First Tesla Superchargers with "Magic Dock" CCS Adapter are online... and charged up a Rivian

[kodiakng]

Who empties the trash cans at Tesla SCs?? Why can't EA have these?

this particular site was on the premises of the SAGE Center in boardman so they probably want to keep the area clean. i have no idea if tesla or SAGE is responsible for upkeep though.

the EA station 20 mi away also had trash cans but it was also on the site of a Space Age gas station - that's probably upkeep by the station.

no squeegees at either though. ?

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[kodiakng]

Many of the Walmart lots they're often located in have trash cans around the parking lot (although not all). Some other hosts too. Here's one of the Love's EA locations we frequent on our road trips...

a squeegee and a trash can at a Love's makes total sense. those places are great for road trippers.

 

[Maquis]

Many of the Walmart lots they're often located in have trash cans around the parking lot

Around here, most WalMart parking lots are trash cans. ?

 

[dbsb3233]

Around here, most WalMart parking lots are trash cans. ?

Most of the ones we charge at are actually quite nice and clean. But we don't usually go into bad urban areas. Most of our road trip charges are in smaller towns along I-70, I-80, and I-15 through UT and NV. All nice towns and stores.

 

[silverelan]

was able to use the boardman, oregon one today since it was on my way. i don't know if the parking blocks were removed with the magic dock install but it definitely helped get close enough for the cord to reach. charge rate ramped up to 98kW quickly, maxed out at 128kW soon after and then slowly went down to finish at 80kW by the time i hit 80%.

for those keeping track: two of 8 stalls were out of order when i was there. they were clearly identified in the app. one was the one on the other side of my car in the first pic and the other was on the same set of stalls. the station wasn't full at any time but was active - three teslas charged while i was there and one came in as i was leaving. no other CCS customers while i was there but one curious ICE driver came by to ask questions. ?

if the parking block was there i think i still could have reached if i moved over just a bit but it would have been tighter than i'd want on the cable.

the tesla rates are pretty good too - $0.28/kWh for a non-member, i think the tesla owner i was visiting with said his was about $0.18/kWh. the EA station 20 mi up the road was still at $0.48/kWh.

Nice! I think others have said it already but that 128kW is about the most the MME can get out of a Supercharger with the CCS adapter since it's got a 350A limitation.

That was a tight fit at the station. For sure it was a good thing there weren't any bollards or wheel blocks otherwise you'd have to park crosswise.

I'm hoping we'll see Magic Docks in Yakima, WA and Ontario, OR. Still nothing along the I-5 corridor for the entire West Coast.

 

[Maquis]

Most of the ones we charge at are actually quite nice and clean. But we don't usually go into bad urban areas. Most of our road trip charges are in smaller towns along I-70, I-80, and I-15 through UT and NV. All nice towns and stores.

I was mostly joking. I’ve seen a few that were spotless.

 

[dbsb3233]

 

[Dnorwood98]

Nice! I think others have said it already but that 128kW is about the most the MME can get out of a Supercharger with the CCS adapter since it's got a 350A limitation.

That was a tight fit at the station. For sure it was a good thing there weren't any bollards or wheel blocks otherwise you'd have to park crosswise.

I'm hoping we'll see Magic Docks in Yakima, WA and Ontario, OR. Still nothing along the I-5 corridor for the entire West Coast.

Agreed on those WA and OR options, would make road trips to Boise more doable. Ideally I would like to see on at Wild Horse right before the big climb into the Blues, and maybe another in La Grande to get to Ontario.

I know that Starbucks has been doing their system along that route to add Level 3 charging with Volvo. The Yakima on 1st has two or four DC chargers now.

 

[SWO]

you're putting words in my mouth (i wrote the post you were responding to) and i didn't say it wasn't "technically impossible." yes, you can plug a cable in but it doesn't mean it's "safe." the probability you are going to burn down the house with your extension cord chain to light the christmas tree isn't 100% but it also is much higher 0%.

no large auto company is going to send "supercharger extension" cables to it's customers and say they are safe to use. that is the germane issue.

also, wrong again on the picture. that picture is from around february 2019 before v3 superchargers were publicly available. tesla has never used them in ordinary circumstances - as i noted and was clear in the story i linked to.



did you know the moon is made of cheese? i read it on the internet so it's true!

LOL, this is nonsense. Cheese and Christmas lights? Have a nice night.

 

[kodiakng]

LOL, this is nonsense. Cheese and Christmas lights? Have a nice night.

dang, if you don't like the truth about the moon you really aren't going to want to hear the truth about birds.

 

[silverelan]

Big news for Twilight fans!!! Forks, WA now has a Magic Dock.

 

[jpblincoln]

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-magic-dock-supercharger-intallations/

 

[jpblincoln]

Mach E charge in Easton Maryland on a Tesla Supercharger with Magic Dock 9/30/23

 

[dbsb3233]

 

[21st Century Pony]

I'm awaiting MagicDock water to slake the DCFC charging desert called West Virginia...

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