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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...

Friend of mine charged there a few days ago, and posted that only 1 cabinet (so 4 stalls) were down, but the rest were online. For some reason, the app/nav lists it as a temporary closure, but if you click on it, you'll see that only stalls 1A through 1D are down...

You may find this series of road trip films interesting to give you ideas. They are all with ICE cars, but they emphasize enjoying the drive and seeing beautiful, and sometimes quirky, things along the way. At one point, they point out that can relate a little to EV drivers about range anxiety...

We visited my wife's grandmother again yesterday. Check-ins for 2024-04-27 - Gainesville, GA (#557) - Gaffney, SC (#558) I charged up to 100% right before we left in the morning, and we pulled into the new-to-me Gainesville supercharger with about 16%. I really hate driving that far in one...

Monarch Pass is the coolest route over the mountains, but it takes forever. I've only done it in an ICE car so far, but I'll be visiting in-laws in Utah in July and would have been tempted to take this route, so thanks for the warning.

I think you made the right call about Franklin, NC, because very recent pics show it completely fenced off and pedestals torn up. However, if you were already in Sylva, the drive down to Franklin on US-23 is mostly on a gently curving 5-lane highway. (You may be remembering US-64 through the...

If you haven't been to Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawk, NC, I thought it was well worth the trip. It's also a good reason to get several off-the-beaten path superchargers, even if you aren't a beach person.

It looks like the Hampton Inn in Stony Creek has Tesla destination chargers, and I've found that Hampton Inns usually keep their chargers in good repair. If you are able to make it a little further, there are also several hotels in Ashland, VA, just north of Richmond that offer free destination...

I'm usually in Charlotte, but I'll likely be up in Hendersonville, NC, this coming weekend. If the Franklin, NC, supercharger gets back online by then, I'll try for it one of the weekend days. There is also a Porsche car show on Saturday in Brevard.

Doesn't Raphine itself split the Williamsburg, VA, to Lewisburg, WV, gap?

In case you missed it, I wanted to warn you about Franklin, NC. It's been marked as Temporary Closure since yesterday, and there is now one of those temporary fences around it. So, you may want to shoot down and clear Florida first, before getting all the new-to-you ones in the NC mountains.

Blue Ridge Community College put in two EV Connect CCS/CHAdeMo stations on their campus near Hendersonville a few months ago. It's highly rated on PlugShare. There's also the two Shell Recharge/Duke Energy units at the Marathon store at the Saluda exit off I-26 a few miles south of...

Temp closures can vary wildly in duration, from a few minutes to several days. Often the case that by the time you drive there, at least some of the posts will be available. If you are road-tripping and need a charge, the Asheville, NC - Thetford St. supercharger is only about 15 miles north of...

Check-ins for 2024-04-13 - Burlington - Garden Rd, NC (#556) (First to check-in) Between lunch with my son and a history lecture at UNC-CH, I drove over to Leath VinFast near Raleigh and test-drove a VF8. Not a bad EV in isolation, and they are desperate to sell them.Too bad they already have a...

First alert! I'll be getting Burlington, NC - Garden Rd tomorrow (Saturday) morning, probably sometime between 11am – 12noon. Heading to Chapel Hill to visit my son, and then see some old college friends who will be in town.

I charged here back on Saturday, March 23, 2024. Sorry I forgot to post a confirmation here; I did post photos over in the Superchargers Visited thread.

I seem to recall someone posting on one of the supercharger site threads, that a site can show as Down in the nav if it's internet connection is not good, and so Tesla cannot determine its current status. Not sure if that is the case here.

We worked from Amack's Well coffee shop in downtown Batesville, IN, so we could see the eclipse. We gambled and won: almost perfect weather for the 3 minutes of totality. We stayed another night in Batesville, to avoid the traffic after the eclipse, but in exchange we got bad rain all through...

I have confirmed with my own eyes that the "Fort Mitchell" supercharger is in fact in Fort Wright, KY. My wife and I drove up to southeastern Indiana for the eclipse tomorrow, and we stopped there to charge. The restaurant at the other end of the little shopping center in front of the Fort...

I picked up a few new superchargers on the way from Charlotte to Batesville, IN, for the eclipse tomorrow. I got a first at the Fort Mitchell, KY, site, which is actually in Fort Wright, as several locals over in its thread here on TMC pointed out. Check-ins for 2024-04-07 - Marmet, WV (#545) -...

First alert! Fort Mitchell, KY I woke up feeling like I've finally beaten the cold I had, so my wife and I are heading to Indiana to see the eclipse. (We already have reservations in Batesville.)

When I bought my Model Y back in June 2021, the promotion was "Use someone's referral, and you both get 1,000 free supercharging miles". I'm not certain, but it seems like Tesla used a simple 1 kWh = 3 miles conversion when I supercharged, until those were used up.

I believe all of you, but now we need to convince Tesla to update the name in their nav/Find Us. We try to keep the threads in sync with what they call the superchargers. Assuming the weather forecast doesn't get any worse, I'll actually be passing through Cincinnati on Sunday on the way to see...

