Introduction
Trip to visit all the southern lower Michigan Tesla Supercharger sites open to non-Tesla vehicles. This trip took place on July 21, 2025
The Meijer in Ypsilanti station was the 1st charging stop on my trip to check the southern lower Michigan Tesla sites. This is one of two sites in Michigan that support Magic Dock so that any EV with CCS can charge without the driver needing to bring their own adaptor. I have been to this location before to charge with Voltron but have not completed a site review. Based on the usage chart in the Tesla app, this site sees steady use but is not overly busy. (This station opened in November 2022).
Accessibility
This Meijer site is in the parking lot of the superstore business. The site is 2.6 miles from I-94 at exit 181 and 1.7 miles from US-23 at exit 37. Since I was coming from the north, I took the US-23 exit and followed Carpenter Rd south. Nearing the intersection with Ellsworth Rd, the Meijer is on the east side. The charge points are easy to locate once you have navigated to the Meijer parking lot, in the southwest out lot. The stalls are placed on the edge of the parking lot. No pull through parking stall.
Amenities
Dining options include: IHOP, Applebee’s, KPOT Korean BBQ, Steak ‘n Shake
Shopping options include: Meijer, Target, Lowe’s, Goodwill
Car-related services (windshield cleaning, air): Meijer gas station in same parking lot
Concentration
This is a standard 12 stall V3 location. The dispensers are arranged along a row of perpendicular parking, with the power cabinets and the transformer at the northwest corner. One end dispenser may support alternate parking arrangements for vehicles whose charge port locations don’t work the best with the short V3 dispenser cables.
Location
This site supports I-94 east/west interstate and the US-23 north/south highway. At about 40 miles to Detroit and 44 miles to Jackson, this is about the mid-point between these 2 cities. Flint is 60 miles to the north and Toledo, OH is 50 miles to the south.
50 Mile Loop:
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Speed
The currently installed V3 power cabinets can produce up to 500V and 600A. The power cabinets are connected by the high voltage DC bus, and thus can share power among all the dispensers. Of course, this 500V limitation reduces the peak charging speeds for some 800V architecture vehicles, but the 600A output works well for lower voltage higher amperage vehicles. Since I am on this trip with Elektra, the 200A, 80kW limit of the vehicle will not be stressing these units at all. The transformer here is 750kVA, which could support 3 cars all charging at the maximum 250kW or power split to maybe 75kW to each of 10 cars.
Summary
I arrived at 7:31 am, with 82% battery and found 2 other vehicles charging at this site. Over this first 27 miles, I averaged 4.0 mi/kWh, which is great for highway traveling in Elektra. A sleepy site on an early Monday morning, including the Tesla in the corner spot that was plugged in and had window screens in all around. While I was there taking my few pictures and confirming the transformer site power, one other Tesla arrived to charge. I expect most sites to be slow on a Monday, but this would turn out to be one of the least busy stops.
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Having arrived at this site with 82%, I opted not to charge here. I have successfully charge at full speed at this site before.
Alternatives:
Roundtree Place – 2539 Ellsworth Rd, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197 - $0.56/kWh – 350kW x 6
(Electrify America)
BP – 4975 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor 48108 - $0.30/kWh – 125kW x 2
(ChargePoint)
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