We wanted to go to Custer this year, but family commitments prevented us from making that trip. But we did the next best thing --- as part of our family commitment to attend a niece’s graduation event in Orlando, we made it a Tesla Road Trip. All the way down to Key West, and then back to Orlando. A lot of driving, but it was a lot of fun. And we added 40 superchargers to our total, so we have passed the 200 threshold: now we are at 222. (Watch out
@Bighorn ha ha) And looks like we just missed seeing
@PLUS EV
For our overnight stops, we planned to stay at locations that had destination chargers. And we made certain to let the staff know that we stayed there specifically for that reason. While we were at Key West, I had the opportunity to do a lot of photography.
For the most part, the superchargers we visited were no more than half full. The (few) issues we had were:
1. Santee, SC. We started at about 65 KW, which was much lower than expected. Our SOC was about 10% upon arrival. We were initially the only ones there. We were having lunch at Clark’s Restaurant, when we noted that our charge rate decreased to about 35 KW. I walked outside to find that another X had started charging in the stall that was paired with us. I went over and spoke with them – they were new owners and very polite. But they didn’t know about sharing of power between pedestals. I explained it to them (as well as a few other things), so they moved to a different pedestal. My charge level recovered to only about 45 KW. Since we were staying for lunch it was not a problem, but I think this location has problems. As we were wrapping up there, we had the opportunity to chat with several other owners who had arrived. I think we were able to help them gain knowledge about Tesla, supercharging, etc. We have been owners since early 2013, when superchargers were scarce and meeting someone else at a supercharger was an event!
2. Fort Drum, FL. The problem here is that there are only 6 pedestals. We arrived to find all stalls occupied. We had to wait about 15 or 20 minutes, when two owners departed.
3. Turkey Lake, FL. Same problem as at Fort Drum: only 6 pedestals, and all were occupied. Only had to wait about 10 minutes here.
4. W. Sand Lake Rd, FL. 8 stalls, all occupied when we arrived. One stall provided no power. And then a second one went down. A lady in a Model 3 was at one of the stalls – she said she worked for Tesla, and would report the inoperative pedestals.
5. Florence, SC. I’ve been at this SC before and have seen the same problems. 18 stalls, of which about half are marked for 30 minute general parking. Time and time again I have seen ICE vehicles in all the general parking slots. One previous time I visited there was a broken ICE in one of the slots, and the two adjacent slots were taken by people helping the broken down ICE. Hood was up, and it was apparent that they were going to be there for awhile. On this trip, I watched as people drove into the parking lot and looked for close parking spots, and these fit the bill. While there are 18 stalls, this results in about half of them being unavailable for those NEEDING a charge.
6. Rocky Mount: We received the "high usage supercharger site" alert that others have reported. Never seen this before. There was NO ONE else at the supercharger while we were there.
Now for the new list of superchargers visited:
5/17/19
Kingsland, GA
Jacksonville FL Gate Parkway
5/18/19
Jacksonville FL County Road
St. Augustine FL
Port Orange FL
West Melbourne FL
Fort Drum FL
Port St. Lucie FL
West Palm Beach FL Garden Road
West Palm Beach FL Dyer Blvd
Delray Beach FL
Plantation FL
Pembroke Pines FL
Aventura FL
Miami FL NE 41st Street
Miami FL SW 8th Street
Miami FL May Brickell Village
Florida City FL
Marathon FL
5/20/10
Naples FL
Fort Myers FL Gulf Coast Town Center
Fort Myers FL Dani Drive
Sarasota FL
Pinellas Park FL
Tampa FL West Swann Ave
Tampa FL N 50th Street
Brandon FL
Riverview FL
Orlando W. Sand Lake Rd
5/22/19
Orlando FL North Alafaya Trail
Altamonte Springs FL
Turkey Lake FL
Celebration FL
5/24/19
Ocala FL
Gainesville FL
Lake City FL
Live Oak FL
Tifton GA
Macon GA Tom Hill Sr Blvd
Augusta GA Belair Frontage Rd
Please update my list accordingly. And thanks for doing that!!!