My 2021 MY has USS, and I received software update 2024.3.10 last night, which includes a 1-month free trial of FSD. I've done a couple of drives with it, and it's much improved from over 2 years ago, when I subscribed for 3 months and had to wait for my Safety Score to qualify. Still not sure...

I don't know Cincinnati geography that well, but Google Maps, the Tesla Find Us page, and the Tesla phone app all agree in saying this location is in Fort Mitchell, KY. (Not in the car nav yet.) I'm going to update this thread's title. Someone has already updated the pin over on suercharge.info.

I don't think you have to worry much about slow traffic. In contrast to an ICE car, the slower the pace of traffic, the better your efficiency in an electric vehicle. In stop-and-go traffic, the extra regen will increase efficiency, and more than balance out any extra time spent using climate...

I see a new Coming Soon pin over Burlington in the Tesla Find Us page. Could someone local go by this location and post pics for confirmation?

Covered a lot of my home state this week Check-ins for 2024-03-19 - Durham - Fayetteville Rd, NC (#542) Check-ins for 2024-03-22 - Hendersonville, NC (#543) Check-ins for 2024-03-23 - Sylva, NC (#544) (First to check-in) The drive to Sylva is beautiful, but @theflyer will be disappointed by...

First alert for tomorrow, Saturday, 23 March: Sylva, NC (A hike I had planned to do was canceled on account of rain, so I will attend the WNC Drive Electric Event in Clyde, NC, and then head down to Sylva when that winds down, by 4pm.)

This is showing as live in the phone app today, although it looks like a lot of the stalls aren’t working yet.

Still no sign of supercharger construction in any of the likely spots. (pics from Saturday, 9 March 2024)

Nice find, @scottf200 ! Unfortunately, it's still not showing up in the Tesla phone app, or my car's navigation. It's usually shows up in those two places within a day of the site going live. Keep checking those to see when it is actually available for charging.

Had to visit my hometown to visit a sick family member. Went a little out of the way to charge at the new Lumberton, NC, site. On @Thinkje 's recommendation, I had lunch at the Mexican restaurant there. It was very good. Check-ins for 2024-03-09 - Lumberton - W 5th St, NC (#541)

If all legacy BMWs eventually are allowed to charge at superchargers, and I get an adapter, would a check-in from our i3 count, as long as I drove at least halfway? </half-joking>

The only food I got in Bishop was some frozen yogurt at Good Earth Yogurt on Main Street. (I was craving ice cream, and it was the next best thing.) Yes, I went in from the west side, and drove all the way through to the Furnace Creek Visitor Center, before going on down to Badwater Basin...

A long boring day yesterday. I did mostly supercharger hunting, which was not too onerous along I-15 from Vegas to the Inland Empire, but was annoying in the LA traffic in the rain. Even then, I only went for superchargers close to a natural route toward LAX. Because of the hunting, the...

Day 8 "This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper." -T.S. Elliot, The Hollow Men A long day, first windy from Vegas to Cajon Pass, then cloudy and rainy in LA. I was going to break up the day with a stop that the Route 66 Mother Road Museum in Barstow, but both it and the...

After the fact, fair warning I just charged at the Las Vegas, NV-Maryland Parkway site, to test whether it was live or not. Verdict: it is live.

I just successfully charged here.

Charged here this week. There are now several nice trash cans right by the superchargers. The Museum of Western Film History now costs $8, but I thought it was worth it, especially since I was range-charging to 100% before going into Death Valley. The Alabama Hills Cafe and Bakery was so busy, I...

Check-ins for 2024-03-01 - Beatty, NV (#515) - Las Vegas - W Tropical Pkwy, NV (#516) - Las Vegas - W Craig Rd, NV (#517) - Las Vegas - Tivoli Village, NV (#518) - Las Vegas - S Rampart Blvd, NV (#519) - Las Vegas - W Charleston Blvd, NV (#520) - Las Vegas - S Fort Apache Rd, NV (#521) - Las...

Day 7 I range-charged at the Lone Pine Supercharger to 100% before going into Death Valley. While I waited, I started touring the Museum of Western Film History. It was interesting enough--especially with info about non-cowboy films, too--that I moved my car and spent some more time going...

Check-ins for 2024-02-29 - Gardnerville, NV (#509) - Mammoth Lakes - Old Mammoth Rd, CA (#510) - Mammoth Lakes, CA (#511) - Bishop, CA (#512) - Bishop - Rocking West Dr, CA (#513) - Lone Pine, CA (#514) The wind was crazy from Reno all the way until Bishop, CA. I didn't even feel comfortable...

Day 6 I drove from Reno to Lone Pine on US-395 on Thursday, 29 February. I thought I had dodged a bullet by getting over Donner Pass before the snow storm, but today's driving was much more stressful. The wind was terrible. It probably affected my range, but I was never really in danger of not...