I saw tesla charging stations this past weekend for the first time and both were in shitty outlet strip mall parking lots. Is that common?
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there are ones in a shitty council bluffs strip mall. I see them a lot because there is a starbucks there that I stop at when I'm driving to KC in the morning. Have only ever seen one car plugged into them. I remember it was a gimmick so elon could say you could drive coast to coast. so they spaced them out cheaply or something like that.
The one in emporia is in a pretty crappy strip mall. But it's a nice backstop in case I need it.
Both KC ones I care about are in HyVee parking lots. Which is nice. The Wichita one is in a Applebees lot with a Braums nearby.
And yeah, they are in places to "shop" when you park, and usually strip mall parking lots are the cheapest, canco
How long do you stop for a charge?
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When going home to my parents, or going to and from Manhattan, I rarely stop, and if I do, it's for like 10 minutes. I think if you were to drive from KC to Denver you'd stop like 4 or 5 times, and not more than 30 minutes. They usually have you recharge after roughly 3 hours of travel, which is not that untypical for a gas car, it's just a little more forced. I usually stop just for some insurance miles in the winter.
Also, as an aside, even if you don't "shop" at any of the places there, the car itself has Netflix/Youtube/Hulu active when in park. So, watch an episode of something is more than enough time to charge, and on your way. I hardly notice the extra time if I do need to use the supercharger.