Wiki Superchargers Visited

[evp]

For anyone interested in scoring some "firsts" there are a few available in US/Canada...

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Crap. I drove right by Alpharetta Avalon a week ago bagging the Alpharetta site at the SC.

 

[PLUS EV]

In one shot or serially? I-90 is pretty well trod from coast to coast. Not certain of the others since one seems to hopscotch from one route to another and I’m not that familiar with all the termini.

I think I'm missing Cleveland to Erie, PA for I-90 plus maybe a few miles in the Boston metro area.

Strangely I-10 is the one I've completed. It's possible I'm missing a few miles within the Jacksonville city limits, but I've definitely done the rest.

I've also done 90+% of I-40, I-70, and I-80.

But I definitely haven't done any of them in one shot. You'd have to really go out of your way to do that. Longest stretch I've done in one shot is Cleveland to Seattle over the span of 4 days coming home from my first cross country Tesla road trip in 2016. And even there, I may have ended up on something other than I-90 for a few miles in the Chicago area.

 

[GHammer]

Crap. I drove right by Alpharetta Avalon a week ago bagging the Alpharetta site at the SC.

In the poker room, we charge a dollar for every bad beat story we have to listen to. @IT Geek owes us all at least $5 a piece just for the Colby stories alone. Come on guys. This has happened to everyone

@evp You owe us a dollar.

 

[IT Geek]

Yeah, I wasn't expecting to have a coast-to-coast route all in one shot on the same highway, which is why it's more interesting to me. After all the trips we've made, how close are any of us to having driven all the miles on one Interstate... (Strange things I think about while driving, apparently).

Back to the Texas thing though...It's rather daunting rolling in to the state going West and seeing the Exit numbers starting at 1000+. I only went to Houston on I-10 the last trip before veering elsewhere, but that would make for a long drive going all the way across.

 

[PLUS EV]

Yeah, I wasn't expecting to have a coast-to-coast route all in one shot on the same highway, which is why it's more interesting to me. After all the trips we've made, how close are any of us to having driven all the miles on one Interstate... (Strange things I think about while driving, apparently).

Back to the Texas thing though...It's rather daunting rolling in to the state going West and seeing the Exit numbers starting at 1000+. I only went to Houston on I-10 the last trip before veering elsewhere, but that would make for a long drive going all the way across.

I think it's more like 800+ miles across Texas. I did drive from Shreveport to El Paso once in an ICE. Not nearly as crazy as some of the Tesla trips I've done but it was memorable at the time.

 

[Melanie_S85]

I pretty need ALL of TX. Oh boy!

Come on down or over depending on where you are

 

[Big Earl]

The eastern-most exit of I-10 in Texas is #878. Still a daunting drive.

I’ve only sliced across the top of Texas on I-40 in a diesel. Really looking forward to exploring some of the cities and the southern border sometime.

 

[NKYTA]

Come on down or over depending on where you are

Both. Bay Area

 

[IT Geek]

I think it's more like 800+ miles across Texas. I did drive from Shreveport to El Paso once in an ICE. Not nearly as crazy as some of the Tesla trips I've done but it was memorable at the time.

Yeah, you're right. Everything is bigger in Texas, including the gaps in my memory. My sources say 880, though...but I suppose I'll know for sure in a few weeks as that is the way I'm coming in this time (from Louisiana).

I'm looking forward to getting back out on the road as I've not been able to get away for a good road trip in a while. I didn't get any new chargers in December either as the one near Flint is waiting till "after the holidays" to open up. So it's looking like Nashville #2 will be my first new one in 2020....and my first stop at a V3 charger, which will do nothing extra for my MS, but worth noting anyways.

 

[Tdreamer]

Chestnut Hill MA opened up today

 

[Randy Spencer]

For anyone interested in scoring some "firsts" there are a few available in US/Canada...

Has anyone here actually gone to Canada? I heard a story of several trips that were started after the route opened, and those people were turned back by the snow. Unable to charge because no one was plowing the new and empty Supercharger lots. Tesla was called and though they had already requested the sites to be plowed there were so many places to plow that their sites had not been done. It was taking so long to get across country they gave up...

