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True, true. The bridge is painted International Orange. Upon construction in the 30s and continuing into the 60s it was a lead-based paint. A multiple year project began the arduous process of stripping away all the lead paint and replacing it with another metal (zinc maybe). The most recent...

For what it is worth, possibly less than 2¢: It is my belief that for the foreseeable future, we need to do a little planning before heading out on the road. Yeah, the Tesla navigation works. It does all the heavy lifting while we just follow the blue line on our touchscreen. No need to...

First off, a Supercharger is under construction in Sonora. There is also a new Supercharger in Arnold on SR4 before Ebbets Pass. I guess your destination is Mammoth Lakes. A nonce work around until Sonora is up and running is to head to Jackson on 88, then over on Monitor Pass to the Topaz...

W-O-W!! Thank you for sharing. That said, this is a lease with a governmental agency. At least here in California, lessees of government property pay a possessory interest tax when they lease real estate from a tax-exempt government agency. This lease agreement could be in part a possessory...

I have no knowledge if Tesla pays ground leases or not. One would assume so. It is certainly good business sense for the property owner to charge rent for Supercharger sites. There are hundreds of locations that have signs posted that state something like, "General Parking for 30 minutes," on...

So, if we do a little back-of-the-envelope arithmetic... $500M times 3 equals $1.5B. Let's straight-line the expenditures through April, or 1/3 of the year. So, there is about $1B remaining unspent, give or take. Supercharger department was ordered to reduce staffing by 20%. Rebecca T...

I think you are spot on. Tesla has already sunk a lot of money into the V2 sites. If the operating costs are low enough and the charging revenue is adequate, there is no reason to yank them out. We do not know how much (if any) rent that motel charges. Repair and maintenance labor is ongoing...

Many of you have provided nice write-ups and pictures of scenic highways and byways on your travels. I think the admins are trying to compile a list of such drives. I am not much of a picture-taker, and when I travel I frequently do not want to stop and find a suitable place to pull off the...

We (I) do not know exactly the type(s) of options that have been granted to Musk. In general, stock options have an exercise price based on a number of supposedly independent factors. You are correct that as long as he does not exercise any of the options granted to him, there is no tax due...

Randy, The Grand Canyon is about 60 miles north of Williams, Arizona and Interstate 40. The east entrance from Cameron, Arizona off US89 is no where near Interstate 40.

I trust you had the late Duane Eddy playing from your speakers while you navigated this particular road:

With the latest news driving a dagger into the Supercharger design and planning team, I guess this will be a golden opportunity for many participants to increase their totals more easily without seeing a bunch of new ones popping up each month.

I will stipulate that your count is accurate. I was focused on the more rural routes (like 99) and not on the urban routes. California is peculiar in the regard that most signed state routes in urban areas are not really under the purview of the state and Cal Trans. The legislature in...

That would have been Tioga Pass, elevation 9,945 feet. Head up from US395 at Lee Vining on SR 120 to the park entrance, or enter from the west at Crane Flat and traverse to Tuolumne Meadows before the final ascent. At the north junction of SR120 and US395 (it duplexes a few miles going south...

Money, I have a question for you and your excellent record keeping. (Please don't knock yourself out, but if it is handy......) I am curious if you maintain a sub ledger of non-urban Superchargers that are not proximate to interstate highways or federal numbered routes. (I also realize that...

I have encountered odd situations at Supercharger locations over the past ten years as well. There have been a few locations where the power supply for some reason is spotty which required trying another stall. In addition, there have been places where the latch does not fully engage in my...

Flyer, I can offer up California: (1) Download the CalTrans QuickMap to your phone. This is updated frequently throughout the day. You can select from a menu what it is you wish to appear on the map display; inter alia: Displays on the message boards; road...

Oh yes; I was well-aware of this. I did not look into the dates of his visits on his map. So, I tried to cover all bases in describing typical June weather in the larger geographic regions of this large and glorious state. It can be curious to be along the coast and be in the midst of...

Safe travels for your grand tour! June will be interesting for your adventure out here. Be prepared for just about any type of weather: Cool with the dread June gloom along the coast and a wee bit inland. ("Late night and early morning low clouds giving way to partly sunny skies by...

Money, shouldn't this be Interstate 25? :)

I am thinking about trading in our 2014 S85 if Tesla offers up its transfer of FUSC into a new Model S. These chronically long charging sessions begin to wear a fellow out. Mornings are not that bad if I can charge up to near 100% overnight, as each stop over a three-hour period is generally...

Since my license status with the State of California is now officially "retired", (meaning I cannot use those letters after my name), I am thinking of changing my handle on here to "Unnamed Road." Thoughts? :D

Ho-K: I returned home from my excursion from my home to Minnesnowta via Interstate 40 east to Okie City thence northward and eastward to Minneapolis. My return trip was through North Dakota on I94, Montana on I94 and I90 into Idaho and Washington before heading to the Columbia River Gorge and...

Depends upon whether there is a wind from the northwest. That is the usual pattern in the Valley. Odds are that if you do stay there, once you are outdoors for a few minutes, you won't even notice it. There are worse things in life, you know.

