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I do understand it, makes perfect sense. the original premise for superchargers was to support intercity travel with the expectation that we would charge at home when not travelling. Van Horn is on Interstate 10 which is massively used by cross county traffic and needs good SC access. Ozona also needs a better SC. FWIW I live in the Houston area and travel to San Antonio about once a month. Most of Houston is not inside the loop and there are superchargers in almost every direction. You may know that the new Yale street SC in Houston is almost complete. Two new inside the loop SCs coming in San Antonio. New superchargers coming in Converse and Luling will help a lot re Houston-SA travel.Can't say I understand this, but congratulations to those of you passing through.
Van Horn, TX: 20 stalls
Houston, TX inside the loop: 8 stalls
San Antonio, TX inside the loop: 0 stalls
All 20 stalls are outside the Van Horn Loop however.Can't say I understand this, but congratulations to those of you passing through.
Van Horn, TX: 20 stalls
Houston, TX inside the loop: 8 stalls
San Antonio, TX inside the loop: 0 stalls
Don't get what you do not understand about this situation because this makes perfect sense. Van Horn is used for all passing traffic that comes from both San Antonio and Dallas since it is the first location that occurs after I-10 and I-20 merge. So it will get very congested right in Van Horn especially during high travel times. So this addition was sorely needed. Additionally, Houston is simply bigger and more important than San Antonio which is why Tesla has prioritized installing SC in Houston first over SA. With that said, there are 28 SC stalls still planned for inside loop 410 in San Antonio.Can't say I understand this, but congratulations to those of you passing through.
Van Horn, TX: 20 stalls
Houston, TX inside the loop: 8 stalls
San Antonio, TX inside the loop: 0 stalls
The word 'planned' is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that last sentence. They have had a supercharger coming dot of one kind or another in central San Antonio since at least 2018. I didn't have a Tesla before then, so I can't speak to how much sooner it may have been, but 5 years and counting on that one.Don't get what you do not understand about this situation because this makes perfect sense. Van Horn is used for all passing traffic that comes from both San Antonio and Dallas since it is the first location that occurs after I-10 and I-20 merge. So it will get very congested right in Van Horn especially during high travel times. So this addition was sorely needed. Additionally, Houston is simply bigger and more important than San Antonio which is why Tesla has prioritized installing SC in Houston first over SA. With that said, there are 28 SC stalls still planned for inside loop 410 in San Antonio.
Depending on where in Houston you're coming from, but it can easily be over 80 miles before reaching Katy. And that's assuming people leave Houston for a high SOC. I've personally stopped at Katy many times on my way to SA since I was at a low SOC. But in the end even though you don't like it, Tesla is simply installing SC first where their cars are going since they have all that data. Planning is a whole other issue that sometimes is out of Tesla's control which has already been very well known here. So at least you can say Tesla is at least trying with their planned sites that may frustratingly take months to years to finally be built. Hopefully that doesn't happening with Luling or the two San Antonio SC inside loop 410 so we will see.The word 'planned' is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that last sentence. They have had a supercharger coming dot of one kind or another in central San Antonio since at least 2018. I didn't have a Tesla before then, so I can't speak to how much sooner it may have been, but 5 years and counting on that one.
As for gbrgbr's comment: "New superchargers coming in Converse and Luling will help a lot re Houston-SA travel." again, planned chargers near San Antonio. I wouldn't hold my breath on any of those being open before Christmas 2023.
I also understand the I-10 & I-20 merge being busy, but you can't possibly tell me that's a more traveled section than Houston to San Antonio on holiday weekends. There are 6 chargers in Columbus and 8 in Flatonia between those 2 population centers of millions of people. And please don't tell me Katy has 36 charging stalls, I'm aware, but being 30 miles in to your trip is not a great time to charge when leaving from Houston.
Anyways, this is way off topic for this board, and as my previous post said, I'm glad that Van Horn now has a second location, I just wish Tesla wouldn't also forget the other, slightly more populated areas getting their first.
Couldn't agree more. We do need more redundancy along I-10 as the largest gaps in that network from Los Angeles to Jacksonville are:I, for one, am glad to see this addition. There needs to be more redundancy along I 10. If you are west bound from Junction and you get to Ozona, only to find out the SC is doesn’t work, you’re hurting, unless you have a CCS adaptor and can use the Electrify America site.
Besides, the original SC has no eating choices at all, and now the hotel won’t let drivers use the restrooms.
Did they take out the supercharger located in the hamption hotel in Van Horn? Tesla no longer has it listed, but other sites do. Why did they take it out?
The hotel refuses to let Tesla owners use the restroom. According to the staff member I spoke with, there was theft and this is how they’ve chosen to handle it.
There's an old, sort of historic hotel called El Capitan that my roomate stayed at a while back and said it was pretty neat. Other than that I think it is the normal highway stop chain stuff. I stayed a night a few years ago at the hotel where the supercharger used to be (Hampton inn) and it was ok - nothing to write home about but the room was fine. Was there to go up to do the Guadalupe Peak trail, which was great!Anyone have hotel suggestions in Van Horn? Good/Bad experiences?
Too bad you did't get to stay, but glad you were able to check it out! Looked like superchargers were pretty busy for those couple days along I-10 out there!!We stayed at the Hampton only because we couldn't get two rooms at El capitan. Many restaurants were closed on Tuesday. Cattleman's had a 90 minute wait, but we wanted to give el capitan a try. Went there and were delighted. Food was great and they did a great job handling the crowd. They were swamped. Got a bottle of wine and nursed it while waiting for our table. I'd try to stay there again if passing through there in the future.
Side note: talked to 4 cybertruck owners during our eclipse trip. They were all thrilled with it. I was envious.
Talk about a bad business decision!!Many restaurants were closed on Tuesday.