Recent content by vanjwilson

I briefly considered zig-zagging home to get a few more chargers, but instead got back in time to make the cook-out at the in-laws. I did spot to stretch my legs at the New River Gorge National Park visitor center. It was about halfway between Sutton and Princeton, WV, on US-19. There's a nice...

Just one supercharger all day today. Check-ins for 2024-05-26 - McHenry, MD (#567) However, I did bag two (2) more state high points. The Tesla Nav routed me by the parking lot near the top of Mount David in Pennsylvania, but Apple Maps showed me how to continue around to the trailhead, where...

Day 2 of a four-day weekend trip. Check-ins for 2024-05-25 - La Vale, MD (#565) - Cumberland, MD (#566) Only two superchargers in total today, because... The goal for the day was to hike up to the West Virginia high point, Spruce Knob. (4183' elevation). I started at a forest service road...

Happened to be driving up I-177 today, so I stopped at the Publix to look for any sign of construction, but there is none yet. I drove all the way around the parking lot. I suspect the chargers would go along the left side island (as you are facing Publix), or in the left back corner. Both...

Heading north to do a little hiking/high-pointing this weekend. Check-ins for 2024-05-24 - Blacksburg, VA (#559) - Salem - Apperson Dr, VA (#560) - Roanoke, VA (#561) - Lexington - E Nelson St, VA (#562) - Raphine, VA (#563) - Stuarts Draft, VA (#564) Broke up the drive by stopping at...

Over the past 3 years, several sites that have looked "ready to go" have taken various amounts of time, weeks and sometimes months, to actually get powered on. The worst case I know of was Chapel Hill, NC. It looked done in January 2022 but didn't open until July of that year. (In that case...

Looks ready to turn on, but no power yet. The meter is on and reading all 0s. 16 stalls: 9 flat, and 7 sideways. The supercharger is on the outer edge of the main parking lot, behind the Chick-Fil-A, IHOP, and Freddy’s Frozen Custard. There is 1 CCS/CHAdeMo 50kW ChargePoint, and 4 ChargePoint...

On a college road trip back in the 90s, my friends and I were driving through the night down I-20, when we stopped to take a picture of the exit sign for Chunky, MS, because we thought it was a funny name. About half an hour later, a little before dawn, we stopped at another exit to switch...

I had the opposite experience when I first got a 2021 MY LR three years ago: the miles remaining dropped faster than the miles I was driving. I soon switched to percentage instead and I've been happier ever since. I think Tesla does occasionally tweak their estimation algorithm during OTA...

I've only charged at that hotel at the original Ozona site twice, but they were polite to me both times. I read the back-story between my two visits, so I made a point of buying a candy bar from the lady behind the desk on my second visit. She seems very friendly, and we made some small talk...

Ok, that's weird. I just went to check in my iPhone app, and Covington is not there now. @sajakh , Have you stopped by Covington yet, and when you do, would you post here what you've found?

Based on an email sent to contractors by Tesla a few days after the firings and reported on the Out of Spec Podcast, Tesla has asked contractors to continue work on locations that they have "started", but to pause on any locations that have not "broken ground". Thats would seem to indicate that...

As @ChrisC pointed out on another thread,

As @ChrisC pointed out on another thread,

The order in which a new site appears after it goes live: In the phone app, often the same day or next day after it's live. In the car nav, often about the same time as the phone app, but sometimes a day or two later. (I don't know why.) On the Tesla Find Us page on the website, anywhere from...