Maybe This Is Why TSLA Surged This Week; Last State In The Continental US To Get Tesla Superchargers -- July 11, 2020

From the Bismarck Tribune.

Good news for at least one tethered vehicle:

North Dakota is the last state in the continental United States to get a Supercharger, which will work only with Teslas. Owners of other electric vehicles still don’t have a speedy option for charging in the state.

The new Superchargers span the Interstate 94 corridor in Dickinson, Bismarck, Jamestown and Fargo. Others went in recently along the interstate in neighboring Montana and Minnesota. In Bismarck, the eight chargers are located in the Pinehurst Square shopping center parking lot near T.J. Maxx.

How tethered are these vehicles? Listen to Jason Mosser:

In early June, the Mandan resident decided to test out one of the first chargers to become operational in Fargo.

“I drove highway speed no problem, got there, charged up, and 30 to 40 minutes later I picked up supper and came home,” he said.

More than a month ago, such a trip would not have been possible. He would have had to stay in Fargo and charge up his Tesla overnight by using an adapter at a slower electric vehicle charging station, making his way back to Mandan the next morning.

Tesla’s decision to install Superchargers in North Dakota “is massively transformational” for travel, he said.

Staying overnight in Fargo just to re-fuel his vehicle. LOL. That was before the Superchargers were installed.

Now, he only has to wait upwards of 40 minutes to re-fuel his Tesla. He certainly has more patience than I do. Whatever.

Prior to this there was one Tesla Destination Charger in North Dakota: Cannon Ball, north entrance to Standing Rock Reservation.

The closest Supercharger in Montana to Williston: Billings, MT.

The closest Supercharger to Fargo, ND, in Minnesota: Alexandria, MN.

There are at least six Supercharger stations along I-90 in South Dakota. 

It should be noted that it appears impossible to drive across the state on US Highway 2, Williston to Grand Forks, in a Tesla.