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Wow this is a great milestone, and we didn't see a tweet from TM or EM or Elektrek?

Next stop 1000 stations in US alone. Will it happen? when?

This just in: A SC opened in Massachusetts to raise the total to 501.

There are 38 under construction and another 40 with permits issued according to Blueshift. Let's assume that there are an additional five that are under construction but unknown to us.

With 8 1/3 months remaining in 2018, I think that it is safe to assume that anywhere from 80-100 will be done by year end. I think 2019 will be less than 2018, so perhaps 700 by 12/31/19.

That quantity will cover pretty much the continental US. I think that construction will begin to wane in 2020. There will be a few locations opening up on secondary highways, but the vast majority will be urban chargers. That is the wild card that we do not have a good grasp on as yet.

My take is that 1,000 Superchargers nationwide will be another seven years, perhaps eight. A lot will depend on alternate charging installations along the highways and in the cities.
 
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I expect Supercharger construction to continue unabated. It will be less about geographic coverage and route coverage, particularly from west of the Mississippi to Nevada/Idaho and more about meeting demand in urban centers and on heavily traveled routes. On the west coast and east coast routes, there will be a supercharger every 20 miles or so in the near future.

The rate of supercharger addition as a ratio of cars manufactured per supercharger commissioned will be lower, but with the manufacture of Model 3 set to take off pretty soon, even if superchargers expand at the same pace as they have for the last 2-3 years, that is likely to be the case.
 
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If you want to look to the future of SC expansion, looking at California is a good indication of where things are going. They have been putting in the most SCs where there are the most Teslas traveling from the start. In 2016 is was possible to get down I-5 from Portland to California, but all the SCs were spaced for S60s and it wasn't the most efficient spacing for an S90D. In Oregon on I-5 there have been no new locations since 2016, but a few have opened in California that would allow me to skip two superchargers in the Valley where I had to stop the last trip.

When they build the Roseburg SC that will make Oregon a one SC stop state for people traveling I-5 from Portland to CA in longer range Teslas.

There are also more destination chargers than in 2016. I stopped in at my customer in Morgan Hill, CA and there were no destination chargers anywhere nearby. I learned about how slow supercharging is on a cold battery at Gilroy the next morning. Now there are three locations nearby with destination chargers, though one is a hotel with nosebleed prices.

I was supposed to be on the road right now, but delayed the trip because I started coming down with something Thursday. Felt better yesterday, but my SO seems to have caught it.

There may be a battery breakthrough coming that allows for 2X or more battery density. If that comes through, destination chargers are going to become more important than SCs for long distance travel. There will still be a need for urban chargers for people who can't charge at home. But more supercharger options are always a good thing to accommodate all the places we may go and the differing ranges of the cars out there. There are now cars out there with ranges going from a little more than 200 miles (some older batteries might be below 200 now) on up to around 340. That's a pretty wide range to accommodate with the network.
 
If you want to look to the future of SC expansion, looking at California is a good indication of where things are going. They have been putting in the most SCs where there are the most Teslas traveling from the start. In 2016 is was possible to get down I-5 from Portland to California, but all the SCs were spaced for S60s and it wasn't the most efficient spacing for an S90D. In Oregon on I-5 there have been no new locations since 2016, but a few have opened in California that would allow me to skip two superchargers in the Valley where I had to stop the last trip.

When they build the Roseburg SC that will make Oregon a one SC stop state for people traveling I-5 from Portland to CA in longer range Teslas.

There are also more destination chargers than in 2016. I stopped in at my customer in Morgan Hill, CA and there were no destination chargers anywhere nearby. I learned about how slow supercharging is on a cold battery at Gilroy the next morning. Now there are three locations nearby with destination chargers, though one is a hotel with nosebleed prices.

I was supposed to be on the road right now, but delayed the trip because I started coming down with something Thursday. Felt better yesterday, but my SO seems to have caught it.

