Supercharger - Taihape / Mangaweka

[3hans]

Drove by the alleged site for the Taihape supercharger and no sign of anything yet.

 

[Chuq]

Drove by the alleged site for the Taihape supercharger and no sign of anything yet.

I wasn't aware there was an alleged site? Has there been some news about it?

 

[meloccom]

I wasn't aware there was an alleged site? Has there been some news about it?

It’s a Coming Soon on the Tesla website.

 

[Renaissance]

It’s a Coming Soon on the Tesla website.

I'm not sure that "coming soon" sites necessarily should have a sticky thread, until they're confirmed, under construction, or there's strong reason to believe they're about to be. Sometimes they are "coming soon" for years.

 

[Chuq]

Found on FB - at Mangaweka!

 

[Chuq]

@meloccom can you update the thread title please?

 

[meloccom]

It’s still Taihape on Tesla.com so have included both names until we know for certain.

 

[MarcoRP]

“Update”. Photo from PlugShare

 

[CAM3RON]

Thanks for the photos and updates. Perfect location for a Supercharger IMO

 

[Gene_nos]

Thanks for the photos and updates. Perfect location for a Supercharger IMO

Yip - wellington to mangaweka, to Taupo to Hamilton to Auckland all good hops in any Tesla

 

[MarcoRP]

Update: photo from PlugShare

 

[Matt_NZ]

Mangaweka is now live today! Hasn't shown up in the car maps but the chargers are live. Just so happened that I was on a trip to Palmerston North this evening and was one of the first to use it

I was only to max at 67kW and a person before me only maxed at 77kW on a lower SoC. Seems they might be limited to 77kW like the Timaru superchargers, however neither car was able to precondition due to the cars not knowing of their existence yet:

 

[Ecoli]

Nice!

 

[CalBlue 85D]

Tesla road trip with no COVID. That's nice! If only my car had the right charge-port.....

 

[Matt_NZ]

As an update, it looks like the charge rate was only limited on the first day of opening. It was delivering the full 120kW a few days later.