Introduction
Trip to visit all the southern lower Michigan Tesla Supercharger sites open to non-Tesla vehicles. Site visit on July 21, 2025.
The Meijer in Brighton station was the 12th charging stop on my trip to check the southern lower Michigan Tesla sites. This is one of the newest sites, and thus is supporting the V3.5 hardware. Based on the usage chart in the Tesla app, this site sees steady use but is not overly busy. (This station opened in February 2025).
Accessibility
This Meijer site is in the parking lot of the superstore business. The site is 0.7 miles from I-96 at exit 145. South from the exit on the north edge of the large parking lot. The charge points are easy to locate once you have navigated to the Meijer parking lot. The stalls are arranged along the outer edge of the parking lot near the garden center. The western most dispenser is placed with accessibility in mind. There is no pull-though spot at this location.
Amenities
Dining options include: Wendy’s, Red Robin, Single Barrel Social, Olga’s Kitchen, McDonald’s, Chipotle
Shopping options include: Meijer
Car-related services (windshield cleaning, air): Meijer gas station in same parking lot
Concentration
This is a standard 12 stall V3.5 location. The dispensers are arranged along the outer edge of the parking lot. The power cabinets and transformer are placed at the end of the row of dispensers. The 12 stalls are using the newer V4 cabinets that have the longer cables, thus eliminating most parking concerns for vehicles that don’t follow the Tesla charging port location practice.
Location
This site supports I-96 east/west interstate and the US-23 north/south highway. About 50 miles to Detroit and 50 miles to Lansing, this is about the mid-point between these 2 cities east to west across the state. Flint is 40 miles to the north and the Ohio boarder is 70 miles to the south.
50 Mile Loop:
100 to 150 Mile Range Estimate:
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 amongst 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. Certainly seems that Tesla has selected 750 kVA transformers as the sweet spot for powering their sites.
Summary
At this stop there were 4 cars charging. In addition to my car, there were 2 Model Y and one classic looking Model S. This site was a long time coming with the equipment ready to go at least 3 months before the power company transformer showed up.
What I paid for this stop:
Total Cost: $4.53
Total kWh: 12.2534 kWh
Time: 12 minutes
Average Charge Speed: 61.3 kW
Cost per kWh: $0.37
(55% -> 70%)
Alternatives:
Shell – 8281 Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI 48114 - $0.50/kWh(+$1.00) – 160kW x 4
(Red E Charge)
BP – 204 W Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI 48116 - $0.48/kWh(6% tax) – 125kW x 2
(ChargePoint)
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