Tesla Supercharger network

[dhanson865]

Apologies if this has been covered yet but when looking at the Supercharger map now - it looks like you can get coast to coast in the US today. Would you think that's a correct assessment? Or am I missing something?

I'd say we still need at the minimum

Albert Lea, MN
Cheyenne, WY
Macedonia, OH

and on the it'll make it easier list

Maumee, OH
Madison, WI
Blanding, UT or Moab, UT
Kingman, AZ or (the combination of Buckeye, AZ + San Juan Capistrano, CA)

So somewhere between 3 to 8 more superchargers and a little bit warmer weather and it'd be doable.

 

[techmaven]

I'd say we still need at the minimum

Albert Lea, MN
Cheyenne, WY
Macedonia, OH

and on the it'll make it easier list

Maumee, OH
Madison, WI
Blanding, UT or Moab, UT
Kingman, AZ

So somewhere between 3 to 7 more superchargers and a little bit warmer weather and it'd be doable.

Hagerstown, MD is a must. 6 superchargers are required:

Kingman, AZ
One of Blanding, UT or Moab, UT
Cheyenne, WY
Albert Lea, MN
Maumee, OH
Macedonia, OH
Hagerstown, MD

All are under construction, many of which are very close to opening any day now.

The real issue is that it is likely that the route will be open far in advance of Musk's trip. So, who among us is going to be first to go from coast to coast entirely on Superchargers? Then who is going to be first to go between Vancouver and Miami?

 

[Cottonwood]

Apologies if this has been covered yet but when looking at the Supercharger map now - it looks like you can get coast to coast in the US today. Would you think that's a correct assessment? Or am I missing something?

The Tesla map is overly opmistic, almost to the point of being untrue...

See my reply at Superchargers abloom. - Page 2 with extended discussion on this subject.

 

[100thMonkey]

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The real issue is that it is likely that the route will be open far in advance of Musk's trip. So, who among us is going to be first to go from coast to coast entirely on Superchargers? Then who is going to be first to go between Vancouver and Miami?

My wife is already talking about it like it's going to happen and I am surely tempted. It would be easy to head north to put a foot on the Canadian border to start. I have two real hesitations, timing the weather and whether I really want to put my battery pack through so many SC's, surely I would see a permanent loss in range post trip... then again, it really would be a trip through some fantastic and remote parts of the US.

 

[callmesam]

The Tesla map is overly opmistic, almost to the point of being untrue...

See my reply at Superchargers abloom. - Page 2 with extended discussion on this subject.

I used your exact method. By placing

Albert Lea, MN
Cheyenne, WY
Macedonia, OH

all the circles overlap at 85 mile radius.

 

[JST]

I used your exact method. By placing

Albert Lea, MN
Cheyenne, WY
Macedonia, OH

all the circles overlap at 85 mile radius.

They do?

I'm looking at it now and it looks like you need Toledo/Maumee and Hagerstown, too. And Buckeye or Kingman.

 

[Cottonwood]

They do?

I'm looking at it now and it looks like you need Toledo/Maumee and Hagerstown, too. And Buckeye or Kingman.

I agree with needing those additional Superchargers; Barstow to Vegas to Kingman is my guess for the Elon route.

Also, Holbrook, AZ and Cranberry Township, PA greatly add to the comfort level and reduce total charge times.

 

[FredTMC]

My wife is already talking about it like it's going to happen and I am surely tempted. It would be easy to head north to put a foot on the Canadian border to start. I have two real hesitations, timing the weather and whether I really want to put my battery pack through so many SC's, surely I would see a permanent loss in range post trip... then again, it really would be a trip through some fantastic and remote parts of the US.

i don't think using SCs hurt the battery life/range at all if the car isn't range charged (100% full) each time. The battery cells are fully capable of charging at the rate provided by the superchargers and the rate tapers down during SC charging so that cell charging rates aren't exceeded.

 

[JST]

I agree with needing those additional Superchargers; Barstow to Vegas to Kingman is my guess for the Elon route.

Also, Holbrook, AZ and Cranberry Township, PA greatly add to the comfort level and reduce total charge times.

I was going to say that the run from Macedonia to Somerset seems like it could be a nail-biter, particularly in the cold weather. That part of OH is pretty flat, but the PA turnpike is definitely not.

