Wyoming Supercharger build out 2016

[vinnie97]

^You've given some valid reasons as to why a 400-mile range is needed. I guess the new Roadster will finally be getting there?

 

[pox]

I love my Tesla, but I'm seriously considering selling my 85D now and buying a 100D when they come out. The CPO's are all going for over 60k right now and I don't even see any 85D's listed under 90k.

 

[Skotty]

I think I-70 made sense. It sees a lot of traffic. So much so, I at times find it annoying to drive on I-70 even when in the middle of nowhere. I'm not sure about other east/west routes, but I think I-80 gets a lot of traffic as well, and should be a top priority at this point.

 

[chargeshare]

For I80 - the Des Moines IA location is now known: Superchargers - West Des Moines, IA, hope the WY and NE locations will be known soon.

 

[pox]

I sure hope they will really work on i80 this summer, Des Moines is going to a really good start.

 

[mspohr]

It's 931 miles from Salt Lake to Omaha and only one SC in Cheyenne.
I find it appalling that this route has been ignored.

 

[pox]

I keep checking supercharge.info about 4 times a day. Doing my best not to email tesla every month asking for an update.

 

[chargeshare]

I keep checking supercharge.info about 4 times a day. Doing my best not to email tesla every month asking for an update.

Same. Employer may start noticing...
I've thought about going permit hunting..

 

[pox]

Permit hunting? Don't give me ideas.

 

[chargeshare]

Permit hunting? Don't give me ideas.

You will know the geography much better than I!

 

[Ele-k-tra]

Just learned Supercharger opened in West Yellowstone! Yippie. Yet to find a photo. This is great for us who would love to tour the park and head to Jackson.

 

[pox]

More the better, I find it interesting Tesla likes to open chargers on the edges on Wyoming, not really in Wyoming. All of them so far are Hardly in state at all. I think they are just messing with me putting them just out of my range living in the center of the state.

 

[mspohr]

More the better, I find it interesting Tesla likes to open chargers on the edges on Wyoming, not really in Wyoming. All of them so far are Hardly in state at all. I think they are just messing with me putting them just out of my range living in the center of the state.

Big gap in the center of the state makes it impossible to drive across. Even I80 across the bottom of the state has only one in Cheyenne . You are forced to drive I90 or I70 to get around.
I want to drive from the Tetons to Nebraska this summer and I will be stuck in the middle of the state.

 

[freds]

Yes they do need to fill in Wyoming, was kind of excited about the West Yellowstone supercharger, though wondering how they will handle clearing snow in the winter.

But I have family east of West Yellowstone in the Greybull area and give there from West Yellowstone is problematic.

 

[GRA]

Yes they do need to fill in Wyoming, was kind of excited about the West Yellowstone supercharger, though wondering how they will handle clearing snow in the winter.

But I have family east of West Yellowstone in the Greybull area and give there from West Yellowstone is problematic.

They'll need SCs in Greybull and Cody (or maybe Wapiti or Pahaska Tepee) to allow access from Sheridan. They also need SCs in Gardiner, probably Moran (or somewhere north of it like Colter Bay Village, but outside Yellowstone) in addition to Jackson. Then, ultimately from the Southeast (Casper and Rawlins) and South (Rock Springs/Pinedale via U.S. 191), although that whole Shoshoni/Riverton/Lander/Willow Creek U.S. 26/287/S.R. 789 triangle is problematic given the relatively limited traffic it's likely to see.

 

[CSFTN]

Another in a chain of WAGs for me ... Is it possible/likely Tesla will want to install these chargers in a parking garage, to avoid the mountains of snow Wyoming gets every winter? Are there parking garages in Wyoming outside of Cheyenne? If not, can one build a solar canopy big enough to fit all the charging equipment and ~ 8 connectors, and parking area for ~ 8 cars and strong enough to hold up all that snow, for a reasonable cost? Is the snow in Wyoming light and airy or heavy and wet (Sierra cement of Utah powder)?

 

[CSFTN]

May have answered my own question about existence of parking garages: Google Maps

 

[mspohr]

The great Wyoming Supercharger desert:

 

[mspohr]

Another in a chain of WAGs for me ... Is it possible/likely Tesla will want to install these chargers in a parking garage, to avoid the mountains of snow Wyoming gets every winter? Are there parking garages in Wyoming outside of Cheyenne? If not, can one build a solar canopy big enough to fit all the charging equipment and ~ 8 connectors, and parking area for ~ 8 cars and strong enough to hold up all that snow, for a reasonable cost? Is the snow in Wyoming light and airy or heavy and wet (Sierra cement of Utah powder)?

There are two Supercharger sites in Truckee, California which gets some of the greatest snow accumulations of anywhere in the US because of the wet storms which come off the Pacific. Easy to get 3 or 4 feet of wet snow in a single storm and accumulations of 10 to 30 feet over the winter and not uncommon (remember the Donner party... they were trapped in 28 feet of snow in Truckee).
Both of these locations are in open parking lots and no problem with snow clearance or access. The snow removal contractors for the parking areas do a good job of keeping them clear. They have plows, front loaders and articulated blowers.

 

[pox]

May have answered my own question about existence of parking garages: Google Maps

Casper has one.