Tesla adds supercharging stations at three Iowa Hy-Vee stores
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11/18/2016
DES MOINES — Tesla Motors electric car owners in the Midwest have been faced with a challenge — a lack of quick and reliable charging options.
Now a joint effort by Tesla Motors and West Des Moines-based grocery chain Hy-Vee has added Tesla Superchargers — the automaker’s fastest charging station — at sites along Iowa’s heavily-traveled Interstate 80.
“The time it takes for an average shopper to get through a grocery store to get groceries is about the same time it takes to get a full charge on a decent fast charger like this,” said John Brehm, Hy-Vee director of site planning, at a media event Tuesday at the West Lakes Hy-Vee in West Des Moines to showcase the superchargers. “So it’s a marriage made in heaven.”
The superchargers can put about 170 miles of charge into a Tesla car in about 20 minutes.
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