There may be a battery breakthrough coming that allows for 2X or more battery density. If that comes through, destination chargers are going to become more important than SCs for long distance travel. There will still be a need for urban chargers for people who can't charge at home. But more supercharger options are always a good thing to accommodate all the places we may go and the differing ranges of the cars out there. There are now cars out there with ranges going from a little more than 200 miles (some older batteries might be below 200 now) on up to around 340. That's a pretty wide range to accommodate with the network.
Along those lines, the routing algorithms need to be smarter and more configurable about which chargers it wants you to stop at. I’m nearing completion of a 3700 mile trip, and found myself almost constantly having to change the nav to point towards a specific charger, rather than letting it automatically choose charge stops. Sometimes it’s because it’s dumb to wait 50-60 minutes and one charger in order to skip the next, when I could just charge for 20 minutes if I stop at each. Other times it’s to shuffle which chargers I’m skipping in order to have a charging stop coincide with a reasonable mealtime. Other times it’s because there’s no way I’m going to reasonably skip a supercharger when I’m facing 20+ mph headwinds, and it’d be ridiculous to wait for a 95%+ charge, and drive slower, in order to do so. The worst is when I’m skipping a charger, and I can reasonably get there, but when the estimated arrival SoC fell below 10%, instead of re-routing to the closer charger, it went to the next charger, and started freaking out that I needed to stay under 50mph in order to arrive with more than -25%! (I really don’t get that one. Usually it doesn’t reroute me to a midway supercharger unless estimated arrival drops below about 3%). Too bad I don’t have the new nav yet... I’m really hoping they’ve fixed some of the other bonehead decisions it tried to get me to do have been fixed.
 
superchargeinfo.com does not show the 12 Superchargers at the Railroad Pass Casino near Boulder, NV.
Tesla's Findus page has a supercharger coming soon in Henderson, NV. Might it be that one? If so, and you have useful information to report, then do so. I'll assume you are referring to supercharge.info as not having the site, which would be because the information there is crowdsourced -- provide some information and it will appear. Best is to start an appropriate thread in the proper place and let @BlueShift know like this.
 
Along those lines, the routing algorithms need to be smarter and more configurable about which chargers it wants you to stop at. I’m nearing completion of a 3700 mile trip, and found myself almost constantly having to change the nav to point towards a specific charger, rather than letting it automatically choose charge stops. Sometimes it’s because it’s dumb to wait 50-60 minutes and one charger in order to skip the next, when I could just charge for 20 minutes if I stop at each. Other times it’s to shuffle which chargers I’m skipping in order to have a charging stop coincide with a reasonable mealtime. Other times it’s because there’s no way I’m going to reasonably skip a supercharger when I’m facing 20+ mph headwinds, and it’d be ridiculous to wait for a 95%+ charge, and drive slower, in order to do so. The worst is when I’m skipping a charger, and I can reasonably get there, but when the estimated arrival SoC fell below 10%, instead of re-routing to the closer charger, it went to the next charger, and started freaking out that I needed to stay under 50mph in order to arrive with more than -25%! (I really don’t get that one. Usually it doesn’t reroute me to a midway supercharger unless estimated arrival drops below about 3%). Too bad I don’t have the new nav yet... I’m really hoping they’ve fixed some of the other bonehead decisions it tried to get me to do have been fixed.
The new Nav does not make the same bonehead decisions. It makes different bonehead decisions.:p
 
superchargeinfo.com does not show the 12 Superchargers at the Railroad Pass Casino near Boulder, NV.

Tesla's Findus page has a supercharger coming soon in Henderson, NV. Might it be that one? If so, and you have useful information to report, then do so. I'll assume you are referring to supercharge.info as not having the site, which would be because the information there is crowdsourced -- provide some information and it will appear. Best is to start an appropriate thread in the proper place and let @BlueShift know like this.

I've created a thread here: Supercharger - Henderson NV
 
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Here is an update on the status of the 523 North American "Coming Soon" superchargers targeted to open in 2018. Only 13 sites opened in the U.S. and Canada in the last month. About 11% of the targeted sites came online in the first 4 months of 2018. Below is a list of the sites that came online in April and the 103 sites for which we have information or at least rumors on their location. Sites with confirmed locations are shown at supercharge.info; details on all sites is available at the Supercharger Progress wiki.

