Exactly one week ago today, I took delivery of Sparky, my new Tesla Model Y Long Range. I’m looking forward to taking her on some long road trips…hopefully out west to Colorado and Las Vegas later this year, when my busy season subsides. But in the mean time, I’m looking forward to doing some day trips here in New England. In that spirit, I have decided to travel to each and every Tesla Supercharging station in New Hampshire. Whoa! Every single one! Now that would be quite a feat in California, where there are 391 Supercharging Stations (as of October, 2023, according to a study by Motley Fool), spread out over a large state.
But here in my home state of New Hampshire, as of December 2023, there are a grand total of 13 Tesla Supercharging stations, most within a 1.5 hour drive of my home, so visiting each one is doable. The most far-flung is out in North Conway, near the Maine border and north, but even that one is just two hours away.
I’ll track my impressions of each one (recognizing that I am
a newbie), noting amenities and anything else that catches my eye. In the end, I’ll know where I might like to
charge up here in the Granite State. One
nice aspect about this is that I have six months of free supercharging that I
got as an incentive when I used a friend’s referral code to order my
Tesla. So any charging that I do at
these stations will be free over the next six months, pretty cool!
A majority of New Hampshire’s Supercharging stations (eight
of thirteen) are along the main North/South Interstate, I-93. Going from North to South, we have
Superchargers in
Lincoln
Thornton
Ashland
Tilton
Concord
Hooksett NB
Hooksett SB
Manchester
I live in Londonderry, NH, just south of Manchester, so I’ll be heading north
quite a few times, as I’m planning to visit these stations on separate
days. I’m excited to drive my new car,
and this quirky quest will get me out on the road. Could I visit all thirteen stations in a
single day? I think it would be
possible, though that marathon day would end this mission too quickly. I’m looking forward to the journeys, and
drawing this out over the next few months.
I admit that it also appeals to me to make the supercharger
stations the destination for each day trip.
This is counter to the (inspired) idea of the Supercharger network,
which is to make road trips possible in a Tesla. If one had to rely only on home chargers, or
‘destination’ chargers at places like hotels, then it would be very difficult
to take long road trips. But with the
ubiquitous network of Tesla superchargers, road trips are possible (and even
fun to plot out.) But superchargers are
meant to be waypoints, not destinations, as I am making them with this
challenge. I respect, and appreciate the
purpose of the superchargers, so to make them the actual destination of each
day trip is ironic. I find that to be appealing.
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