Liz G
P03056
Not Wentzville. Too backwards here. I tried to get the mayor and council interested in reaching out to Tesla to put a SC here and they were too afraid GM would frown on it. We have a big GM plant here.
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Watching for I-70 Superchargers from Denver to St. Louis
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Not Wentzville. Too backwards here. I tried to get the mayor and council interested in reaching out to Tesla to put a SC here and they were too afraid GM would frown on it. We have a big GM plant here.
I wonder how often something like this happens, that superchargers aren't welcome because of perceived or actual political pressure. We know it happened last year with the planned supercharger in Temple, TX that was put in Waco instead. Any others?
jvonbokel
John VonBokel
I have it on good authority that Tesla has selected a site in Effingham and is currently working the permit process. I'll continue to monitor the situation and report back once there's more solid info.
TechGuy
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I'm hoping to get from Indianapolis to Denver in March. Effingham would be an obvious choice for a SC. Here's hoping!
Cottonwood
Roadster#433, Model S#S37
A reliable source confirms that Effingham is on the way...and my reliable source is independent of jvonbokel's "good authority!"
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Sudre
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It was a rainy day so my wife and I drove around St. Charles looking for parking lots with any construction going on. Our first thought was Ameristar Casino. Checked both garages and the large vehicle parking and talked to security. Nothing anywhere and security didn't know of any construction going on in parking lots. The top level of the North garage was closed but we walked up and saw nothing. Did not check the valet parking area on the North garage.
A little West of the Bass Pro shop we noticed some construction in a low income apartment complex parking lot. I highly doubt it is Tesla Superchargers but it is the only construction we found on a parking lot or parking garage from the river to St. Peters. Even checked the AMC garage and the hospital garage. Checked the entire river front area.
A little West of the Bass Pro shop we noticed some construction in a low income apartment complex parking lot. I highly doubt it is Tesla Superchargers but it is the only construction we found on a parking lot or parking garage from the river to St. Peters. Even checked the AMC garage and the hospital garage. Checked the entire river front area.
Sudre
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There are 6 restaurants within a few minutes walk.
Little Tokyo
Buffalo Wild Wings
Firehouse Subs
Texas Roadhouse
Bellacino's Pizza & Grinders
China House Buffet
Denny's and Waffle House are a maybe a 5 minute walk... ten if your slow.
Side Pocket (pool tables and beverages) is practicality right across the street. Then there is a Bass Pro shop in the same plaza with many of the restaurants along with a Best Western.
It's at 1355 Fairgrounds Rd, St Charles MO if anyone wants to drive by again in a few weeks.
The equipment in the left of the pic is a tamper used to compact the ground after burying and back-filling.
Little Tokyo
Buffalo Wild Wings
Firehouse Subs
Texas Roadhouse
Bellacino's Pizza & Grinders
China House Buffet
Denny's and Waffle House are a maybe a 5 minute walk... ten if your slow.
Side Pocket (pool tables and beverages) is practicality right across the street. Then there is a Bass Pro shop in the same plaza with many of the restaurants along with a Best Western.
It's at 1355 Fairgrounds Rd, St Charles MO if anyone wants to drive by again in a few weeks.
The equipment in the left of the pic is a tamper used to compact the ground after burying and back-filling.
SW2Fiddler
We Are Cognitive Dissidents
Yes, sometimes a long trench is needed to get power TO the Superchargers' parking lot. Could be going in next door. Thanks for looking out Sudre!
Liz G
P03056
Wouldn't be the first time we've heard Bass Pro in St. Charles mentioned as a potential location.
Sudre
Active Member
I was out in the St Peters area today to hike with some friends. On my way home I stopped by the parking lot to see if any work had started and drove around a bit more looking for other potentials. I am really thinking the lot I mentioned above is NOT a Tesla Supercharger. It appears the retaining wall that holds that side of the parking lot up is being rebuilt. I supercharger is still not completely out of the question but most likely a not. The only thing that has any glimmer of hope is the lack of any signage indicating the company doing the work. I have rarely seen a landscaper or similar company that does not plop down a company sign to advertise who's doing the work.
Maybe people need to start making it a regular thing to bring the workers coffee and donuts. I think there would be a lot more leaked locations if the construction workers knew they'd have an endless supply of coffee and donuts.
Maybe people need to start making it a regular thing to bring the workers coffee and donuts. I think there would be a lot more leaked locations if the construction workers knew they'd have an endless supply of coffee and donuts.
basf_audio
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Couldn't find anything with the Columbia, MO permits for November. Strike one. Looked around Bass Pro area this past weekend, nothing going - even the work highlighted in the parking lot hasn't moved much. 
