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What’s the charger situation like in Northern Ontario?

• bryanlarsen 3y ago
  Both Tesla and Petro Canada have the Trans Canada covered. I'd recommend getting a TT-30 and a 14-50 adapter for your charger so you can charge at camp sites.
• theluketaylor 3y ago
  I've taken my Tesla to the Manitoulin a number of times to visit family with no issues from Southern Ontario. Not super north, but enough to get a good sense. Tesla has superchargers along 17 pretty consistently. The biggest gap is probably Sault St Marie to Wawa and that's only 230 km. The rest of the gaps are all well under 200 km (mostly around 100-150) so you don't have to stop at every location. Highway 11 is a no-go zone. Destination charging is a little more sparse. I use a welding outlet in the family farm shop, but that's obviously not an option available to everyone. There is a single L2 charger on the whole island and it costs $5/hr which is pretty steep for 7 kW. I wouldn't feel stressed taking a Tesla anywhere along 17 or the whole main trans-canada corridor. I'd want to plan a little ahead if my destination was a place without a supercharger to arrive with enough charge to get back to the network, but that's pretty simple.
  • bryanlarsen 3y ago
    On one of my trips the Sault charger was out of service. Not a big deal because the car warned us about it ahead of time and we made sure to charge up at Blind River, but that would have been problematic if we were driving a Standard Range Tesla. It's a tough stretch because it's almost completely Provincial Park between the Sault and Wawa.