Tesla Announces Upcoming Supercharger Locations Based on User Votes

Voting results are in for new Supercharger locations

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Tesla, which recently announced the installation of its 55,000 Superchargers, continues the massive expansion of its network as it asks Tesla owners to participate in the decision-making process. Starting in the fall of 2022, Tesla allows owners to nominate locations and cast up to five votes on areas already identified by other owners as needing additional Superchargers.

Announcing our Fall 2023 Supercharger location winners—thank you to everyone who voted 🏆

— Tesla Charging (@TeslaCharging) January 12, 2024

Upcoming Supercharger Locations

The Fall 2023 voting round results are in, revealing a global spread of upcoming Supercharger sites. While most new locations will expand the network outside the United States, a few additional international sites, including two in the U.S., are part of Tesla's bonus announcement. It was a clean sweep for Canada in the North American voting.

Canada's Expansion:

• Montebello, Quebec

• Baie-Comeau, Quebec

• St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Renfrew, Ontario

• Aulds Cove, Nova Scotia

Europe, Asia, and Australia

• Bacău, Romania

• Deva, Romania

• Paks, Hungary

• Iași, Romania

• Békéscsaba, Hungary

• Uljin County, South Korea

• Fukuchiyama City, Japan

• Hokkaido, Japan

• Asahikawa, Japan

• Mildura, Australia

Bonus Sites :

• Pullman, Washington

• Manhattan, Kansas

• Peterborough, United Kingdom

• Siena, Italy

Origin Story: How it All Began

In September 2022, the Tesla Charging Twitter account announced the upcoming Supercharger voting, following in the footsteps of Elon Musk's social media tactics. With a rapidly growing following, the account called for location suggestions, with the most popular replies making it into the poll. This interactive approach grabbed significant attention as users shared maps, identified charging gaps, and voiced diverse opinions.

Tesla's charging network, initially exclusive to Tesla owners with some sites now open to all EVs, is expanding its reach. Given its current pace of installations, there should be more than 70,000 Supercharger stalls by the end of 2024.

The Winter 2024 Supercharger voting round is already underway. Engage in the selection process by casting up to 5 votes, one per location, for your preferred Supercharger sites. Your suggestions could even become part of the next voting cycle.

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Tesla Says 12V Power Socket Access Will Not Return With Sentry Mode

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It turns out that the big undocumented change in Tesla update 2024.32 that disables the 12V power and USB ports while Sentry Mode is active is not a bug but an intentional change.

A fan contacted Tesla Service to see if the change was intentional and what the reason behind the change was. Surprisingly, they received a response pretty quickly.

No 12V Power Access

Tesla has decided to restrict 12V power access for safety reasons—namely, to “reduce the likelihood of thermal events” when third-party devices are left powered on without users present. Tesla reached out to the fan in question by phone, and they seemed to be sticking to that line.

It seems that Tesla is resolute that it was due to safety reasons and that the change would not be “fixed” or allowed in a future software update – as this was an intentional change for safety reasons.

Other sources have reported that the change was due to potential misuse of the 12V power access, with people wiring 1200w microwaves and kettles or jury-rigging 240v to 120v adapters, which had apparently been the cause of multiple fires in Tesla vehicles within China.

Workarounds

There are a couple workarounds, although neither are ideal. You can tap in to the vehicle’s 12v line directly to power your accessories, or you can use Camp Mode.

If you choose to enable Camp Mode, then you’ll need to manually lock the car from the app since walk-away door locking is disabled with Camp Mode. However, Camp Mode will use extra energy to keep the climate system enabled.

We’re still hoping Tesla considers bringing the Cybertruck’s Power Control menu to the rest of its vehicles and is somehow able to limit the max draw from these outlets to prevent dangerous situations.

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Join Our Tesla Robotaxi Event Prediction Contest

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With the Robotaxi event just a day away, we thought it would be a fun idea to run a contest to predict what Tesla will announce tomorrow evening.

We’ve outlined a list of questions below; simply answer them on our forums or social media (X or Threads), and be entered for a chance to win some great prizes.

The individuals who have the most correct answers will win one of five prizes mentioned below. If more than five people get them all right, a random drawing will be held from the pool of winners.

We’ll reach out to the winners either by email or by DM on social media.

The Questions

1. Will Tesla let attendees experience Robotaxi at the event?

2. Will Tesla first start the network with human supervision (ridesharing), or with Robotaxis only?

3. What year will the network start? When will it become fully autonomous? (if announced)

4. When will Robotaxi production begin? (if announced)

5. Will it be Robotaxi or Cybercab?

6. Which of these Robotaxi Concepts will be the closest to the one announced?

7. Will Robotaxi include:

   1. Front-facing camera?

   2. Stainless-steel body?

   3. Steer-by-Wire or No Steering Wheel? (if announced)

   4. Which current Tesla model has the most similar door-opening mechanism?

   5. How many seats will the robotaxi have?

8. Will the robotaxi include AI5/Hardware 5, HW4 or something completely different?

9. Where will Tesla’s first Rideshare/Robotaxi location be established?

10. Will customers be able to purchase a Robotaxi?

Requirements

Please use the template below to answer the questions on social media or in our forums. You can post your answer as a comment to our forums, to our X post, or to our Threads post.

Once you do that, repost or quote post your favorite article from us.

1. Yes

2. Ridesharing

3. 2025/2027

4. 2025

5. Cybercab

6. Dominic's

7. Yes, Yes, SBW, No, 2

8. HW5

9. LA

10. Yes

Prizes

Prizes are generously provided by Enhance and Jowua, makers of some of the best Tesla accessories and amazing Tesla community members. Prizes will be mailed out directly by them. Winners will get to choose their prize from the list below. First place will have the first pick and so on. There will be five winners in total.

• S3XY Buttons (including a commander and wiring)

• S3XY Knob for Model 3/Y

• Tesla Gaming Controller - Multi-Device Wireless Controller (Wireless Charging)

• Tesla Gaming Controller - Multi-Device Wireless Controller (Wireless Charging)

• Tesla Gaming Controller - Multi-Device Wireless Controller (Wireless Charging)

Disclaimer

This is a Tesla event, and Tesla normally likes to hold their cards close to their chest. If an answer is ambiguous, we’ll go with the best choice decided by our staff. We’ll do our best to be fair. This

With all that said, we wish our entrants the best of luck, and we’ll announce the winners at the end of the week.

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