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Yeah, the cold hurts the range, but not all that much. The central (I was going to say "main") thing is that Maine is a charging desert. Bar Harbor, the destin
by DFHippie 3y ago
Yeah, the cold hurts the range, but not all that much. The central (I was going to say "main") thing is that Maine is a charging desert.
Bar Harbor, the destination of most of the out-of-state Teslas, has almost nowhere to charge. I went to a hotel once which promised to have 4 level-2 Tesla chargers. All of the spots were occupied by ICE trucks. I went in to point out this problem to the clerk. She shrugged her shoulders and said, "they're probably our customers." Apparently the chargers were just there to lure in suckers. "Yes, we have chargers, but good luck using one. They tend to be parked in by ICE pickup trucks. We're helpless to do anything about this." I failed to check to see whether the trucks had Maine plates. They didn't look like typical customers of this hotel.
Around Portland things are a bit better. And new stations are being put it. It's just behind neighboring states.