I don't remember where I heard that story. Podcast? I REALLY wanna go, and I just put on my snow tires and I have my chains in the car. But just like trying to go to Mexico for the Ensenada Supercharger, the wife exercised her veto power. Oh well, next Spring

 

[E-GAL]

We took a short road trip to California and collected a few new chargers:
Red Bluff CA 12/28/19
Roseville, Folsom (Palladio), Groveland, Fresno CA 12/29/19
Bakersfield, Tejon Ranch, Santa Clarita, Oxnard CA 12/30/19
Ojai, Buellton, San Luis Obispo CA 12/31/19
Monterey(Del Monte), Big Sur CA 1/1/20
Salinas, Hollister, Morgan Hill, San Jose (Cherry Ave) CA 1/2/20
Sacramento (Arden Way), Williams CA 1/3/20

BTW Tesla brought in extra capacity to San Luis Obispo for the New Years Eve crush:

 

[Bighorn]

Has anyone here actually gone to Canada? I heard a story of several trips that were started after the route opened, and those people were turned back by the snow. Unable to charge because no one was plowing the new and empty Supercharger lots. Tesla was called and though they had already requested the sites to be plowed there were so many places to plow that their sites had not been done. It was taking so long to get across country they gave up...

I don't remember where I heard that story. Podcast? I REALLY wanna go, and I just put on my snow tires and I have my chains in the car. But just like trying to go to Mexico for the Ensenada Supercharger, the wife exercised her veto power. Oh well, next Spring

I know a pair of guys set off to break (make) a trans-Canada EV record around New Years, but I didn’t track their progress.

 

[Half Dollar Bill]

I know a pair of guys set off to break (make) a trans-Canada EV record around New Years, but I didn’t track their progress.

Buried in a snowdrift?

 

[Tdreamer]

Buried in a snowdrift?

ICEd

 

[tes-s]

New visits posted this week:

Handle	Supercharger	Date
theflyer	Mt Airy, NC	1/2/2020
theflyer	Bristol, TN	1/2/2020
theflyer	Knoxville, TN	1/2/2020
theflyer	Salem, VA	1/3/2020
Tdreamer	Chestnut Hill, MA	1/10/2020
Tdreamer	Jackman, ME	1/5/2020
Tdreamer	Skowhegan, ME	1/5/2020
benswing	Stamford, CT	10/25/2019
benswing	Boonton, NJ	1/5/2020
ColBatGuano	Hooksett (north), NH	1/8/2020
ColBatGuano	Lincoln, NH	1/9/2020
ColBatGuano	Basking Ridge, NJ	1/4/2020
ColBatGuano	Edison, NJ	1/5/2020
ColBatGuano	Albany, NY	1/7/2020
ColBatGuano	Kingston, NY	1/7/2020
ColBatGuano	Allentown, PA	1/4/2020
ColBatGuano	Carlisle, PA	1/4/2020
ColBatGuano	Bristol, TN	1/3/2020
ColBatGuano	Cookeville, TN	1/3/2020
ColBatGuano	Dickson, TN	1/3/2020
ColBatGuano	Jackson, TN	1/3/2020
ColBatGuano	Knoxville, TN	1/3/2020
ColBatGuano	Burleson, TX	12/22/2019
ColBatGuano	Staunton, VA	1/4/2020
ColBatGuano	Wytheville, VA	1/3/2020
ColBatGuano	Brattleboro, VT	1/8/2020
ColBatGuano	Martinsburg, WV	1/4/2020
E-GAL	Bakersfield, CA	12/30/2019
E-GAL	Big Sur, CA	1/1/2020
E-GAL	Buellton, CA	12/31/2019
E-GAL	Folsom-Palladio, CA	12/29/2019
E-GAL	Fresno, CA	12/29/2019
E-GAL	Groveland, CA	12/29/2019
E-GAL	Hollister, CA	1/2/2020
E-GAL	Morgan Hill, CA	1/2/2020
E-GAL	Ojai, CA	12/31/2019
E-GAL	Oxnard, CA	12/30/2019
E-GAL	Red Bluff, CA	12/28/2019
E-GAL	Roseville, CA	12/29/2019
E-GAL	Sacramento - Arden Way, CA	1/3/2020
E-GAL	Salinas, CA	1/2/2020
E-GAL	San Jose - Cherry Avenue, CA	1/2/2020
E-GAL	San Luis Obispo, CA	12/31/2019
E-GAL	Santa Clarita, CA	12/30/2019
E-GAL	Tejon Ranch, CA	12/30/2019
E-GAL	Williams, CA	1/3/2020
StefanSarzio	Ellwangen, Germany	12/29/2019
StefanSarzio	Gensingen, Germany	12/29/2019
StefanSarzio	Hengersberg, Germany	1/2/2020
StefanSarzio	Jettingen-Scheppach, Germany	12/29/2019
StefanSarzio	Kirchheim bei München (SC), Germany	1/2/2020
StefanSarzio	Mühldorf, Germany	1/2/2020
StefanSarzio	Münchberg-Nord, Germany	1/3/2020
StefanSarzio	Nürburgring, Germany	12/29/2019
StefanSarzio	Satteldorf, Germany	12/29/2019
StefanSarzio	Sindelsdorf, Germany	1/2/2020
StefanSarzio	Ulm, Germany	12/29/2019
StefanSarzio	Weimar, Germany	1/3/2020
StefanSarzio	Wernberg-Köblitz, Germany	1/2/2020
StefanSarzio	Wertheim, Germany	12/29/2019
StefanSarzio	Wittlich, Germany	12/29/2019
StefanSarzio	Zella-Mehlis, Germany	1/3/2020
IdaX	Needles, CA	1/2/2020
IdaX	Las Vegas - The LINQ High Roller, NV	1/3/2020
IdaX	Spokane, WA	1/6/2020
txakoli	Irvine - Michelson Dr, CA	1/7/2020
txakoli	San Diego - Del Mar Heights Rd, CA	1/7/2020
Cameron A	Placerville, CA	1/5/2020
Cameron A	Tahoe City, CA	1/5/2020
Cameron A	Incline Village, NV	1/5/2020
Cameron A	Reno - N Sierra St, NV	1/5/2020
bmah	Placerville, CA	1/5/2020
BagheeraNY	Burlington, ON	12/20/2019
BagheeraNY	Etobicoke, ON	12/28/2019
edigest	San Antonio - Huebner Oaks, TX	1/4/2020

