Tesla Motors' range-extending Supercharger recharging stations have officially opened up on the East Coast allowing Boston to Washington, D.C. travel,The New York Timesreports.
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Placed along the highly-trafficked Northeast Corridor, the new Supercharger stations will allow a Tesla Model S with the 85 kW-h big battery (giving it an EPA-estimated 265 mile range) make the trip from Boston to Washington, D.C. As is the case on the West Coast, Tesla's new East Coast Supercharger stations aren't placed in big cities like New York or Baltimore; rather they're placed along I-95 in Milford, Conn. and Wilmington, Del.
Owners of Model S' with the mid-range 60 kw-h battery pack and 208-mile EPA-estimated range should have just enough juice to make it from Boston to D.C. utilizing the Supercharger network, though they'll likely be cutting it rather close.
The new Milford and Wilmington Supercharger stations join Tesla's five West Coast stations, which are strategically placed to allow all-electric travel between Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Tesla's Supercharger stations allow Model S owners to add about 150 to 160 miles of range to their EVs in about 30 minutes. Owners of electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf or even the Tesla Roadster excited about making an emission-less trip from Beantown to the Beltway need not apply; the Supercharger stations use a proprietary plug that currently works only with the Model S sedan.
As is the case on the West Coast, Tesla's Supercharger stations are free for Model S owners to use. Tesla reportedly hopes to expand its Supercharger footprint with a few more stations on the Northeast Corridor in the near future.
Source: The New York Times
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