I drove past on Saturday the 13th. The area is still fenced and a mess. A number of containers that were wrapped up with a logo of sorts were within the fenced area. I did not take pictures, regrettably. My guess is that construction will recommence shortly. I would hope that Tesla would...

I spy with my little eye that green pin in Sac. I am currently at Granzella’s in Williams eating dinner, so I project my ETA to be around 7:30ish.

Fsir warning: I’ll be cruising west on Interstate 90 to hit those two greenies by sundown today.

About the same here for my 10-year-old dinosaur. In California winters, despite driving for 90 minutes in 45-50 degree weather and "pre-conditioning," I see about 85-90kW at 15% and plummeting. When it is summer, the starting rate is closer to 100 and plummeting after about a minute or so...

I am just wondering out loud, here. I have noticed that over the past year/eighteen months, Tesla is building Superchargers in some locations that are not that far from an existing location. We have labeled them 'pathetic' splitters. My question is: are some (not necessarily all) of these...

Maybe they rent rooms by the hour?

CalTrans regulates ingress and egress to its highways and freeways. [Assumptions follow.] This includes placement of local access on secondary roads within a certain proximity to freeways and highways. I am too lazy to pore through the Streets and Highways Code to see if there are appropriate...

For completeness: The letter F in FUBAR originally was another word that is not suitable for general audiences. The euphemistic "fouled" was substituted.

NKYTA: Your pithy comment is vague. Southern California is NOT PG&E territory. The following cities have their own municipal utilities: Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena, and of course, Los Angeles. There may be a handful of others, but those are the ones I recall from my younger days. All other...

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No argument! However, the Whoa Nellie! Deli at the gas station (as of a couple of years ago) is open seasonally from some time in April until October, perhaps early November; generally coincident with fishing and hiking seasons. Much more tourism during those months than during winter...

Glad you were able to take in scenery and experiences that are not that common in the southeast. Yeah, the wind will blow like a sonuvabitch in winter and spring in Reno and in points south. Reno gets west winds coming out of the Sierra along the Truckee River, and further south as you...

I assume that this bargain is not appropriate for a 2014 Model S, amirite? Don't the cars have to have a certain software package that is not available for these dinosaurs?

Then you gotta hit Peggy Sue's Diner hard by the two Superchargers in Yermo. I believe the diner is one exit before Eddie's World (150kW) and two exits before the newer 250kW installation. Since you took 101 to head north, you missed the James Dean Memorial at Cholame near the junction of SR46...

If'n you crawl your way up SR99, give me 24 hours notice, and I'll meet you at one of the many Superchargers around Fresno. (Or send me a private conversation, and I will share my cell #.)

As long as you are in the 'hood, Van, you might head east on Interstate 8 to Felicity, the "Center of the Universe." (I kid, but this really does exist, about 3 miles west of Winterhaven. Some moderately rich guy built this enclave for his wife decades ago. He has since died, but when I...

Here is my visit to the new one here in Fresno. Check-ins for 2024-02-22 - Fresno - 7502 North Blackstone Ave, CA (#587) (First to check-in) And, yes, iRandy, I started those tomatoes from seed in mid-December, and now they are ready to be planted outdoors. Bruce, I was totally unaware of...

I am a gonna plant my 'Pink Brandywine' tommy toes in the ground and then head out to the new Supercharger at 7102 N. Blackstone in Raisin City. Fair warning. ETA around noon California time.

Copy. The last time I was in Pahrump (admittedly back in the early 90s) I recall one or two just off the main downtown area on side streets. At least they appeared to be thus.

Pahrump is in Nye County, Nevada. Tesla should have an option to have chronically slow Supercharging speeds at a few stalls, say 20kW. After all, in Nye County a certain pastime is perfectly legal (unlike Las Vegas and Clark County) and likely proximate to this location. 🤫🤫

Beans, you contradicted yourself. Your first statement is correct. You should have dropped the "h" from the second as you are referring to rate. Hence, the product is 7,020 watts, or 7.02 kilowatts. On the subject of the onboard chargers in Tesla vehicles, Tesla has dicked around with the...

It is nice to learn that Tesla is starting to place Superchargers closer together that are on opposite sides of the highways. For SR99, this is handy for northbound drivers. No need to exit at Rosedale Highway and make a couple of left-hand turns to reach the Supercharger at the Doubletree...

Rocky, I don't know our correspondent's route, but I would assume that he will be using highway 43 to and from Interstate 5, as it is the most direct and likely fastest route from Phoenix. Otherwise, his choice would be to take highway 99 to Visalia, then west to Hanford or take Interstate 5...

Met my best friend in flat and cloudy Bakersfield for lunch on Wednesday (he drives up from El Lay) so I managed to get the new one there. Before this opened, I would leave home with about 80% and charge from 55% back up to 80% in Visalia, meet him for lunch, then hit Traver on the way home for...

To clarify: The lens cover is glued in place onto the hinge arm that opens and closes the charge port. I was in the garage when my wife came home and opened up the port using the button on the mobile connector. The lens just slid right off its moorings. When I inspected the detachment area...

Meanwhile, in other news: Wednesday when my wife opened the charge flap on her M3, the flap portion fell off. There were no sorts of issues that would have resulted in the flap snapping from its hinge. El Cheapo design. The Ranger came out this morning to replace the entire charge port. My...