Supercharger - Steele, AL

[dstaplet]

Great news! I stopped by here today around 2pm and there was a Tesla engineer working at the site. He said he was getting ready to bring it online. When I left, he was removing the covers from the pedestals. Check your navs everyone!

 

[jcollins]

The map shows Steele operational! anybody put eyes on it to verify?

 

[Gwgan]

 

[dstaplet]

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lol that's definitely not the Steele supercharger...

 

[Doc Savage]

I charged at the Steele Supercharger on my way up to and my way back from viewing the eclipse. It is a very convenient exit/entry to the interstate, has 8 stalls, and is off to the side of the Love's parking lot, which is conducive to napping if one is charging at night.

The #1A stall gave me a "connector cable error" signal, so I switched to one of the others. Tesla might want to check this.

The Supercharger is new and novel enough that we had gawkers and inquisitive employees wandering over to chat and ask questions. One of them told me that all Loves are going to have Superchargers. I assume that it is a wild rumour.

It is very nice that there are 24/7 bathrooms available, and it is an easy hop from either Birmingham or Chattanooga. With a 90D, it is a pretty easy hop to Meridian Ms. or Knoxville, Tn.

 

[SKRGO]

Forgot to post these pics from my trip through Steele Alabama August 7th 2017. The chargers were empty, Very easily accessed from I-59. Not much in the area but a place called Breaking Bread that is only open for lunch time hours 11:00am to 2:00pm. They were closed when I went through.

 

[Jim T]

Charged there this past Tuesday... Had a problem with a 'faulty charging cable' on the last (at the right) charger. Moved to a different charger and had no further problems... So beware that right end charger.

 

[SKRGO]

Charged there this past Tuesday... Had a problem with a 'faulty charging cable' on the last (at the right) charger. Moved to a different charger and had no further problems... So beware that right end charger.

Did you put a note or sign on the SC on the fare right that it had problems and report it to the Mother-ship?

 

[MMC-]

Did you put a note or sign on the SC on the fare right that it had problems and report it to the Mother-ship?.

I carry a roll of yellow caution tape just for this purpose.

 

[SKRGO]

My last trip to AL from Atlanta I contacted the Oxford AL city planning department and asked if they new the location of the planned SC in Oxford. They put me on hold for 5 minutes and then answered with the last news of a location was the Walmart shopping center area heading south from I-20 on South Quintard Ave on the east side.

 

[1speed]

There is a drag strip very close to the Steele supercharger - Alabama International Dragway

 

[Doc Savage]

I passed through the Love's a few days ago, in my ICE truck and camper. No one was at home at the superchargers.

 

[prbroussard]

I charged at the Steele Supercharger on my way up to and my way back from viewing the eclipse. It is a very convenient exit/entry to the interstate, has 8 stalls, and is off to the side of the Love's parking lot, which is conducive to napping if one is charging at night.

The #1A stall gave me a "connector cable error" signal, so I switched to one of the others. Tesla might want to check this.

The Supercharger is new and novel enough that we had gawkers and inquisitive employees wandering over to chat and ask questions. One of them told me that all Loves are going to have Superchargers. I assume that it is a wild rumour.

It is very nice that there are 24/7 bathrooms available, and it is an easy hop from either Birmingham or Chattanooga. With a 90D, it is a pretty easy hop to Meridian Ms. or Knoxville, Tn.

I am hoping our 85D can do the same thing.

 

[kgvickers]

I charged here last week with no issue, but I did notice that the cable plugs were missing the "center pins", highlighted in the pic. I checked EVERY station and all those center pins were missing.

(arg, pic isn't posting for some reason)