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Supercharger - Waterloo, IA
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midwestLemur
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Thanks for the pictures, I hadn't actually seen one of their stations yet. Is it two combo CHAdeMO/CCS or just one combo and one CCS?
Third-party L3 chargers are really starting to be a thing for driving around in Iowa. Makes me want to order the CHAdeMO adapter, and wish that Tesla would hurry up and finally bring out a CCS adapter for the US.
Third-party L3 chargers are really starting to be a thing for driving around in Iowa. Makes me want to order the CHAdeMO adapter, and wish that Tesla would hurry up and finally bring out a CCS adapter for the US.
jayhanke
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I broke down and bought the Chademo adapter pretty much to charge in Waterloo in the Winter. Had it about 6 months and it has saved me hours of time charging or driving out of the way to Dows supercharger. No regrets on the purchase until CCS adapter is available.
dburkland
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Making a trip down to Cedar Falls Raceway on the 18th and keeping my fingers crossed this site magically comes online between now and then
Basically no chance unless it's already under construction and our forum members have somehow missed it.Making a trip down to Cedar Falls Raceway on the 18th and keeping my fingers crossed this site magically comes online between now and then
BradStyve
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Charged at the MidAmerican Energy chargers today via Chademo. Currently they are free to use if you have a greenlots card. No activity on the property as far as Superchargers.
dburkland
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Ended up just using the Dows Supercharger on the way down and then the Happy Trails Lane Supercharger in Albert Lea on the way back. Fingers crossed for next year I'll be able to make it a 1 stop in Waterloo and save some time
Knowing that the average time taken from groundbreaking to charger turn on is ~1 month for a supercharger build, unless this starts before mid to late September, I would wager this supercharger doesn't begin construction till late March/early April of next year due to the ground being frozen/covered by snow. Is there any way we can find out some sort of status for this location? Would HyVee know anything new or would we need to reach out to the city and or Tesla (If such contacts exist)?
I definitely dispute that one month figure. I'd say the average is quite a bit longer. That being said, superchargers have been completed during the winter months, even in much colder climates, so anything is possible. The entire Transcanada Highway was activated in late December for example.
midwestLemur
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I'm going to be passing through Waterloo this weekend and I'll try to check out the Hy-Vee to see if there's any sign of Supercharger construction.
Disappointingly, I'm going to be catching a ride in an ICE car for this trip. Without a SC in Waterloo there's just no way to make the trip without an hour+ detour, and even if I had the CHAdeMO adapter ABRP says that would add over an hour as well.
Disappointingly, I'm going to be catching a ride in an ICE car for this trip. Without a SC in Waterloo there's just no way to make the trip without an hour+ detour, and even if I had the CHAdeMO adapter ABRP says that would add over an hour as well.
superflyrolla
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I was there Sunday. The only change is that they've planted grass seed around the Chademo stuff.
I talked to the store manager a week or two ago, he told me Tesla pushed it off until next year.
midwestLemur
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Didn't get a chance to stop in Waterloo since I was catching a ride. Disappointing that it sounds like its been pushed off to next year. Infrastructure in this area is still really bad and Tesla really needs to do something about it. Even if its just discounts for the CHAdeMO adapter.
BradStyve
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A good move for this group would be to band together and ask the store if a cabinet could be put up and group together to buy one or two Chademo adapters for the MidAmerican Greenlots chargers in the mean time. If everyone put in $40 I bet it could be done easily and Hy-Vee would probably accommodate. They would need to be chained to the cabinet to prevent somone from walking off with them.
BradStyve
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Not sure I follow? The charging stations already exist in the Hy-Vee Parking lot. However, there is only two Chademo ones. They did recently change the price from Free to $1 plus $12.50 per hour. So what I am saying is that everyone bands together to get 1 or 2 Chademo adapters for the location that can stay there with Hy-Vee's permission (maybe at the the service desk for checkout). In the end it doesn't matter to me, I already have the adapter and have used it there several times.
I've never rotated my tires. AWD cars rarely need to, because the tire wear is pretty even. On the X it is not possible anyway since the front and rears are different sizes. Frankly, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.
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