Supercharger - St George, UT

[Cottonwood]

Also, according to Google Maps, it's only 5 minutes extra time to go to the Supercharger vs staying on I-15. Being able to drive at speed and not have to do a 100% charge is probably worth almost an hour time saved Beaver to Las Vegas, and well over an hour Las Vegas to Beaver. Averaging the two directions, and subtracting the 5 minutes to get to the Supercharger and back in St George, getting this Supercharger probably saves very close an hour each way.

If Tesla found a good spot with several activities to pass the time, I will gladly invest 5 minutes to get to and from the Supercharger! Go to Gallup and see what it's like when the best dining is a five minute walk and crossing a busy street with no cross walk to get to the convenience store at a gas station...

Actually, because you get off one exit and then on another, it adds only 4 miles or so additional to the route. It's still a long way off of I-15...

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[Burt Court]

Told my grandson at SUU in Cedar City I'd be there the day the SC opens. If it works out should be a week before class's start. Hope everything works out...
old burt

 

[Denarius]

My brother talked to one of the construction workers today. All construction is done except for the gates in front of the supercharger cabinets. He said only testing remained.

 

[vinnie97]

That seems to correlate with with what I'm seeing. Took some more photos in a bind this afternoon:

 

[Damiano]

Looking Good!

 

[Darmok]

Nice. Just looks like they need some fences. Meter is there, energize, test and open it up. The testing doesn't take very long based on experience in Las Vegas. Could be any time now.

 

[kk7p]

I stopped by there this morning and the contractor had a big grin on his face when he saw me. Said I was the 5th different person to inquire about the status. Chatted for 5 or 10 minutes and eventually his entire crew was involved in the conversation. He had narrowly lost the bids for Beaver and Blanding and was glad to have landed the contract for St George.

Opening still targeted for the 15th.

We charged at an RV Park in Leeds. Finally had a chance to use my Mobile Connector and updated NEMA 14-50 plug

 

[JSergeant]

As a follow up to my question about driving from Las Vegas to Beaver, UT a few weeks ago, I wanted to report that my wife and I drove this successfully on August 6 in an 85.

I set the cruise control to 57 for all up hill stretches and upped it to 60 on downhills.

We actually left the Las Vegas Supercharger at 9:05 am - after topping up to 263 miles and eating breakfast. We reached St. Georges at 11:14 am with 49 miles of range to spare for the Beaver destination (we had started with 43 miles to spare, so had actually gained range.) We stopped for a bathroom break and then decided to look for the new Supercharger site - as I mentioned, the Nav system took us to the wrong location, so we used an iPhone to find the correct location. To make matters worse, the Nav system took us a long way back to the highway, so by the time we resumed our trip to Beaver, our spare range had dropped to about 30 miles. The lowest it got was about 22 miles, and we arrived in Beaver, UT with 28 miles left at 2:48 pm. We spent an hour in Beaver charging and having lunch.

 

[Darmok]

Glad you made it. I've never had a nav system tell me to go the proper way. The things just don't work.

 

[Darmok]

Any further information on St. Geo.? I'll be driving through there Friday, am hopeful they keep the schedule they mentioned last week.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Any further information on St. Geo.? I'll be driving through there Friday, am hopeful they keep the schedule they mentioned last week.

It's clear that you don't want St George to drag on.

 

[Darmok]

Here's an article from the local paper, says it was operational Monday but still is being commissioned. Hmm.

Independent Article

 

[smartypnz]

Here's an article from the local paper, says it was operational Monday but still is being commissioned. Hmm.

Independent Article

Commisioned? Does that involve breaking a bottle of champagne over a transformer?

 

[Darmok]

Commisioned? Does that involve breaking a bottle of champagne over a transformer?

I think it just means testing, but at least in Las Vegas that seemed to be a pretty simple process.

 

[Linux64]

Any thoughts which Utah SC will be next and where?

 

[Denarius]

Any thoughts which Utah SC will be next and where?

My guess would be by the Salt Lake City airport, then heading west along I-80. But I haven't heard anything official yet.

 

[Pricee2]

St. George SC is now showing " Access Denied" on the Tesla Supercharger page.

 

[Botbldr45]

What do you suppose that means?

 

[Joel]

What do you suppose that means?

The site will go live in the next day or two.

 

[dennis]

Commisioned? Does that involve breaking a bottle of champagne over a transformer?

Not in Utah. Maybe sparkling apple juice.:smile: