Massive Tesla Supercharger Buildout in Response to Massive Sales of Model Y, 3, S, & X

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The misinformation of long waits to charge and issues on trips are less often seen as a few years ago. EVs are taking over in the world and the US is catching up fast.

"When we are driving cross country in Wyoming, South Dakota, and southwest Minnesota, Superchargers are spaced conveniently just off the Interstate highways and we are frequently the only car charging.

However, Tesla has been selling ~200 cars per week at the Salt Lake City Delivery Center and the new service and delivery center in Pleasant Grove. Add to that the 1000s per week sold in California, with many traveling from Southern California to Utah.

The I-15 (Salt Lake City and Saint George, Utah; Las Vegas, Nevada; to Southern California) corridor has become a very heavily traveled route for Tesla vehicles. The Tesla Supercharger buildout and use along this route became dramatically illustrated this past week just following Christmas. On Monday December 26, 2022, Tesla rolled out portable Superchargers to deal with the extra demand (see Figure 1).

Sleepy Superchargers of 6 months to a few years ago have been built out and augmented to meet the demand of almost all Tesla cross-country travel. We were on the I-15 route from Salt Lake City to Saint George, Utah, two years ago at Thanksgiving when we stopped midway at the Beaver Supercharger. We slipped into the last free stall of 8 at the Beaver Supercharger, which shared 150 kW between adjacent stalls. Most older Superchargers have 8 stalls with 150 kW shared between every two stalls. The oldest Superchargers can be as slow as 72 kW. The next Teslas behind us had to wait at least a few minutes for a stall. By the next Thanksgiving, Tesla had upgraded the Beaver Supercharger to 32 stalls (See Figure 4). All the new stalls have non-shared 250 kW chargers. No more waiting ever! Note: there are also two more Superchargers between Salt Lake City and Saint George if needed — one in Nephi, Utah, and the other in Cedar City, Utah."

More here:

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/12/31/massive-tesla-supercharger-buildout-in-response-to-massive-sales-of-model-y-3-s-x/?utm_source=pocket_reader