Western Canada Superchargers

[Zapped]

Very resourceful AlbertaNetZero !
You must have some connections.

 

[PoweredByRain]

And that is too far for all weather driving in the mountains, and not having to wait forever for the last 20% in the taper.

Oh, I agree entirely. I was just addressing the point regarding Mt Shasta. I wouldn't consider Mt Shasta optional either; it's an important part of the route. Especially if you consider the 60 kWh Model S!

 

[AlbertaNetZero]

Red Deer Supercharger

I contacted the planning departments for

Lacombe County
City of Red Deer
Red Deer County

They have no requests from Tesla for a permit.

 

[BlueShift]

If anyone knows the address for the Golden location send it to [email protected] and I'll add it.

 

[Vger]

FWIW, I was at the Vancouver service centre this morning (Friday, Sep 26) and was told that Hope either is "hot" or will go "hot" any day now.

 

[dasRad]

FWIW, I was at the Vancouver service centre this morning (Friday, Sep 26) and was told that Hope either is "hot" or will go "hot" any day now.

Any day now would be about time given that, but for BC Hydro, it should have been live 2 weeks ago.

 

[brianman]

I wouldn't consider Mt Shasta optional either; it's an important part of the route.

Shasta is worth at least a 15 min stop for the view anyway.

 

[chongov]

Any day now would be about time given that, but for BC Hydro, it should have been live 2 weeks ago.

Does anyone know why BC Hydro has been such a holdup? Is it a case of poor planning or is this just the way it goes for a commercial electrical connection?

 

[Cosmacelf]

Does anyone know why BC Hydro has been such a holdup? Is it a case of poor planning or is this just the way it goes for a commercial electrical connection?

We have had our share of slow utility installs in the US as well. Think regulated monopoly. The vast majority of the population never sees how slow the installation part of a utility operates. I think it is "normal" for a utility to be really slow for installations.

 

[Doug_G]

I certainly have nothing positive to say about any of our interactions with the various Hydro companies in our area.

My favourite: Hydro One delayed our construction project over six months by somehow "losing" our file. And they didn't have to actually do anything - it was just for getting permission to build on our own property, because there's an easement at the back.

Not to mention the lunacy of the local inspectors. Insisting on adding a second conduit under the parking lot as a "spare", even though the building has plenty of extra capacity... and he only wanted the conduit to run half-way to the building. And the thing is embedded in concrete.

So, yeah, think regulated monopoly.

 

[Zapped]

The irony is you would think they want to sell electricity. Of course, in any other business getting up and running quickly is the goal to get profits coming in for the shareholders.
Not sure if these are special transformers but I'm sure they must have some stock and wouldn't take months to procure.

 

[Zapped]

I guess that is the main thing - if they are relatively easy to expand when usage dictates. I think my point is that golden has more value from a Calgary point of view than just a pit stop on the way to vancouver. It's kind of a moot point right now anyway as there are still only a handful of Teslas in Alberta AFAIk anyway.

Just was talking to the Vancouver service center and to my surprise they indicated there are over 60 TESLAs in Alberta.

 

[Doug_G]

Just was talking to the Vancouver service center and to my surprise they indicated there are over 60 TESLAs in Alberta.

I'm not at all surprised. Alberta has always been a good market for Tesla, since the early Roadster days.

 

[gpetti]

I'm not at all surprised. Alberta has always been a good market for Tesla, since the early Roadster days.

I'm still surprised. Various rangers I've talked to have only suggested a number between 10 and 20 in Calgary including Roadsters. I guess if that was 20 and Edmonton had 20 the I suppose its possible to have another 20 sprinkled around the rest of the province but that still seems high to me. I'm still only aware of around 10 different Model Ss in Calgary and 2 roadsters - based on collective input from the owners that I have met, TMC users, personal observation, friends/family and ranger conversations.
I wonder what the critical mass is for them to open the Service Center

 

[Doug_G]

We have 3 in Ottawa. 50 in the whole country. 10-20 Roadster is a large fraction!

i've heard 100 as a threshold. Grain of salt as required; I'm sure there are more Models S than that in the Ottawa-Gatineau area.

 

[AlbertaNetZero]

Red Deer Supercharger

Below is a reply I received from the City of Red Deer Planning Dept.
Despite my request there was no feedback on exact address

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Good Afternoon,

Tesla Motors has been in contact with our Department. After discussion with our Development Officer and the Safety Codes Supervisor it was determined that a permit was not required.

If you have any question regarding this, please contact Vicki Swainson, Development Officer at [email protected] or 403-342-8399.

Regards,

Gwendalee Woody
Administration
Inspections & Licensing
City of Red Deer
403-342-8338

 

[Vger]

Red Deer Supercharger
Tesla Motors has been in contact with our Department. After discussion with our Development Officer and the Safety Codes Supervisor it was determined that a permit was not required.

Well THAT is interesting! Certainly should speed up the process!

 

[Zapped]

No permit Hmm could the charger be located on City property ?

I believe the City of Red Deer is serviced by EPCOR.

Not to be too negative but ...they still need to do the engineering, source transformer etc. which seems to take more time than building the Supercharger.
Hopefully EPCOR faster than some of the other power companies.

 

[Paul8810]

Hope BC today. I was hopeful but no such luck..

 

[Zapped]

If you're heading to Vancouver, perhaps better luck on your way back.