And an awful place for a super charger. Strike two. Anybody in Independence find anything useful out by 70/291? Doesn't look like a Missouri Tesla SuperCharger Christmas this year...
And an awful place for a super charger. Strike two. Anybody in Independence find anything useful out by 70/291? Doesn't look like a Missouri Tesla SuperCharger Christmas this year...
Cottonwood
Roadster#433, Model S#S37
Couldn't find anything with the Columbia, MO permits for November. Strike one. Looked around Bass Pro area this past weekend, nothing going - even the work highlighted in the parking lot hasn't moved much.
Too bad!
I looked up the states without Superchargers. There are 13 left in the 48. Missouri is the largest state by population without a supercharger at 6,021,988 by the 2010 census. #2 is Louisiana at 4,601,893, but they have a Supercharger under construction in Lake Charles.
I just completed a trip from the bay area to kansas city and back without problems. Didn't run into any other Teslas at the superchargers east of Nevada other than at Denver. Many are in the parking lots of Holiday Inn Express hotels, which have coffee, warmth, and comfortable seating while waiting. I heard from the attendant at the Salina holiday inn that they had seen four charging before at once. I also saw a person several times starting in eastern nevada on the way back west doing the cross-country on a 60, which i thought was crazy, but they said that they were just careful.
The Topeka charger was very slow (~30kW) for some reason when we arrived into town, even being the only people there and trying 3 different posts. It was late so we decided to grab a hotel and charge in the morning, and in the morning we got about 95kW, so am not sure what was going on.
I did learn going there and back that the big hotel/casinos in Vegas have Tesla HPWCs. We stayed at the Bellagio on the way out and at Wynn on the way back, and both were happy to charge me up to full while I slept with no additional Valet charge... though the Bellagio did park the car out in their driveway with a bunch of other fancy cars for a while. We also saw that the MountainHaus in Vail which is right on the highway has an HPWC as well, which would have also been a convenient place to stop with some more advanced planning (they were booked when we passed through).
I sure could've used a fast charger in KC, but we ended up cobbling together an adapter and an extension cord for my parent's 10-30 dryer plug and charged overnight with the window cracked.
Definitely the most comfortable cross-country drive I've taken.
The Topeka charger was very slow (~30kW) for some reason when we arrived into town, even being the only people there and trying 3 different posts. It was late so we decided to grab a hotel and charge in the morning, and in the morning we got about 95kW, so am not sure what was going on.
I did learn going there and back that the big hotel/casinos in Vegas have Tesla HPWCs. We stayed at the Bellagio on the way out and at Wynn on the way back, and both were happy to charge me up to full while I slept with no additional Valet charge... though the Bellagio did park the car out in their driveway with a bunch of other fancy cars for a while.
We also saw that the MountainHaus in Vail which is right on the highway has an HPWC as well, which would have also been a convenient place to stop with some more advanced planning (they were booked when we passed through).I sure could've used a fast charger in KC, but we ended up cobbling together an adapter and an extension cord for my parent's 10-30 dryer plug and charged overnight with the window cracked.
Definitely the most comfortable cross-country drive I've taken.
One of the main guys from the St. Louis store told me about 10 months ago they were trying to "fast track" getting a supercharger in Columbia. I guess that's not going so well. I occasionally think about calling him up and asking how that fast tracking of the Columbia supercharger is going, just as a joke.
If it wasn't for the superchargers installed in Kansas, I would think they were intentionally trying to avoid every route I need -- I-70 from Denver to KC, and primarily KC to St. Louis, I-44 from St. Louis to Tulsa OK, St. Louis down to Memphis TN, and routes from St. Louis down to Atlanta and Augusta GA.
If it wasn't for the superchargers installed in Kansas, I would think they were intentionally trying to avoid every route I need -- I-70 from Denver to KC, and primarily KC to St. Louis, I-44 from St. Louis to Tulsa OK, St. Louis down to Memphis TN, and routes from St. Louis down to Atlanta and Augusta GA.
Sudre
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basf_audio
Member
From the "secret sauce" source - Independence should be open any day now. Still no sightings yet. Saint Louis still has a Saint Charles location - but it's supposedly a bit West of 5th Street where we were speculating before. So either around 94 or Zumbehl road... Columbia has now been set back again - 4th time due to political clout getting owners to back off their approvals at the last minute. Now looking at a possible temporary SuperCharger.
Back to being extremely frustrated. Or maybe I never let that frustration go in the first place! Let's go Missouri - what's the deal?
Back to being extremely frustrated. Or maybe I never let that frustration go in the first place! Let's go Missouri - what's the deal?
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