Racerx22b
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I drove by them yesterday but was in a rental car so I could not check. I did not see anyone charging though. I know that is not very helpful but that is all I got.
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I used them last sunday. 1A and 2B were not working, but all others were working properly. Since total working is only 4, do allow a bit of extra time in case you have to wait a bit.
By the way, with the massive supercharger price changes that happen last night, the Turnpike superchargers are no longer free as of yesterday, so do expect to pay.
By the way, with the massive supercharger price changes that happen last night, the Turnpike superchargers are no longer free as of yesterday, so do expect to pay.
Racerx22b
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chaunceyg1
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Hi fellow Tesla owners,
I am planning a road trip for this weekend and potentially taking my Model 3 on its first long trip. My schedule involves me charging at the Fort Drum Supercharger fairly late, around 11pm or so. Does anyone have experience with this location and whether it is safe? I've lately been reading stories of people getting mugged at supercharger stations so I'm a little bit nervous.
Thanks!
Jerry
I am planning a road trip for this weekend and potentially taking my Model 3 on its first long trip. My schedule involves me charging at the Fort Drum Supercharger fairly late, around 11pm or so. Does anyone have experience with this location and whether it is safe? I've lately been reading stories of people getting mugged at supercharger stations so I'm a little bit nervous.
Thanks!
Jerry
TiggerTime
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Usually you'll see Florida Highway patrol at the service plaza during the night or at least plaza security.
groovidad
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FWIW, I have charged there during desolated hours a couple of times. Both times there was security that passed by while charging. Once it was a FHP car the other time I'm not positive, because the person was on foot but seemed to be not Police to me. I did not think much about it either time but I did remember those after this post.
Anyway, I feel pretty safe in all the locations that are on restricted use highways. OTOH, I feel safe at a couple that have been discussed here as being in 'iffy' locations. Frankly I think far too many people are imagining problems. Macon, GA has been often discussed in that light. I've charged in the middle of the night there three times. I'm not fond of the area at night, but zero problems.
Anyway, I feel pretty safe in all the locations that are on restricted use highways. OTOH, I feel safe at a couple that have been discussed here as being in 'iffy' locations. Frankly I think far too many people are imagining problems. Macon, GA has been often discussed in that light. I've charged in the middle of the night there three times. I'm not fond of the area at night, but zero problems.
My only experience at Fort Drum was a 45 minute wait to charge, so I avoid it like the plague. We stop at Turkey Lake often and have only had to wait a minute to get a spot, but the chargers are sketchy part of which includes never getting billed for charging there.
Turnpike desperately needs Level 3 chargers at every plaza.
I was lucky and ended up charging at Turkey Lake on the way up and at Fort Drum on the way down. No wait, I was the only one when I got to Fort Drum. Maybe because it was early evening on a weekday.
I agree we need more on the turnpike...hopefully any new ones are v3 which is a lot faster. I charged at Ochopee the other day, my first time on v3. Amazingly fast.
It looks like Ft Drum could be in for an expansion. The latest picture on Plug Share shows construction occurring directly east of the current charges in the same drive in aisle. According to Tesla Club of South Florida (twitter) the expansion is an additional four stalls.
(Image Source: Plug Share)
(Image Source: Plug Share)
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That sure does look like it. When I was there a few weeks ago it appeared they were working on a new dog walk area to the east of the current one in the picture.
They are under construction right now. I saw a worker and he said they were adding more charging stations and that they "will charge twice as fast". Here's hoping it's all true. That stop has been turning into a bottleneck.
I wouldn’t want to miss that exit
Then again, there is Fort Drum at which you could turn around, no?
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