SageBrush said:
GRA said:
Per Plugshare, there are almost as many CCS (36 locations) as CHAdeMO (40 locations) in Colorado now. Most are presumably dual-standard. In both cases they're mainly along I-25 from Ft. Collins down to Pueblo plus 2 or 3 in Aspen, but there's a CCS in Julesberg. I take it you're in SW CO, and are SoL at the moment either way?
Exactly so. Very nice deduction.
I don't really care though, since I'm getting a Tesla. 6/8 directions are already easily traveled; the other two directions (heading east or NE) are possible but a bit annoying for now but expected to become just as easy as the other directions in 2018 when Alamosa and Telluride go live.
The odd part of the CCS network for now is its tendency to be placed in or near urban areas rather than in places that facilitate driving from one urban center to another. Like they still have to help EVs reach the outskirts of an urban area and return (or vice versa.) The CCS network in CO is a good example: travel along the front range corridor N <-> S from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs is possible and reasonably convenient, but forget about destinations to the East or West, or past those two cities.
OTOH, Colorado along with the other western states has pledged to build out the interstate network, and Electrify America will presumably be paying for most of it. IIRR, Colorado will be getting them along I-70, 76, and 25. As you suggest (and I've argued in the past), the EA plan is to prioritize joining urban areas that have lots of EVs (plus some weekend destinations) by QCs, which IMO is what Tesla should have done at the start, as argued upthread. With CCS/CHAdeMO QCs in Aspen, they'll obviously have to provide some to reach Denver, SLC and Vegas via I-70, plus connecting to the existing QCs along the I-15 corridor in the near future.