Visiting and Supercharging in all of the lower 48 states!?

[RCFLMA]

Just finished a road trip that closed out the last of the lower (readily accessible) states. I have had 10 cross-country (4 East-West; 6 North-South) in my 2017 Model S, and only recently was able to close out my goal of the lower 48. The last straw was North Dakota earlier this week.

The supercharging network is phenomenal.

 

[bmah]

Wow, extremely impressive!

Say, if you like driving around to Supercharge in a lot of different places, you might be interested in this informal little competition we have here on TMC (basically...who can visit the most unique Superchargers?). Here's the competition Web site:

supercharging.life

supercharging.life

Here's the main discussion thread for the competition, along with instructions for getting started if you would like to join in:

Wiki - Superchargers Visited

**** NOTE: We have transitioned to a new platform **** More Info: Supercharging.Life database This is a friendly contest for Tesla owners to track the number of unique public Superchargers where they have charged - "Supercharger count" is the number of unique public Superchargers where you...

teslamotorsclub.com

There are no prizes except for bragging rights. This is open to all TMC members.

Bruce.

 

[bradtem]

To complete it you need to go to Hyder Alaska. You can only supercharge as far as Prince George, you'll need a CCS or CHAdeMO adapter. Then you get some issues because the free fast charger at Boulder Creek is often out of service, but if you have a long range in particular you should be able to make it. You might want to stay overnight in Hyder or Stewart and charge with a TT-30 adapter at one of the RV parks, that will give you enough to get back. Plus do it in July and see the bears.

 

[RCFLMA]

To complete it you need to go to Hyder Alaska. You can only supercharge as far as Prince George, you'll need a CCS or CHAdeMO adapter. Then you get some issues because the free fast charger at Boulder Creek is often out of service, but if you have a long range in particular you should be able to make it. You might want to stay overnight in Hyder or Stewart and charge with a TT-30 adapter at one of the RV parks, that will give you enough to get back. Plus do it in July and see the bears.

I would love to do it - the 'missus might not be so thrilled. Then again, she might....

 

[bradtem]

I would love to do it - the 'missus might not be so thrilled. Then again, she might....

BC is an fantastic drive. In fact, if you like you can also do the Icefields Parkway in Alberta in one of the directions, thanks to the new supercharger in Jasper which was not there last year when I visited. The icefields parkway is one of the most scenic drives on the continent and not to be missed. But there's a ton of stuff in BC to see as well. Hyder is a tiny town but it also has a great bear viewing platform and a great glacier (I am told, I could not get there on my trip last year due to Covid border closures) but as I said, you will need to pause a while at the RV park to be safe unless you have a fresh long range. The rest of BC below that latitude is actually well supplied with charging if you have a CCS or CdM adapter. Of course you can't supercharge there. There is only one SC in Alaska and it's very hard to reach from the lower 48. They plan more but even those still won't have a land supercharging path until they decide to do the Alaska Or Cassiers highway. The Yukon has decent CCS, but the road between the Yukon and Alaska is currently challenging.