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Superchargers in Northern California (location speculation)
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Surprisingly not much slower than my 7 year old Model S charges on Tesla SuperChargers these days...
Time for a new one!
Watts_Up
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How many miles do you have?
What battery size and how much % and range did you lose?
70k miles. 85kWh battery, lost 7% range (~20 miles range loss) in 7+ years
Watts_Up
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From watching Bjorn Nyland and other Youtube video, a lot of EVs even on very fast chargers, slow down a lot because they don't have a cooling or a warming system, or when they are above 60% SOC.Was going to say the same thing. You can tell the guy who posted that was a Model 3 owner in a warm weather climate
Watts_Up
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Seems raisonable. It's why I got a LR M3 and plan to keep it like you did, unless I decide to get a MY...
Hey, anyone got any speculation about Northern California Superchargers?
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goldengate
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Hey, anyone got any speculation about Northern California Superchargers?
Bruce.
Yeah, I think we are going to get some more. Or maybe we won't. One or the other.
Yep.Hey, anyone got any speculation about Northern California Superchargers?
I would like to see Supercharger locations on highways 88 and 4 in the northern Sierras. Those of us who tow trailers find those routes challenging if not impossible.Yes, there are two HPCs in Bear Valley on Hwy 4 that are publicly available, but that is pretty slow charging unless you are actually staying at that location and can plug in overnight.
On Hwy88 the 6 HPCs at Kirkwood and the single HPC at Sorenson’s are for customers only.
cpa
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Fan, you take your Tesla with trailer across Ebbets Pass? It is risky enough as is, let alone negotiating that 1 1/4 lane highway towing a trailer! Fun drive, though, and I did it three years ago in the S the day it opened to traffic after its winter closure.
I agree somewhere along SR88 would be of use; that highway is open year-round (except for periodic closures around Kirkwood and Caples Lake for avalanche control). Perhaps at Kirkwood or near Silver Lake would help. But since SR 4 is closed 5-7 months per year, and since that 25-mile or so stretch of highway is barely wider than one lane, it would not generate much through traffic to warrant a Supercharger in Arnold or Murphys, in my view.
Those wishing to traverse Ebbets Pass could easily make it from Manteca or the under construction Stockton Supercharger to SR89, then up and over Monitor Pass to US395. The Topaz Lake/Gardnerville Supercharger is only about 5 miles north of that junction. Moreover, the distance to South Shore from the 4/89 junction south of Markleeville is only about 30 miles.
I have made it home to Fresno without stopping going westbound from Topaz Lake or Minden over both Ebbets and Sonora Passes in my S85.
Tesla had been working towards a supercharger at Kirkwood Station on SR88, but those plans were placed on hold by Tesla in April 2018. So far as I can tell, they haven't been picked back up yet. Whether that means the location has been totally dropped or they're still working through some issues, I have no idea.
source: https://www.kmpud.com/wp-content/uploads/Board-PACKET-04.14.2018-WEB.pdf
Pluto
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I'd really like to see one or two superchargers along HWY 1 north of SF to make that drive possible without an overnight stay. Mendocino is listed as part of Tesla's plans, and Olema is in the planning phase (moving along, albeit slowly). Nothing new is listed for Mendocino or Sonoma counties though...
goldengate
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Yes they really need one in Mendocino / Fort Bragg... we stopped going there as I don't want to deal with relying upon destination charging in a Tesla-heavy area. (visitors, not residents)
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