Tesla Supercharger network

[favo]

That's what I was thinking. If you put superchargers every 100 miles on the interstates, you would need roughly 400. Total mileage is around 47K, but there are overlaps and beltways, plus favoring placement near interstate intersections would eliminate some redundancy. Tesla could start with every 200 miles, perhaps aiming toward every 50 miles to allow you to bypass an occupied supercharger and go on to the next one, if you are in a hurry.

[ElSupreme]

This is probably a good map to use in planning:

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Here's some facts on it: http://bigthink.com/ideas/21124

I did a drive from Atlanta, to Florence, SC last weekend so this is all fresh in my mind.

I would agree. But I noticed that they have Columbia, SC on I-95 and I-20 (and I-77) It is a good 80 miles from I-95. Florence, SC is on I-95 and at the end of I-20. I drive there a couple times a year, almost always with my dad, to see family. If they had a charger near/in Augusta, GA and Columbia, SC you could make the trip (to Florence, or Columbia) in a 60kWh S.

I want a charger at "Abingdon Manner" I ate there last weekend. It was exceptional. If you are driving on I-95, I highly recommend stopping there. Again this is fresh in my mind.

[roblab]

This is probably a good map to use in planning:

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Sorry, but I don't like this map. It gives weird images of distances and directions. Places in Florida which are 150 miles apart look twice as far as the distance, for instance, of Los Angeles to Phoenix, which is over 350 miles. Huge empty spaces are just a simple straight line to the next big city, but try to drive from Salt Lake City, to Sacramento, a distance of 649 miles.

I think we should use a real map, not someone's military cartoon (these were designed for the military) from the 50s.

[dmckinstry]

Sorry, but I don't like this map. It gives weird images of distances and directions. Places in Florida which are 150 miles apart look twice as far as the distance, for instance, of Los Angeles to Phoenix, which is over 350 miles. Huge empty spaces are just a simple straight line to the next big city, but try to drive from Salt Lake City, to Sacramento, a distance of 649 miles.

I think we should use a real map, not someone's military cartoon (these were designed for the military) from the 50s.

A somewhat (a severe understatement) deceptive map. Also, from Seattle to Butte is almost 600 miles. Butte to Billings is only about 225 miles, but looks farther on the map.

[jerry33]

Assuming that you want to have a boring drive on the interstate.

[smorgasbord]

Sorry, but I don't like this map. It gives weird images of distances and directions.

The whole point is to identify major destinations/stop-overs and the routes between them. They made a choice to rectangularize the geometry, which I think is useful. For instance, you can follow a southern route coast to coast along hwy 10, or a northern route along hwy 80. You can criss-cross from Savannah through Louisvile to Cheyenne to Portland. You see the pattern in the hwy numbering. You quickly identify crossing routes.

Combine this map with statistics on how many cars (not trucks) travel the spans and you get a good idea of which roads should have Superchargers and in what order. You can establish sub-routes you want to support that can be eventually connected to create longer useful route.

Then you need to sit down and figure just where the things should and can go, and that's where a normal map comes in. But, for the preliminary planning and prioritization, this is the map I'd use.

If you want a short-cut, you might want to look at what the Natural Gas companies are doing with their stations:


However, trucking route frequency and consumer car route frequency will not always overlap. For instance, Hwy 1/101 is a popular route for families going up and down California, but it's not much of a trucking route. I use the Rabbobanks along 101 going to Morrow Bay, Santa Barbara, etc., and avoid Hwy 5 since the coast route is far prettier, has more choices of good food, and doesn't have annoying truck traffic. So, for me a Supercharger along 101 in the Central Coast would get way more use than the one they've talked about at Harris Ranch.

[vfx]

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This map makes me think that Tesla would NOT want to release something like this. If a town is alerted thay are on the upcoming chager list then they can all ban together and demand a high price for the real estate.

Like Disney secretly buying up Florida.

[dpeilow]

Didn't Elon say 13 locations covers the country in an H shape? I don't see it being in the hundreds or thousands in the first instance.

[dsm363]

Didn't Elon say 13 locations covers the country in an H shape? I don't see it being in the hundreds or thousands in the first instance.

I think he did say something like that but don't see how that's a good start for Tesla's Supercharger network. I'm sure that leaves Texas completely out of the loop in that case or ignores the entire middle of the country. I'm sure it won't be in the hundreds or thousands either but if they could hit the ground with 50-100 chargers by the end of the year, that would be big news.

[jerry33]

Maybe the H is on it's side.