 

[emupilot]

i don't think using SCs hurt the battery life/range at all if the car isn't range charged (100% full) each time. The battery cells are fully capable of charging at the rate provided by the superchargers and the rate tapers down during SC charging so that cell charging rates aren't exceeded.

If I remember correctly, Tesla has indicated that range charging would only impact battery life if the battery were left in that state. Doing a supercharge range charge and then immediately driving away would thus have little effect on the battery.

 

[FredTMC]

If I remember correctly, Tesla has indicated that range charging would only impact battery life if the battery were left in that state. Doing a supercharge range charge and then immediately driving away would thus have little effect on the battery.

my opinion is you minimize the impact to battery life if you drive immediately after range charge but it's still more of an impact than not range charging.

 

[dennis25]

Stopped by the new RI SC. I'm loving these things.

 

[Newscutter]

JakeP and I on our "Mission" to Somerset last Friday:

 

[JPP]

JakeP and I on our "Mission" to Somerset last Friday:

Did you buy the crew lunch, or maybe some coffee?

Thx for the video!

 

[JakeP]

No, but we promised to bring them cookies and give them test drives when they get to Cranberry, which is right in our backyard. The head operator put in a request for homemade chocolate chip.

 

[SebastianR]

Thanks everyone for your thoughtful replies! Much appreciated - also, seems like I was not the only one wondering since this came online an hour ago:

http://insideevs.com/tesla-quickly-completing-coast-to-coast-us-electric-supercharger-highway/

 

[Sgt Barone]

Getting "access denied" when trying to view the pages for these superchargers:

Macedonia, OH
Maumee, OH
Eau Claire, WI
Blanding, UT

Looks like these pages are under construction and will be up soon!

 

[Cottonwood]

The Blanding Supercharger | Tesla Motors web page has moved to the "need to login" state. Blanding is on the way to being live, and will start filling in the "4-Corners S-Turn" soon. In addition, this will be the first Utah Supercharger! :biggrin:

 

[KJD]

Sweet......
Who is going to be the first one to post a picture of their car charging up at Blanding UT ?

 

[Robert.Boston]

My wife is already talking about it like it's going to happen and I am surely tempted. It would be easy to head north to put a foot on the Canadian border to start. I have two real hesitations, timing the weather and whether I really want to put my battery pack through so many SC's, surely I would see a permanent loss in range post trip... then again, it really would be a trip through some fantastic and remote parts of the US.

I've spent some time doodling a route from my home in Maine to Fremont, passing through each of the 48 states + DC without entering any state twice.

General plan of attack:

Portland ME
Manchester NH (charge at Northeast Utilities)
Brattleboro VT (overnight with friends). Various roads through
Worcester MA to
East Greenwich RI (supercharger)
then straight down I-95 to St. Augustine FL, picking up:
CT NY NJ PA DE MD DC VA NC SC GA FL
Then I-10 to Beaumont TX, picking up:
GA (requires a slight detour through Bainbridge) AL MI LA TX
Corsicana TX (charge at RV park)
Hugo OK, US-70 east to
Little Rock AK, then US-67 N to US-412 east to
Kennett MO, then across the Mississippi River into Tennessee, ending up in
Knoxville TN. (This stretch would be easier with the Chadmo adapter!)
Lexington KY
Charleston WV
Columbus OH, then Maumee OH
St Joseph MI (carefully detouring around Indiana)
Gary IN
Rockford IL
Mauston WI
St Paul MN
Fargo ND
Madison SD (home to a Model S Plugsharer), then across the state's SC network on I-90
Gering NE (RV park, but we can't use up Wyoming just yet)
Denver CO
Grand Junction CO (SC along the way at Silverthorne and/or Glenwood Springs)
Farmington NM (top-up charge in Durango CO), then follow the I-40 SC corridor through
Flagstaff AZ to
Las Vegas NV. Detour through Caliente NV (to avoid reentering AZ along I-15) towards
Salt Lake City UT. I-80 E and US-189 N to
Kemmerer WY and Jackson WY, then on through Yellowstone to
Bozeman MT. I-90 W to
Kingston ID
Ellensburg WA, then take the I-5 SC corridor through
Portland OR to
Fremont CA

All told, this would be 9,498 miles of driving. Yikes! (Fun fact: if you're going to do a once-through-each-state trip, you must start in Maine or use Canada.)