LocationSite Known?Status
Payson, AZ yes in permitting
Sedona, AZ yes operational
Tucson - East Skyline Drive, AZ yes operational
Calabasas, CA yes under construction
Carlsbad - North, CA yes in permitting
Carlsbad - La Costa, CA yes under construction
Downey, CA yes awaiting transformer / hookup
East Palo Alto, CA maybe in site negotiation
Emeryville, CA yes in permitting
Fairfield, CA yes awaiting transformer / hookup
Fontana, CA yes under construction
Fremont (Factory), CA yes expansion in permitting
Fremont (Fremont Hub), CA yes operational
Fremont (Kato Road), CA yes under construction hiatus
Huntington Beach, CA yes in permitting
Laytonville, CA yes in permitting
Los Gatos, CA yes under construction
Milpitas, CA yes under construction
Napa, CA yes expansion under construction
Petaluma, CA yes expansion under construction
Sacramento - Arden Fair, CA yes construction imminent?
San Bernardino, CA yes under construction
San Carlos, CA yes in permitting
San Diego - Black Mountain Ranch, CA yes construction imminent?
San Diego - Downtown, CA yes awaiting power on / testing
San Dimas, CA maybe in design/permitting?
San Jose, CA yes in permitting
San Luis Obispo, CA yes under construction
San Ramon, CA yes in permitting
Santa Clarita yes operational
Santa Monica, CA yes in permitting
Tejon Ranch, CA yes expansion under construction
Thousand Oaks - The Oaks, CA yes under construction
Truckee I (Gateway Center), CA yes expansion in permitting
Boulder, CO yes under construction
Estes Park, CO yes awaiting transformer / hookup
Danbury, CT yes awaiting power on / testing
Hartford, CT yes under construction
Old Lyme, CT yes in permitting
Claymont, DE yes under construction
Altamonte Springs, FL yes under construction
Aventura, FL yes under construction
Miami - Wynwood, FL maybe in site selection
Pembroke Pines, FL yes in permitting
Augusta II, GA yes in permitting
Buford, GA yes in permitting
Dubuque, IA yes under construction
Sioux City, IA maybe in design / permitting?
Chicago - Lincoln Park, IL maybe in design / permitting?
Chicago - New City, IL yes permit issued
Glenview, IL yes operational
Normal, IL yes expansion under construction
Carmel, IN yes under construction
Merrillville, IN yes under construction
Emporia, KS yes in design / permitting
Framingham, MA yes under construction
Hadley, MA yes operational
Lynnfield, MA sort of in design / permitting?
Seekonk, MA yes in permitting
Wareham, MA yes in permitting
Woburn, MA yes in permitting
Bethesda - Montgomery Mall East, MD yes in permitting
Bethesda - Montgomery Mall West, MD yes in permitting
Gaylord, MI yes awaiting transformer / hookup
Alexandria, MN yes in permitting
Bethany, MO yes construction imminent?
Dickinson, ND yes in permitting
Fargo, ND yes in permitting
Pembina, ND yes in permitting
Deptford, NJ yes in permitting
North Brunswick, NJ yes under construction
Parsippany, NJ yes in permitting
Phillipsburg, NJ yes in permitting
Henderson, NV yes awaiting transformer?
Islandia, NY yes under construction
Manorville, NY maybe in permitting?
New Rochelle, NY yes awaiting transformer / hookup
New York - E 47th St, NY yes operational
New York - W 75th St, NY yes operational
Plainview, NY yes under construction
Valley Stream, NY yes under construction
Yonkers, NY yes open but inaccessible?
Dublin, OH yes in permitting
Maumee, OH yes expansion under construction
West Cincinnati, OH yes operational
Tigard, OR yes under construction
King of Prussia, PA maybe in design / permitting?
Custer, SD yes under construction
Wall, SD maybe in discussions with City
Manchester, TN yes under construction
Austin - Research Blvd, TX yes in design / permitting
Boerne, TX yes in permitting
Burleson, TX maybe in site selection / design
