Volta is installing 1,000 EV fast-charging stations at Walgreens locations
The stalls are already available at 49 stores, and they'll soon be present at more than 500.
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Walgreens doesn't have bathrooms, at least I've never noticed one in a Walgreens. A fast charger location without a bathroom is unacceptable.
As for the CCS charger. I want one eventually but it's far from critical right now. The current CCS network is pathetic, I would not want to own a CCS car right now. We just went to Maine yesterday, at the Kennebunk Service Plazas (North and South) there are eight Superchargers at each but only one Chargepoint 62KW unit. At the Portland Supercharger location there are also eight Superchargers plus one 62KW EVGo. BTW none of the CCS chargers were in use but there were some plugin hybrids using the J1772s.
Exactly.
Walgreens doesn't have bathrooms, at least I've never noticed one in a Walgreens. A fast charger location without a bathroom is unacceptable.
As for the CCS charger. I want one eventually but it's far from critical right now. The current CCS network is pathetic, I would not want to own a CCS car right now. We just went to Maine yesterday, at the Kennebunk Service Plazas (North and South) there are eight Superchargers at each but only one Chargepoint 62KW unit. At the Portland Supercharger location there are also eight Superchargers plus one 62KW EVGo. BTW none of the CCS chargers were in use but there were some plugin hybrids using the J1772s.
> The current CCS network is pathetic ...
Not sure if I'm understanding the scope of this, but I'm currently looking at crossing the U.S. on 50. The supercharger outlook there is bleak. L1 DC fast and L2 (J1772) chargers are the only way across. I'm waiting for the CCS1 adapter; have a TT30 on order; and hoping the 14-50 will come back in stock on tesla.com (way cheaper than those on eBay), the latter two for RV park charging.
Thanks, Loud. Will do. My wife & I went around the continent last year: S from the SF Bay Area to Palm Desert; E to Ft. Lauderdale across the deep south; N to VT and ME; back across Canada to Vancouver; then back down the west coast to home. Supercharging mostly, but also using TDCs and other L2s at selected hotels for overnighters. The only time we nearly ran dry was going to "west west Texas" to visit Terlingua & the Rio Grande. This year looks harder. We want to drive Rte 50 all the way from SF (Sacramento, officially) to Ocean City, MD (my teen home, sort of). There's lore.Tesla are still building out the Interstate Supercharger locations - though I believe they've started talking about US and state highway systems as well.
Making that journey on L2 alone would be rather time consuming, but I think you'd be in short range of some Superchargers along the way to speed up the overall trip. The few L2 required stops would likely be good overnighters. I hope you do a trip writeup - that would be good information for other people hoping to do the same thing. The CCS adapter would certainly be a benefit, but the rate Tesla is moving I'm not sure I'd wait on it.
Thanks, Loud. Will do. My wife & I went around the continent last year: S from the SF Bay Area to Palm Desert; E to Ft. Lauderdale across the deep south; N to VT and ME; back across Canada to Vancouver; then back down the west coast to home. Supercharging mostly, but also using TDCs and other L2s at selected hotels for overnighters. The only time we nearly ran dry was going to "west west Texas" to visit Terlingua & the Rio Grande. This year looks harder. We want to drive Rte 50 all the way from SF (Sacramento, officially) to Ocean City, MD (my teen home, sort of). There's lore.
Thanks, Loud. Will do. My wife & I went around the continent last year: S from the SF Bay Area to Palm Desert; E to Ft. Lauderdale across the deep south; N to VT and ME; back across Canada to Vancouver; then back down the west coast to home. Supercharging mostly, but also using TDCs and other L2s at selected hotels for overnighters. The only time we nearly ran dry was going to "west west Texas" to visit Terlingua & the Rio Grande. This year looks harder. We want to drive Rte 50 all the way from SF (Sacramento, officially) to Ocean City, MD (my teen home, sort of). There's lore.
We used a free charger at the campground just outside Marfa before driving down to Terlingua, but barely had enough to get back (driving below the speed limit, which the car advises you on, but does not make you friends on the road). Couldn't make the superchargers on Rte 10. There's a TDC private to a rental Airstream trailer, which if I had it to do over again, I'd've rented. There's also an RV park .. for which I did not have the requisite TT30 and 14-50 adapters. This year, just got the TT30 today; hoping for a semi-affordable CCS from Tesla (as opposed to $610 from Lectron); and Tesla is also out of stock on the 14-50, though they have the whole kit of seven for $245.That sounds amazing.
I went to Terlingua a few years ago with my brother-in-law and his kid in my Jeep. I've been thinking about returning in a Tesla ever since. How was charging in the area? Did you use RV locations or have something available at a hotel?
We drove US 50 through Nevada last year in an ICE but checked out the CCS/CHAdeMO stations along it. Some were quite dilapidated and not obviously usable. With care and patience to use 14-50 at RV parks, it should be possible though.> The current CCS network is pathetic ...
Not sure if I'm understanding the scope of this, but I'm currently looking at crossing the U.S. on 50. The supercharger outlook there is bleak. L1 DC fast and L2 (J1772) chargers are the only way across. I'm waiting for the CCS1 adapter; have a TT30 on order; and hoping the 14-50 will come back in stock on tesla.com (way cheaper than those on eBay), the latter two for RV park charging.
This year looks harder. We want to drive Rte 50 all the way from SF (Sacramento, officially) to Ocean City, MD (my teen home, sort of). There's lore.
We used a free charger at the campground just outside Marfa before driving down to Terlingua, but barely had enough to get back (driving below the speed limit, which the car advises you on, but does not make you friends on the road). Couldn't make the superchargers on Rte 10. There's a TDC private to a rental Airstream trailer, which if I had it to do over again, I'd've rented. There's also an RV park .. for which I did not have the requisite TT30 and 14-50 adapters. This year, just got the TT30 today; hoping for a semi-affordable CCS from Tesla (as opposed to $610 from Lectron); and Tesla is also out of stock on the 14-50, though they have the whole kit of seven for $245.
We drove US 50 through Nevada last year in an ICE but checked out the CCS/CHAdeMO stations along it. Some were quite dilapidated and not obviously usable. With care and patience to use 14-50 at RV parks, it should be possible though.
Personally, I recommend the entire adapter kit. It’s come in handy several times.