I hope someone at Tesla Motors is reading this thread. A Supercharger station in Champaign would be very strategic by splitting the big gap facing E-W travelers such as the OP bjw, as well as those N-S travelers on I-57 facing the gap between Effingham and Country Club Hills (viz. Fezzik's recent post). The SC maps up to 2016 are disappointing by the evident lack of intent for this location.
I too am very surprised at the lack of charging and no plans for one in Champaign, as an intersection of I-72/74/57.
I do see Bloomington or even Terre Haute/Lafayette as an option to add a bit of time on. (All 30-45 mins + charging time) Hoping to minimize when we have the 3 kids (4/2/4 months) along with us... which again is going to be infrequent.
70D is rated at 240mi... would any of you ever 'go for it' on a full charge to make it 220mi? Or is that just crazy to a Tesla owner? No real-world experience here with an electric car, but I have used various EV planners. I'm not wanting to go 55mi all the way over, haha!
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Not sure if it helps, but I just filled out "I-57 and I-74 intersection, Champaign, IL" address on this form:
http://teslafactory.wufoo.com/forms/supercharging
with this message:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Champaign,+IL/@40.135411,-88.2457814,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x880cd08dde97691b:0x30f57847b475bfcf
Champaign, IL is a major intersection of I-74, I-72, I-54. Surprised to see it on on the Supercharger Map list as far out as 2016. There is 1 destination charger in town, but for patrons only.
This is a large gap in the East/West route through the midwest.
From Indianapolis, IN supercharger to Springfield, IL supercharger is 220 miles.
And going North/South from Country Club Hills, IL to Effingham, IL on I-57, you're looking at 190 miles with Champaign sitting nearly half way. You could charge cars getting from Southern Illinois up to Chicago and from Indianapolis across to Springfield, and vice-versa, all with 1 supercharger location.
Posts like this will concern potential buyers in the area, especially those of us doing business from the Chicago/Indianapolis area.
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/43430-Supercharger-Effingham-IL/page7?p=990000&viewfull=1#post990000
And got this confirmation:
Thank you for your suggestion. Our team uses specific energy modeling to determine areas that are the best candidates for Supercharger Stations. Your input is valuable but due to the high volume of suggestions, we will reach out to you or the suggested property only if the site is a good fit for our planned route.