Dallas, TX yes operational
Fort Stockton, TX maybe in the Twilight Zone
Houston - Downtown, TX maybe in site selection / design
Houston - Northwest Parkway, TX yes under construction
Mount Pleasant, TX maybe in site selection / design
Pecos, TX yes in permitting
Plano, TX yes operational
Round Rock, TX maybe in site selection / design
San Antonio, TX yes in permitting
Southlake, TX yes operational
Stafford, TX maybe in site selection / design
Fairfax, VA maybe in site selection
Fredericksburg, VA yes operational
Springfield, VA yes under construction
Wheatland, WY yes under construction
Salmon Arm, BC maybe in design/permitting
Woodbridge, BC maybe in design/permitting
Brandon, MB yes in design/permitting
Portage la Prairie, MB yes in design/permitting
Belleville, ON yes under construction
Brockville, ON maybe in design/permitting
Pointe Claire, QC yes under construction
Regina, SK maybe in design/permitting
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Just for fun, below are the remaining 385 sites with a target opening in 2018 for which we need to sleuth out information:
Dothan AL, Montgomery AL, Tuscaloosa AL, Arkadelphia AR, Blytheville AR, Clarksville AR, Forrest City AR, Fort Smith AR, Globe AZ, Kayenta AZ, Phoenix III AZ, Anaheim CA, Bakersfield II CA, Beverly Hills CA, Brea CA, Cambria CA, Campbell CA, Castro Valley CA, Cerritos CA, Chico CA, Chula Vista CA, Commerce CA, Corona CA, Daly City CA, Dana Point CA, Del Mar CA, Dublin II CA, El Cajon CA, Escondido CA, Folsom III CA, Fresno II CA, Garden Grove CA, Half Moon Bay CA, Hayward CA, Hesperia CA, Highland CA, Hollywood CA, Indio II CA, Irvine CA, Kirkwood CA, Kramer Junction CA, Lakewood CA, Lone Pine II CA, Long Beach CA, Los Angeles - Downtown CA, Malibu CA, Manhattan Beach CA, Marin City CA, Merced CA, Mission Viejo CA, Mojave II CA, Moreno Valley CA, Mountain View II CA, Northridge CA, Oakland CA, Ontario CA, Palm Desert CA, Palmdale CA, Palo Alto CA, Pasadena CA, Playa Vista CA, Pomona CA, Redding CA, Redondo Beach CA, Richmond CA, San Diego - La Jolla CA, San Francisco CA, San Francisco (Financial Dist) CA, San Francisco (Mission) CA, San Francisco (SOMA) CA, San Mateo III CA, San Rafael CA, Santa Barbara CA, Santa Clara CA, Santa Cruz CA, Santa Rosa CA, Sherman Oaks CA, Simi Valley CA, Sonoma CA, South San Francisco CA, Stockton CA, Studio City CA, Tustin CA, Vallejo CA, Venice CA, Ventura CA, Visalia CA, Vista CA, Walnut Creek CA, West Covina CA, Yuba City CA, Alamosa CO, Aspen CO, Denver II CO, Denver - Tech Center CO, Montrose CO, Steamboat Springs CO, Telluride CO, Walsenburg CO, Darien III CT, New London CT, North Stamford CT, Stamford CT, Torrington CT, Trumbull CT, Waterbury CT, Columbia Heights DC, Washington DC, Washington NE DC, Washington SE DC, Dover DE, Boca Raton FL, Celebration FL, Delray Beach FL, Destin FL, Fort Myers II FL, Gainesville FL, Hollywood FL, Jacksonville FL, Lakeland FL, Miami - Coral Gables FL, Miami Beach - Bal Harbor FL, Miami Beach - South Beach FL, North Naples FL, Plantation II FL, Riverside Park FL, Tampa - Clear Water FL, Tampa - Hyde Park FL, Tampa - Wesley Chapel FL, West Palm Beach FL, Weston FL, Yeehaw Junction FL, Atlanta III GA, Atlanta - Cumberland GA, Atlanta - Virginia Highlands GA, Columbus GA, Madison GA, Metter GA, Honolulu HI, Kailua HI, Maui HI, Altoona IA, Shelby IA, Heyburn ID, Mountain Home ID, Marion IL, Rosemont IL, Bloomington IN, Elberfeld IN, Indianapolis - Downtown IN, Olathe KS, New Orleans LA, Beverly MA, Boston - Fenway/Kenmore MA, Boston - Seaport MA, Braintree MA, Burlington MA, Charlestown MA, Falmouth MA, Mansfield MA, Natick MA, Orleans MA, Somerville MA, South Dennis MA, Waltham