Introduction
Trip to visit all the southern lower Michigan Tesla Supercharger sites open to non-Telsa vehicles. Site visit on July 21, 2025.
The Meijer in Northville station was the last charging stop on my trip to check the southern lower Michigan Tesla sites. A standard 12 stall layout with connection points on either side of the row of parking. Based on the usage chart in the Tesla app, this site sees some of the heaviest use amongst the Michigan sites, but still maintains some stall availability throughout the day. (This station opened in May 2022).
Accessibility
This Meijer site is in the parking lot to the north, next to the garden center area. The site is 0.4 miles from I-275 at exit 167. The charge points are easy to spot in the parking lot. There are six stalls on either side of a row of parking that support this location. There is no accessible specific parking, nor is there any pull-through spots that allow easy charging while towing.
Amenities
Dining options include: Five Guys, Qdoba, Chick-fil-A, Wingstop, Thai Fresh, Mission BBQ, Panera, Starbucks
Shopping options include: Meijer, Kohl’s
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 in the middle of a row of perpendicular parking, with the center of the layout on one side taken up by the power cabinets and the transformer. There are several end dispensers that can support alternate parking arrangements for vehicles whose charge port locations don’t work the best with the short V3 dispenser cables.
Location
This site is placed along the I-275/96 route. This site supports the northwest suburbs and is combined with the older V2 site in Livonia provides charging to those living in the area without access to home charging. About 30 miles to Detroit and 70 miles to Lansing, it can also support interstate travel plans.
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. Possibly in anticipation of the level of usage of this site, there is a 1000 kVA transformer here, making this one of a few sites in Michigan with this much power provided.
Summary
As my research indicated this was possibly the busiest site of the trip. During my quick stop there were between 7 and 9 vehicles charging the whole time. This included a Cadillac Optix that started to charge as I was leaving. This site was also the first time on the trip that I came across an individual stall listed as out of order. In this case the stall on the end 2D was listed as out of order. Unfortunately, this is one of the stalls that supports alternate parking arrangements for vehicles that can’t easily connect to the short V3 cables.
What I paid for this stop:
Total Cost: $2.01
Total kWh: 5.3002 kWh
Time: 6 min
Average Charge Speed: 53 kW
Cost per kWh: $0.38
(63% to 70%)
Alternatives:
Embassy Suites – 19525 Victor Pkwy, Livonia, MI 48152 - $0.55/kWh + $0.50 connection – 60kW x 2 (Red E Charge)
Amoco – 22145 Farmington Rd, Farmington 48336 - $0.40/min + $1.00 connection – 62kW x 2
(ChargePoint)
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