wknickless
Member
I've also noticed that chargers don't seem to show up in the app unless they're in range.
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Supercharger - Boardman, OR (LIVE Jun 2022, 8 V3 stalls)
- Thread starter acarney
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While I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, this is a brutal stop in terms of restrooms. There's basically nothing else within reasonable walking distance and the SAGE Center is only open 24 hours/week. There's also a $5 admission fee?!? Will be interesting to see how they deal with all the Tesla drivers wanting to use the restroom. I suspect there could be some friction forthcoming. Perhaps installing a porta-potty out near the supercharger would be a mediocre solution of sorts.
Mrbrock
Active Member
I’m sure they’ll have a policy to allow restroom use. Probably part of the lease agreement. We will have to wait and see what the map page lists when it is updated.
You said exactly everything I have been thinking.
Personally this will basically be like a splash and go stop for me. This allows to not charge as high somewhere earlier (Portland area or Hood River, etc) and then spend five minutes or so here before heading up to Tri Cities (home). Mainly in winter/bad weather conditions, the LRY actually might not need this stop depending where I’m coming from or how I leave Portland.
It’s a *great* location in that it gives some options and takes away that panic if a supercharger further East goes down after you pass Dalles. Horrible location if you actually plan to use it as a routine 15-25 min charging spot…
I'm currently at the new Ellensburg supercharger whose host property does not allow restroom use, so nothing would be shocking to me at this point.
wknickless
Member
I saw the same sign and started to walk away, but the lady behind the desk came out, told me where the restrooms were, and didn’t charge me $5 for admission.
Same for me. This is a bad weather in the gorge assurance stop or an I don’t need to charge at home stop. My spouse does regularly need to stop at the rest area outside of boardman, so perhaps it will replace it.
wknickless
Member
This new charger already saved me a good bit of time:
We started in Bend with 90% and (in retrospect) could have made it home, nonstop, with 8% left. A little too scary for me, as the only reliable backup charging option is the CCS charger in Umatilla. Prior to Boardman coming online last week, the trip planner would probably have conservatively routed us out of the way to The Dalles, costing an extra half hour in road time alone.
A 6-minute charging stop in Boardman allowed us to get home with a nice healthy 28% reserve, simultaneously preserving a viable plan B (the Umatilla CCS charger) and plan C (run the risk of getting home with only 8%).
We started in Bend with 90% and (in retrospect) could have made it home, nonstop, with 8% left. A little too scary for me, as the only reliable backup charging option is the CCS charger in Umatilla. Prior to Boardman coming online last week, the trip planner would probably have conservatively routed us out of the way to The Dalles, costing an extra half hour in road time alone.
A 6-minute charging stop in Boardman allowed us to get home with a nice healthy 28% reserve, simultaneously preserving a viable plan B (the Umatilla CCS charger) and plan C (run the risk of getting home with only 8%).
Mrbrock
Active Member
Do you have a CCS adapter? Or do you mean CHAdeMO? And by Umatilla do you mean Electrify America in Hermiston or is there an unlisted CCS in Umatilla? EA CHAdeMO shows as out of order currently on plug Share so not a good backup option.
wknickless
Member
Yes I have a third party CCS adapter, and yes that's the stop I had in mind:
Good catch!
Mrbrock
Active Member
Got routed here on my way to hood River even though I could make it to the hood River charger with 14%. Yes, I was heading up the road a bit towards mount hood, but the lack of speed charging at 65% would have easily made the trip slower than stopping at hood River and charging at very high speeds.
We visited this SC on Saturday and again today. We could not have done the Portland to Spokane drive without this SC, so I love it! SAGE Center was closed both days. One of the other people charging pointed us to the Rec Center for restrooms. It was a 5 minute walk to the north. They had no issue letting us use the restrooms and the place is very nice and clean. Definitely a top tip that's not obvious, and with longer hours of operation than the SAGE Center.
finman100
Member
thanks for the bathroom tip!
Was wondering how this would work since the SAGE center isn't open at times.
you know you're of a certain vintage when u thank people for bathroom tips (eye roll, ha)
Was wondering how this would work since the SAGE center isn't open at times.
you know you're of a certain vintage when u thank people for bathroom tips (eye roll, ha)
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lnsh
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I talked to one of the museum/community folks shortly after the Tesla site became active — they made it sound like additional infrastructure was built out in anticipation of other EV charging network vendors eventually adding stalls in that same location. made sense to me at the time.