MA, Annapolis MD, Baltimore MD, Beltsville MD, Elkridge MD, Frederick MD, Greenbelt MD, Halethorpe MD, Baring ME, Kennebunk ME, Medway ME, Portland ME, West Forks ME, Claire MI, Detroit MI, Escanaba MI, Mackinaw City MI, Novi MI, St. Clair Shores MI, Swartz Creek MI, Bloomington MN, Maple Grove MN, Minneapolis MN, St. Paul MN, Kansas City MO, Mehlville MO, St. Joseph MO, St. Louis MO, Brookhaven MS, Hattiesburg MS, Bighorn MT, Glendive MT, Great Falls MT, Helena MT, Kalispell MT, Miles City MT, Shelby MT, Durham NC, Point Harbor NC, Statesville NC, Bismarck ND, Grand Forks ND, Jamestown ND, North Conway NH, Rochester NH, Wolfeboro NH, Barnegat Township NJ, Bridgewater NJ, Cape May NJ, Cherry Hill NJ, Florence NJ, Hackensack NJ, Hamilton Township II NJ, Mount Laurel NJ, Newark NJ, Paramus NJ, Princeton NJ, Roxbury Township NJ, Summit NJ, Tom's River NJ, West Orange NJ, Clayton NM, Clovis NM, Grants NM, Socorro NM, Astoria NY, Bergen Beach NY, Brooklyn Heights NY, Brooklyn II NY, Buffalo NY, Centuck NY, Chelsea NY, Elmhurst NY, Harlem NY, Hicksville NY, Ithaca NY, Kips Bay, Little Neck NY, Lower Manhattan NY, Manhattan - Midtown NY, Manhattan III NY, Oneonta NY, Roscoe NY, Queens NY, Salamanca NY, Shirley NY, Two Bridges NY, Upper East Side NY, Wantagh NY, West Nyack NY, Woodbury NY, Cleveland OH, Columbus OH, Polaris OH, Sandusky OH, Henryetta OK, Boardman OR, Hood River OR, Madras OR, Newport OR, Ontario OR, Portland OR, Portland - NE OR, Portland - NW OR, Portland - SE OR, Roseburg OR, Salem OR, Woodburn II OR, Altoona PA, Lancaster PA, Philadelphia PA, Pittsburgh PA, Plymouth Meeting PA, Newport RI, Charleston SC, Nashville II TN, Austin (Downtown) TX, Beaumont TX, Brenham TX, Cedar Park TX, College Station TX, Dallas - Mesquite TX, Dilley TX, Falfurrias TX, Fort Worth TX, Fredericksburg TX, Houston - Katy TX, Houston - Uptown TX, Lubbock TX, San Angelo TX, San Antonio - Walden Meadows TX, Wichita Falls TX, Ogden UT, Park City UT, Arlington VA, Gainesville VA, Newport News VA, Tysons VA, Lyndon VT, Rutland VT, Ellensburg II WA, Enumclaw WA, Forks WA, Kirkland - Totem Lake WA, Longview WA, Okanogan WA, Olympia WA, Ritzville II WA, Seattle WA, Seattle - Northgate WA, Seattle - University Village WA, Snoqualmie WA, Spokane WA, Tacoma WA, Wenatchee WA, Lake Geneva WI, Milwaukee WI, Sturgeon Bay WI, Parkersburg WV, Casper WY, Cody WY, Bassano AB, Medicine Hat AB, Burnaby BC, Fernie BC, Richmond BC, Sicamous BC, Vancouver BC, Vancouver - North BC, Vancouver - West BC, Reynolds MB, Winnipeg MB, Edmunston NB, Frederickton NB, Moncton NB, St. John NB, Woodstock NB, Halifax NS, Truro NS, Batchawana Bay ON, Blind River ON, Deep River ON, Dryden ON, Espanola ON, Ignace ON, Kenora ON, Mississauga (Meadowvale) ON, Mississauga II ON, Nipigon ON, North Bay ON, North York ON, Orangeville ON, Orillia ON, Renfrew ON, St. Catherines ON, Sault Ste. Marie ON, Scarborough ON, Strathroy ON, Terrace Bay ON, Thunder Bay ON, Toronto - Libery Village ON, Toronto - The Annex ON, Toronto - Yonge / Eglinton ON, Upsala ON, Vaughan ON, Waterloo ON, Wawa ON, White River ON, Charlemagne QC, Gatineau QC, L'Étape QC, Lachute QC, Lebourgneuf QC, Saguenay QC, Saint Georges QC, Saint Sauveur QC, Saint Therese QC, Sainte Eulalie QC, Trois-Rivieres QC, Chaplin SK, Maple Creek SK, Moose Jaw SK, Moosomin SK, Swift Current SK, Wolsely SK[/td]
 
Total kWh Supercharged to Date - Anyone have recent data about how many kWh have been supercharged? Thx.

4-7: 393,887,736 kWh, saving 61,525,732 gallons of gas
4-22: 400,964,079 kWh, saving 62,631,065 gallons of gas

This works out to 73,688 gallons per day. Or 1,754 barrels of oil not used per day.

This is only going to be increasing going forward. :)

RT