Tue Jan 02, 2018 1:02 pm
End of December and 2017 summary. 16 U.S. SCs opened last month, making 119 for the year and 459 total: Toledo, OH (12/4; I-75, density); Austin, TX (12/5; I-35 & U.S. 183/290, density); Mt. Jackson, VA (12/6; I-81 & S.R. 263, density); Laredo, TX (12/11; I-35 & 69W, expansion); Leominster, MA (12/13; S.R. 2, density); Gaithersburg, MD (12/13; I-270/370, density); Bellefonte, PA (12/14; I-80, density); Willcox, AZ (12/14; I-10, expansion); W. Melbourne, FL (12/14; I-95& U.S. 192, density); Greensboro, NC (12/16; I-40 & 73, density); Manchester, CT (12/19; I-84 & 291, density); Richmond, VA (12/19; I-64, density); Madison - E. Washington Ave., WI (12/19; I-90, 94 & U.S. 151, capacity); Oshkosh, WI (12/20; I-41 & S.R. 21, U.S. 45, density); Riverside, CA (12/28; urban); Cambridge, MA (12/29; urban).
In addition to the above, Yermo, Ca; Boston - South End; Lewes, DE and Vancouver, WA, have all been reported used, but remain unofficial and are included in the total below but listed here. The Mt. Shasta, CA SC is having its stalls increased by 16, but is not included in the total below.
37 U.S. SCs are known to be under construction: Lynwood, Issaquah; Fremont - Kato Rd., Fremont -Fremont Hub, Concord, Thousand Oaks, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Lake Elsinore and San Felipe, CA; Phoenix, AZ; Poncha Springs, CO; Oak Creek, WI; Chicago - Wrigleyville and Skokie, IL; Muskegon, Big Rapids, Gaylord, Auburn Hills and Livonia, MI; Orlando - Universal Blvd. and Miami - Brickell City Centre, FL; Beckley and Huntington, WV; Raleigh, NC; Woodbridge and Jersey City NJ; Danbury CT; Clinton Corners, Yonkers and New Rochelle, NY; Hadley and Framingham, MA.
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8 Canadian SC opened last month: Tsawassen, BC; Barrie - Bayfield Street, Sudbury, and Concord ON; Baie St. Paul, Mt. Tremblant, Mascouche and Laval, QC making 39 total.
6 Canadian SCs are known to be under construction: Owen Sound, Markham, Pickering, Etobicoke, Hamilton and Casselman, ON.
Summing up the year, Tesla claimed they would double the number of North American SCs this year. They started with 363 (340 in the U.S. and 23 in Canada), and added 119 in the U.S., 16 in Canada and 6 in Mexico, for a total of 141, below even my estimate of 150 just for the U.S. They'd usually managed to complete 60-70% of the total they'd announced in the past, so this represents a new low in performance for them, just 38.8%. For the U.S. alone it's even worse, just 35%.
And now, as I mentioned a few months back, having finished out the year I'm no longer going to bother doing these monthly updates, as each additional SC makes less of a difference. I'll probably continue to mention any that I think are significant, i.e. those that expand coverage to new areas or complete major routes.
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GRA on Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:43 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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