Tesla Supercharger network

[nwdiver]

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I'd like to take a moment to thank all the people that shorted Tesla... It's unlikely we could have had a coast-coast network this quickly without your money :tongue:

 

[Denarius]

While charging at the Tesla store in Denver today I was told that they may be getting a portable supercharger in the garage area where they currently have 2 HPWC.

 

[Cottonwood]

While charging at the Tesla store in Denver today I was told that they may be getting a portable supercharger in the garage area where they currently have 2 HPWC.

It's hard to tell exactly from these pictures, Supercharger - Bethesda, MD, but it does not look like Tesla is including energy storage in the Portable Supercharger. Without energy storage in the portable unit, they will probably be needing a 480V, 200A, 3-Phase connection that will require pulling 4, 3/0-copper wires, plus ground from wherever the main electrical panel is. This doable, but certainly not a trivial, quick install...

 

[AudubonB]

As of now, we have Blanding UT, Normal Il and (yet to come) Wickenburg AZ as three SpC sites located in "downtown-type" locations, rather than at fast-food/hotel/shopping mall etc. areas. Any more, anyone?

 

[ChrisC]

Tesla adjusted the verbiage on the Supercharger page tonight to bring the description more inline with reality: from half a charge in 'about' 20 minutes to 'as little as', 16x rather than 20x faster than most chargers, and 'more than enough' to 'enough' to travel between stations.

Also the bar graph graphic is now scaled properly for the 170 miles. Previously it was scaled for 200 miles and they had just changed the "200" text to "170".

 

[Kleist]

The y-axis was changed from 200 ideal miles to 170 EPA rated miles... no real change but uses now a more practical measure.

 

[Gear]

Also the bar graph graphic is now scaled properly for the 170 miles. Previously it was scaled for 200 miles and they had just changed the "200" text to "170".

They fixed that awhile ago, well before it went back to 200 (which I still think was an accident).

 

[airj1012]

Just in case some aren't monitoring the new thread, a few people around Barstow and Hawthorne are going to meet up with father-daughter cross-country road trip. If you're around the area, join up! I think they're expected to be in Barstow right about now, saw an earlier estimate of 2PM CST.

Heading cross country! | Forums | Tesla Motors

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

As of now, we have Blanding UT, Normal Il and (yet to come) Wickenburg AZ as three SpC sites located in "downtown-type" locations, rather than at fast-food/hotel/shopping mall etc. areas. Any more, anyone?

Well, in Lusk, WY they're basically on Main St and only 1/2 mile from the Sheriff's office. Pretty downtown.

 

[callmesam]

Waiting for cross country history to be made.

 

[Gear]

Waiting for cross country history to be made.

I really hope somebody will give them their spot! Is everybody going to drive to the beach together or anything like that, to make it officially coast to coast?

 

[airj1012]

They arrived at 8:30 EST.

 

[callmesam]

I really hope somebody will give them their spot! Is everybody going to drive to the beach together or anything like that, to make it officially coast to coast?

Someone did.

 

[napabill]

They arrived at 8:30 EST.

They arrived in Los Angeles at 5:30 PST. Those who do not live in PST and care to have the time rendered in their time zone, please convert accordingly.

 

[Gear]

I would have liked to be there, but alas, I'm out of town this week.

 

[stevezzzz]

Well, calling the SC locations in tiny Lusk and Blanding 'downtown' is a bit of a stretch. :wink: :biggrin"

In fact, the Blanding location is pretty much the edge of town: drive past a couple of businesses and the cemetery, and you're on the open road.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

In fact, the Blanding location is pretty much the edge of town: drive past a couple of businesses and the cemetery, and you're on the open road.

Sounds like a good setting for a hitchhiker/slasher movie EV-style!

 

[aviators99]

A question to all:

When I began the Supercharger - Wickenburg AZ thread, I noted that TMInc's choice of using a public entity - the Town of W'burg and its Town Hall parking lot - as its choice of location to be either a first or almost unique. As we know, at present most US SpCs are located at fast-foods, hotels or mall parking lots.

That this one is to be in the heart of a small town that even today retains lots of small merchants - there are no chain-type vendors of any sort in the downtown area - is, to me, wonderful news.

So: are there other examples of SpC locations other than in the three main categories I gave above?

Charleston, SC is at the airport (I think)

 

[100thMonkey]

They arrived in Los Angeles at 5:30 PST. Those who do not live in PST and care to have the time rendered in their time zone, please convert accordingly.

I'd really like to know if there has been any measurable loss in battery capacity from all that super charging.

 

[purplewalt]

I'd really like to know if there has been any measurable loss in battery capacity from all that super charging.

Perhaps the additional question would be:
==>>How many times did they actually Range Charge?

Supercharging up to the first 80% goes fast, then charging rate slows down.