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Where are the charging stations?
Has someone started a project to map out locations of Tesla charging stations yet?
If I want to take a long drive, I need to know where I can get a charge along the way.
A few years ago the EV1 owners got really good at this. They convinced lots of places to install chargers, and they mapped out the locations and kept the maps up-to-date so folks could plan.
Not to worry. The Aptera nav system already does this and Tesla has already stated theirs will as well. (Although Tesla somehow believes they will be first).Originally Posted by pninen
Mark Tomlinson
"I am not a trouble maker; I'm a catalyst for change."
Didn't Hyatt Hotels sign an agreement with Tesla.
I'm pretty sure the Hyatt in SFO and another further out were going to allow charging.
Yea. I found several stories that said Hyatt was gonna install chargers in THREE hotels. Three whole hotels! None of them are even within driving range of my home! This is not helpful. If they were gonna install in 500 hotels, that might be useful. Then if a few other folks did the same thing, say a major gas station chain, a major fast food chain, ...
We need some real information. Plans. Tesla is silent on this issue. Without guidance we can only assume that we won't be able to get a charge, which makes the Tesla vehicle a short-range-only-and-forever gizmo.
Tesla needs to stop the mystery, and tell us what is planned.
I want to see plans that give me hope that I will be able to drive from one end of California to the other, or perhaps from San Diego to Las Vegas, or San Diego to Tucson. Then I will be impressed.
Last edited by pninen; 04-14-2009 at 10:09 PM.
I don't think there is any mystery - I don't think there are any concrete plans at this point.Tesla needs to stop the mystery, and tell us what is planned.
I want to see plans that give me hope that I will be able to drive from one end of California to the other, or perhaps from San Diego to Las Vegas, or San Diego to Tucson. Then I will be impressed.
I think anyone who buys an electric car today planning for it to be a road-tripping car will be up for disappointment. Electric cars are pretty much still for people who have other means of transportation for inter-city travel.
The Roadster was never really designed to be able to quick charge. The Model S has some theoretical technology to allow for it, but I would not expect Tesla to announce anything about quick charge/battery swap specifics until it is closer to production.
Several of us spend untold volunteer hours to not only get chargers installed, but we also maintain them, and keep track of their location and operational status. These are all the chargers known in the US. And anything that is an AVCON will work with the Tesla (with a small adapter box).
EV Charger News - Home
Any new Tesla (or other) chargers will be added to this list. The fact is, all new chargers will work with the tesla and all other new EVs, so eventually there won't be all these different options.
The latest is an interactive map:
EVChargerMaps
Check in the lower left corner to choose area and type of charger.
Darell, the EVnut
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EEEE gads. There are a lot more than I thought but only 2 on the east coast and one is not working. How do we start fixing that around here? what are the next steps?
Do not forget to mention the emergency charger list. EV owners exchange their addresses and allow others to use their chargers. Tesla owners can join the list.
The charging station network is all grassroots movement from owners at this point.
The internet and communications in general are much better than the EV1 days. Tools like on-board WiFi NAV-GPS filled with all the current info about available chargers will be valuable to program a day trip to include time driving, stops at charge points and time charging. Even charging while waiting for reported traffic jams to die down.
It's lightyears away from a glovebox full of folded maps printed by Oil conglomerates. You would get them free when you bought gasoline (and sometimes drinking glasses) at a filling station. Then when you were lost you could find the next place to fill up. How quaint.
BTW there are 11 percent less gasoline stations now that 10 years ago. It may be that Gasoline peaked last year.
Tesla's 440V DC charger will have to be something that Tesla does or farms out to a service vendor. Those are some serious charge stations.
The world loves to be deceived.
The Hyatt chargers deal came about when the owner Nicholas Pritzker became an investor and Sig 100 (Founder?) and Roadster buyer.
At this point Tesla is waiting for their exterior charger to be approved ---and possibly the long awaited J1772 connector.
The world loves to be deceived.
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