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A MN Tesla club facebook post is reporting St Peter is live
tharasix
Member
Confirmed - site is live. Charging now, albeit slowly due to cold battery.
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tharasix
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Live per the navigation system as of last night.
DeepBlueMN
2019 AWD Model 3
Charged here today around lunch time. Worked great. Only Tesla here. Contractor on-site finishing up some aesthetics.
Hy-Vee is a nice SC location; hot food, snacks/groceries, and working and clean restrooms!
Nice location to open up Mankato area (wineries, Minneopa state park, etc.) Would have been difficult before now to do this day trip in a Tesla from the northern twin cities metro area.
Hy-Vee is a nice SC location; hot food, snacks/groceries, and working and clean restrooms!
Nice location to open up Mankato area (wineries, Minneopa state park, etc.) Would have been difficult before now to do this day trip in a Tesla from the northern twin cities metro area.
Like I said earlier, it also happens to be in the same county as part of the city of Mankato.
A pretty simple detour: MN 99 from Nicollet to St. Peter; choose from US 169 or MN 22 for St. Peter to Mankato.
hybridbear
Active Member
Perhaps Tesla used the telemetry data from the fleet to determine that St Peter was a better location. Maybe there are very few Teslas going east/west on 14 that would need a Supercharger in Mankato, but lots going north/south on 169. And if they've determined that lots of drivers make the trip from the Twin Cities to the Mankato area & back then they could have determined that St Peter was a better spot because then on that round trip drivers stop to charge on their way home a few minutes into the journey, instead of in Mankato. That means that on that round trip the battery % will be lower by the time owners get to St Peter which will mean faster charging speeds. And since St Peter is a few miles closer to the Twin Cities it means less charging time.
When we made a trip to the SW USA in August we went through SW MN down to I-90 in Worthington. Getting from the Twin Cities to Worthington is no issue starting at 100% at home. But for ppl who live in the north metro that may not be possible. In winter it may not be possible even for ppl in the south metro. And going home, Worthington was a very long charging stop in order to get enough charge to get home. With a Supercharger in St Peter that trip will be much faster because we'll be able to make a short charging stop in Worthington & then a short stop in St Peter. It will decrease time for owners heading home to the Twin Cities from South Dakota & points west. And being slightly closer to the cities is preferable for those travelers compared to in Mankato.
tharasix
Member
I have September 2017 Model S, probably one of the last cars which got FSD and also has free supercharging! I think cars made before September 12th didn't get FSD beta as of now, but they will upgrade the cameras soon.
hybridbear
Active Member
You can read all about those of us who can't get FSD Beta here.
Your free supercharging is not transferable, right?
You make several good points. I've started to become rather curious how Tesla makes Supercharger location decisions. I'm sure it is largely based on telemetry - and based on my own (anecdotal) evidence, it's clear there are quite a few Tesla's using the 169 corridor these days. The St. Peter charger will help out a great deal with that.
Still, it is curious to see them pick it over the Mankato/North Mankato metro (yes, it is technically a metro area) with a much larger population, and quite a bit more commerce. I'm guessing it was part telemetry, part permitting issues. I'm sure people had similar thoughts when Tesla built a charger up in Clearwater, instead of St. Cloud. I'm not personally affected by it; I live in the area, but I charge at home. I'm just fascinated by their decision making process.
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