 

[Half Dollar Bill]

Decided to make a quick dash back to PA to change some lightbulbs - long story.
I was on the way back without having the nav active and noticed a red dot before Newburgh and clicked on it to see Middletown NY come up. I decided to stop and while charging today noticed that it opened in Sep, so I hadn't grabbed it yet. Didn't expect to get a new one on this trip.
I also stopped at Waterbury for pizza which makes two wins for this trip!

 

[Big Earl]

I just booked our stay at the Bavarian Inn in Custer for the 2020 rally. While the Rocket Motel is intriguing and I like that it makes the town walkable, the Bavarian Inn has better per-friendly options and I love their heated pool and hot tub.

If anyone has any questions about staying there, please reach out by private message. Hopefully we can have a good group of competitors there this year. You won’t be disappointed!

 

[Cameron A]

1/10:
Twentynine Palms, CA
1/12:
Quartzsite, AZ (22 kW max while unpaired )
Ehrenberg, AZ (second in line on arrival, completely empty on departure)

 

[Melanie_S85]

Yeah, you're right. Everything is bigger in Texas, including the gaps in my memory. My sources say 880, though...but I suppose I'll know for sure in a few weeks as that is the way I'm coming in this time (from Louisiana).

I'm looking forward to getting back out on the road as I've not been able to get away for a good road trip in a while. I didn't get any new chargers in December either as the one near Flint is waiting till "after the holidays" to open up. So it's looking like Nashville #2 will be my first new one in 2020....and my first stop at a V3 charger, which will do nothing extra for my MS, but worth noting anyways.

I headed south to grab the new Webster, TX near Galveston/south of Houston. Didn’t make it 50 miles and got an error that car needs service and may not restart. It was only visible a few seconds, but I turned my butt around and came back home Saturday. Called in and they say related to 12v which was replaced 2 years ago in December. I read that some with that error have said drive motor failure. I’m hoping it was a fluke and barring that I hope that since I’m beyond the 4 year warranty that it’s something still covered It could affect my meet up options, but if the weather is decent I’d still be up for riding the FatBoy to Burleson. It’s
a good ride.