Supercharger - Tucumcari, NM - South 1st Street

[Guacahummus]

Marco found a filing for Superchargers at the Blake's Lotaburger located at 2523 South 1st Street, Tucumcari, NM 88401.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1593265317224087552

@corywright @Big Earl @Chuq

 

[Bill the Cat]

This is weird. There is already a supercharger at the Holiday Inn Express across the street. We often walk over to Blakes when we stop there.

I wonder what i going on with all of the Blakes locations? What is that 4 permits around New Mexico so far?

Edit to add: Maybe they're destination chargers?

 

[Big Earl]

This is weird. There is already a supercharger at the Holiday Inn Express across the street. We often walk over to Blakes when we stop there.

I wonder what i going on with all of the Blakes locations? What is that 4 permits around New Mexico so far?

Edit to add: Maybe they're destination chargers?

They're bulking up their infrastructure along the major travel corridors. The existing site is a 6-stall V2, which is woefully inadequate for a major interstate route these days.

 

[PLUS EV]

They're bulking up their infrastructure along the major travel corridors. The existing stall is a 6-stall V2, which is woefully inadequate for a major interstate route these days.

Yup. It isn't 2018 any more!

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

This will supplement/replace the existing Tucumcari, NM location, and is very close.

Tucumcari - S 1st St, NM

Host Type: Restaurant
Host: Blake's Lotaburger
Along Primary Interstates: I-40
Along US Numbered Highways (<=5mi): US-54
Along Auxiliary Interstates: None
Along State Routes: NM-209

Because it's near to the current location I'll just give distances for the existing Tucumcari, NM location:

I-40

From: Santa Rosa, NM (v2) - 56.2 miles
To: Amarillo, TX (v2) - 106 miles
Diversion: 0.4 miles
From: Encino, NM - 98.5 miles (Permit)
To: Amarillo - E Interstate 40, TX - 117.3 miles

US-54

From: Santa Rosa, NM (v2) - 56.2 miles
To: Nevada, MO - 598.3 miles
Diversion: 0.7 miles
From: Start (Mexico at El Paso, TX) - 322.1 miles
To: Osage Beach, MO (v2) - 708.9 miles

Supplementing the existing Supercharger location. Amenities will have limited hours and nowhere to sleep at this one though.

 

[cpa]

To augment what BigEarl and Plus said:

As more and more people buy Teslas and travel in them, there is more and more reliance on the navigation system that Tesla has devised. Get in, dial into your destination, and follow the blue line. Stop, plug in, wait until the touchscreen says to resume, unplug, and hit the road. Lather, rinse, repeat. Makes no difference if the journey is one day or five days.

This sort of redundancy (if you will) allows for sudden contingencies if a station is down or has the dreaded "reduced power" message. I assume that the navigation will do an automatic rerouting if the system is aware of issues at a particular location, including crowding and wait times. (I do not rely upon the navigation for a long trip, so I may be wrong.)

I've spoken to a few new owners who are supercharging, and they said that they follow the navigation instructions to the letter. It makes no difference to them what their state of charge is.

 

[Twiglett]

I'm assuming this one is abandoned?
The work expire date came and went with no actual construction.

 

[Tectonic]

I'm assuming this one is abandoned?
The work expire date came and went with no actual construction.

I believe the locate request was just for "design" work, not construction. So no surprise there wasn't any construction yet, I think. They might still build this one... eventually...

 

[JPWhite]

We stayed at the Holiday Inn a few weeks back. The existing SuC doesn't seem to get too much traffic.