Kansas City (Independence) Supercharge is now online:
Kansas City SuperCharger (Independence, MO) - Page 5

I wonder if they same crew will be moving down 70 to install St Charles? *hopeful*

The crew currently building the Shamrock Texas supercharger reported having just finished a site in Missouri, presumably Independence.

 

[basf_audio]

The crew currently building the Shamrock Texas supercharger reported having just finished a site in Missouri, presumably Independence.

Can we bribe them with Saint Louis pork steaks and gooey butter cake to leave Texas and get Saint Charles finished first??