Supercharger - South Padre Island, TX

[XHabjab]

I just spent an hour or so trying to find. Came at it from two directions.
Gave up. Charged 50 miles worth at Sapphire.

Here is a photo of the Supercharger (+ popo) with the Sapphire parking garage where you charged in the background. The Sapphire is right next door.

(source at https://photos.plugshare.com/photos/531477.jpg , credit to whomever posted it there; not me.)

 

[rush6410]

I charged here at the end of December. First, there are 3 charger,s but only two working or hooked up. It looked like it was in a temporary location, pulled out from the hotel that is under construction. These 72kw chargers aren't bad. If you think about it, on V2 and V3 chargers, you are typically only over 72 kw for the first 15 minutes before your car slows it down based on % charged. I used these chargers in California when I was there on vacation in several locations, primarily malls or shopping centers.

 

[IT Geek]

According to the guy at the hotel, these are temporary. They are going to build a full bank of them sometime in the near future. So you won't have the odd positioning that these are in now. Because they are kind of in an odd position, and apparently easily ICE'd as one was when I was there a couple weeks ago. But the pin on the Nav in the car is very accurate and will lead you right to them.

 

[ratsbew]

Hmmmm, if anything, with Starship launches there will be a big spike of Teslas looking to charge with every launch. I can see 6+ hour waits for these two plugs.

 

[TexasDuke]

Are these still operational?

 

[Munky.]

Are these still operational?

As of 4 days ago, yes.

Holiday Inn Resort South Padre Island - On The Beach (1) | South Padre Island, TX | EV Station

South Padre Island, TX (2) Superchargers, available 24/7, up to 72kW

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[jackmott]

they worked today. they look old and busted but delivered 72kw

 

[Electroman]

This place needs a full 250 Kw bank of chargers. With Starlink launches coming up this southern end of this island is going to get crowded with Teslas during those days.

 

[Munky.]

This place needs a full 250 Kw bank of chargers. With Starlink launches coming up this southern end of this island is going to get crowded with Teslas during those days.

No starlink will launch from South Texas for 2+ years minimum. They've got time to expand...

 

[Electroman]

No starlink will launch from South Texas for 2+ years minimum. They've got time to expand...

Sorry, meant to say Starship launches. I expect a launch this year and two next year from that place and then the caravan shifting to FL.

 

[Munky.]

Sorry, meant to say Starship launches. I expect a launch this year and two next year from that place and then the caravan shifting to FL.

Oh yes, me too. Hope I get the chance to travel down to see one!

 

[AudreyHTX1]

Are these still operational?

In good shape! Worked well - full power (steady 70kw) the whole time to 65%.

 

[DTX720]

Does anyone know the history of this location? It looks like at some point "Schlitterbahn South Padre" became "Beach Park at Isla Blanca". Was the Holiday Inn Resort hotel next door at some point part of a Schlitterbahn resort build out? Did they divest and sell off? If so, when? Just curious.
Seems like the 72kw temporary SuC was probably a stop-gap for a larger install? Glad it's still there in any case, but what happened here?

 

[AudreyHTX1]

Does anyone know the history of this location? It looks like at some point "Schlitterbahn South Padre" became "Beach Park at Isla Blanca". Was the Holiday Inn Resort hotel next door at some point part of a Schlitterbahn resort build out? Did they divest and sell off? If so, when? Just curious.
Seems like the 72kw temporary SuC was probably a stop-gap for a larger install? Glad it's still there in any case, but what happened here?

I’m pretty sure the Holiday Inn was there way before the Schlitterbahn resort. As far as I know the Schlitterbahn park was quite a bit newer. And I see now that it shut down during the pandemic and has now changed names and hands I assume.

I think the Holiday Inn 72kW urban charger along with several destination chargers on the island usually handles the SPI traffic just fine as there are superchargers along major routes after leaving the island. However this SpaceX launch made it unavailable most of the time due to extreme Tesla demand.

I have not been expecting a larger install.

 

[Electroman]

Given the expected increase in launches and summer arriving, Tesla should consider installing a 16 stall station there. That will alleviate a lot of congestion in Brownsville, Kingsville and other places.

 

[Cigar Man]

At the very least, a large one in Port Isabel. The HEB at Routes 48 and 100 comes to mind.

 

[BluBolt]

I traveled to South Padre from Austin last week for vacation and to watch Starship Launch #4. I was kind of shocked at the lack of superchargers in the area. None in Port Isabel and 2 75kW chargers on South Padre. Luckily I had charged up to 80% in Harlingen (250kW 12 stalls) Monday before I drove over to South Padre. We were planning to leave South Padre right after the launch Thursday so I tried to add some charge to may battery on Wednesday night before the launch Thursday morning and I couldn't get on one of these chargers until 1am. They do have a bank of 60A level 2 chargers but they were all full with overnight guests. This area severly needs more than 2 75kW chargers. Making the drive back north to Austin after the launch was another round of fun. The charging station in Harlingen and Kingsville were both full with a queue of cars waiting to charge. This extended my travel by quite a bit.

 

[Electroman]

Yes South Padre needs a bank of 16 V3 SC