I was thinking about sneaking up to Huntsville and taking a peak sometime this week. Tomorrow is no good, but I might be to spend a couple hours poking around Friday. Anyone have guesses on places to check out? I know Buc ee's in Madisonville was mentioned in the past, but all signs point to Huntsville right now.
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Texas Supercharger Locations (location speculation, discussion)
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I was thinking about sneaking up to Huntsville and taking a peak sometime this week. Tomorrow is no good, but I might be to spend a couple hours poking around Friday. Anyone have guesses on places to check out? I know Buc ee's in Madisonville was mentioned in the past, but all signs point to Huntsville right now.
sublimaze1
8Dec2012 / Leeroy Jenkins
If you think the divining rod pointeth towards Huntsville, I would troll the West Hill Mall and adjacent lots. There is a pizza hut and taco bell - even some stuff across 45 on 11th street. That would be the best bang for the money. You would cover 50+% of the more desirable locations in one fell swoop.
Good luck and thanks from all of us for the recon
Interesting article on the former controller of the Collin Street Bakery company. Yikes...that's a lot of fruitcake.
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/201...ted-for-charges-he-embezzled-16-million.html/
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/201...ted-for-charges-he-embezzled-16-million.html/
Electric Dreamer
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I know this is kind of late (after the fact) but looking forward....at the San Marcos event, everyone was very easy-going about charging. If you let the event people know you have a time crunch, they'll let you charge first, or close to it. I told them I didn't have a rush, so to let others go ahead. Tesla owners seem to be pretty 'giving' for lack of a better word.
I think it's funny there were all the people saying that the charger couldn't be in Waco since the dot on the supercharger map was showing Hillsboro. Well, the Waco charger is open now, and its dot on the map still looks like Hillsboro. That's a lesson for people who try and figure out exact locations based on the dots on Tesla's map.
sublimaze1
8Dec2012 / Leeroy Jenkins
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ZestyChicken
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They want them every 100 miles. So Dallas to Waco is 96 miles, Waco to Austin is 103 miles. No problem. But if you are driving on through to San Antonio, it's 131 miles. Still well within the range for a 60. I think overall that's fine. I'd rather them install them heading towards Texarkana than pepper I-35. Of course, we'll have to see if lines start to develop at the charging stations.
One thing I think they definitely need to do is make the Tesla App have push notifications for supercharging so that your phone alerts you when your car is full. Another thing would be for your dash to give a projected time to full. Would give people some idea when to move their car. I suspect people will be pretty good about it. At least us early adopters!
Fantastic ideas. Looking forward to my first supercharging experience a week from tomorrow!
I scouted Huntsville for a bit around lunch time today. I did not see any activity that looked like it could be Tesla SuperChargers. There is definitely nothing happening at the West Hill Mall. And after touring around it, I don't think it is a great location. I did stop and talk to a construction crew that was working on a GoodWill at 11th and 45. They did not know of any other projects in the area that would fit the bill.
The best location I saw on my trip was a new Target shopping center (30.707794,-95.565616 - Google Maps). There was a Five Guys in the parking lot and an Olive Garden a few hundred feet from that. The Olive Garden is not even in the Google Satellite image, so it must be new.
I did not have enough time to continue onto Madisonville, but if anyone is going past there, stop in and take a peek at Buc-ee's there.
The best location I saw on my trip was a new Target shopping center (30.707794,-95.565616 - Google Maps). There was a Five Guys in the parking lot and an Olive Garden a few hundred feet from that. The Olive Garden is not even in the Google Satellite image, so it must be new.
I did not have enough time to continue onto Madisonville, but if anyone is going past there, stop in and take a peek at Buc-ee's there.
mckemie
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purplewalt
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Looking good, thanks for the update for quantity of SC stations.
This engineering set-up is certainly unique, with new fence posts have been added around the new future platform.
I am a bit surprised there are no bollards around the future fence posts around the platform.
Wonder if the same crew that built San Marcos and Bellmead have returned here to finish up, or if a few of them have started work on Huntsville/Madisonville.
As of Tuesday 9-10-13, no work had started in Corsicana.
mckemie
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I was surprised at the small amount of parking. I am surprised that the motel was willing to give up 10+ parking spots. I hope the motel will not be disappointed in the amount of business the SC generates for them. It looks like the next door restaurant would be a better candidate for a SC site, more parking and better business prospects.
The Colorado River is behind the motel but that whole area is river bottom. Note that the motel is quite a bit above ground level.
RLA12194
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I don't think the parking spots will be covered. The fence posts will likely support a wooden fence surrounding the supercharger "equipment boxes/Tesla transformers" similar to the set-up in San Marcos.
GLACIER
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I've heard that the next one to go up in TX will be in Corsicana...does anyone know any of the other locations that are said to be going up by 2015? I see a few more on the map here: http://www.teslamotors.com/supercharger
Do they know for sure of are they just guesstimating the location?
Do they know for sure of are they just guesstimating the location?
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