Supercharger - Brewer, ME

[Bimbels]

Going to Acadia next summer, any bets it will be up and running by then? Model 3 production or this SC will be done first ???

I'm going to Acadia next month (From Newport) and the Augusta SC is all that's needed....unless you're going to be going somewhere else after that.

 

[Farmer]

Well, Tesla is advertising a field service technician position for the Northeast area, if anybody wants to join the effort to get New England superchargers up more quickly: Field Service Technician - Northeast Region | Tesla Motors | Tesla

 

[Gwgan]

I stopped at the Augusta supercharger tonight.

I can confirm that a tesla tech is in the state of Maine, because I saw him with my own eyes as he did maintenance on the Augusta chargers.

He was a nice guy but could not give me any information about if or when he or anyone else would go to Brewer. It was clear to me that he is not allowed to discuss anything supercharger related that isn't already public knowledge.

But he is not local to Maine. I think it is sensible to assume that tesla would not send him to Augusta but NOT send him 100 miles up the road to do the commissioning that Brewer needs.

My guess -- and I stress that his is my hunch only, because he did not tell me anything about when Brewer would be visited -- is that he will go to Brewer and turn it on any day. Maybe tomorrow.

That guess is dependent on my belief that Brewer is waiting only on tesla now. If there are more city or state inspections needed, I could be wrong.

A non-committal "probably 1-2 weeks" is what I got.

 

[Gwgan]

 

[5YJSA]

Told ya.

 

[Gwgan]

While that pic was uploading the driver of a blue CRV took a pic, I tried to get a pic of them but the upload took too long.

First RT SC. EV Gateway to Acadia National Park. So when do we celebrate? This is a holiday weekend and next weekend already has National Drive Electric Week events. How about dinner next Wednesday 9/7?

BTW, 395 night paving is supposed to be completed after tonight 9/1.

 

[greginfinity]

Wow, I never thought I would ever see the day that there would be something like this in Brewer (growing up as a kid in Bangor). Although I did drive to Taco Bell frequently when they had the first one in the state (I think). Anyone know if Somic makes any parts for Tesla (formerly Ishikawa, formerly ZF Lemforder, formerly BAC...)?

 

[Bimbels]

@Gwgan - supercharge.info still shows Brewer under construction - maybe shoot them an email?

 

[Gwgan]

@Gwgan - supercharge.info still shows Brewer under construction - maybe shoot them an email?

Just did.
Also tried to add it to PlugShare but that only let me label it a HWPC, not SC (their designations are out of date, already mentioned to them but that was awhile ago).

 

[Gwgan]

Made a table reservation for 5pm (can change this time) and posted it here: New England Tesla Motors Club

 

[nssailor]

Sweeeet! Just in time. Used it today for the return trip from Montreal back to Nova Scotia.

This would have been really useful for my Nova Scotia to Montreal trip yesterday. Used the CHAdeMO at Darling's but it overheated every 10 mins and needed 10 mins to cool down ... it was a warm day (even at 5pm) and in full sun. Wish Brewer SC would be opened by end of this week for the return trip!

 

[Gwgan]

nssailer, could you put a checkin on plugshare, they’ve deemed this site “coming soon” which is really a disservice to the holiday travelers. And thanks for the post, you’ve saved me having to make a detour from my commute to verify that it was still live.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

I'd like to point out that it now possible to drive I-95 from end-to-end at Interstate speeds. However, I don't know how you'll get back to Brewer, ME from the border at Houlton, ME.

South to North, the largest gap between Superchargers is 136 miles, Port St Lucie to Port Orange.

 

[Jean Pa]

Sweeeet! Just in time. Used it today for the return trip from Montreal back to Nova Scotia.View attachment 192834 View attachment 192835

Wich roads/superchargers have you uses from Montreal to NS?

 

[nssailor]

Done! Hopefully they get it posted properly soon.

nssailer, could you put a checkin on plugshare, they’ve deemed this site “coming soon” which is really a disservice to the holiday travelers. And thanks for the post, you’ve saved me having to make a detour from my commute to verify that it was still live.

 

[shonline]

Fantastic! This was the missing piece for me to get from Charleston sc to Saint John, NB. The folks at Darling's Nissan are going to be a lot lonelier...

 

[Moncton S85]

This is very exciting news!

 

[MG1234]

This is very exciting news!

Thanks all for keeping tabs on this.

Knowing it was open prompted us to take a last minute trip from Vermont to Acadia for a few days.

I ran into Ruby Tuesday to get something to go and they allowed us to bring our small havanese dog inside instead. (shh)

 

[5YJSA]

Wich roads/superchargers have you uses from Montreal to NS?

Before the Brewer supercharger opened I charged at darling's Nissan and drove there to st Stephen NB on route 9, charged at the free 70 amp level 2 charger at the old provincial visitors center downtown (the charger is still there) then on to Moncton NB. My mother lives there so I charged at her house before heading to NS to see my father. But there is also a free 70 amp level 2 charger at the chateau Beausejour in Moncton. There is a CHAdeMO in Truro but I didn't need it.

 

[5YJSA]

When will Brewer show up on the tesla maps?