Unfortunately no. It would stay at “Ready to charge” with no option of starting from the screen. Everyone kept popping in and out of their cars so I walked to the line of cars waiting on the Ash St to let them know what was up. Some had plenty of charge so out of line. Others were like me who came from Yakima from a big tennis tourney and needed to charge to make it home.You can stop and restart a charge from either the touchscreen or the app. Not that it's likely to help your charging situation, but it's a little easier than going out and unplugging and plugging back in while everyone in line is staring at youI have had a couple situations where this actually worked, but those situations seem like they are a little different than yours. In my case, the power would ramp up to like 80kW and then go up and down wildly before dropping to 0. But each time it did it, it would add like 10-20 miles, so I just sat in the car and kept re-initiating charges until I had enough to limp to the next supercharger.
Hopefully Tesla sends someone out from Portland to work on it, because it's only going to get hotter in the Dalles the next few days. In fact, the all-time hottest temperature in the history of the state of Oregon could be set there, or perhaps some place further east near Hermiston or Umatilla. Current record is 117F.
V3 is liquid cooled and others are air cooled, right? Could just be that V3 has quiet pumps compared to fans…
Honestly there’s a good chance you’ll have to wait. When I arrived around noon on a Thursday per my posts above, I got the fourth spot. Coming back on a Sunday, I was third in line. It grew to six cars even after I got a spot.
Yeah, Yakima is certainly an option. But given the 8% battery degradation in my Model 3 LR AWD (with the original, slightly smaller battery pack) and replacement tires that seems to have cost another 3-4% range, I'm not convinced Yakima to Hillsboro is realistic, unless I plan to cruise painfully slow, or do a very slow top up to well above 90% at Yakima. We'd also be in Yakima before Bob's Burgers opened, which means bathroom facilities are a question mark.
yeah, that is what ABRP is suggesting if I want to avoid The Dalles. I think we'll roll the dice with The Dalles, given the extra 50 miles (40 minutes driving) to avoid it.
Kennewick to Sandy is 209 miles (204 if you go through Irrigon which seems like a good idea). I would top off enough in Kennewick and drive slowly enough that you can make it to Sandy if the Dalles proves to be a mess. The Dalles supercharger is not a significant diversion so definitely stop in and try to charge there regardless what the Nav says. The new wait time feature is incredibly unreliable and even the occupancy feature is still not accurate at times, so you might as well take a look for yourself when the supercharger is right off the highway like it is in the Dalles.
