Tesla has opened the first Semi Megacharger stations in the Southeast: an 8-bay station south of Atlanta and a 6-bay station outside Savannah, with each station capable of up to 1.2 MW of power. The Savannah station is also the first Megacharger at a Pilot truck station, marking the beginning of a rollout that was supposed to begin this summer. Together, the two stations provide the Tesla Semi with its first public charging corridor outside of California.
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The Tesla Semi announced the opening at X with a map of the route and a note that more locations are coming in the Southeast.
The Atlanta station is located in Conley, Georgia, about 10 miles south of downtown near I-285 and I-675. Tesla’s location page lists it at 1820 Rock Cut Road with 8 Megachargers up to 1.2 MW. The Savannah station is located in Ellabell, about 20 miles west of Savannah on I-16. Pilot confirmed that it is the first station to come out of the Megacharger deal with Tesla: six locations at Pilot #1390 on Interstate Exchange Way.
The two stations are about 220 miles apart on I-75 and I-16, making it an easy one-way trip for either version of the truck. Tesla rates the Semi at 325 miles for Standard Range and 500 miles for Long Range at 82,000 pounds, saying a Megacharger can restore up to 60 percent of that range in 30 minutes. A Standard Range truck can leave the Savannah Port area, drive to Atlanta, charge during the driver's break, and return.
Without a charger at either end, that 440-mile route is out of reach for the 325-mile truck. Tesla’s aerial photo of one of the stations shows charging stations in the middle of a truck yard, with a Semi tractor-trailer parked in one of them. When Pilot and Tesla announced their partnership in January, the first stations were expected this summer. The first opened on October 8.
Three more Pilot stations are set to open: a Flying J in Tulare, California, which recently opened, followed by a Flying J in Fort Stockton, Texas, and a Pilot in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Nine more are under construction, with each station featuring four to eight locations. The list of states has also changed.
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The January announcement included California, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas, but this update removes New Mexico and adds Indiana. Shannon Sturgil, who oversees alternative fuels at Pilot, said the first stations make fleet electrification “a more accessible option for long-distance transportation.” Tesla’s public Megacharger listing currently shows three stations: Vernon and Bloomington in California, each with six locations, and Conley.
Ellabell hasn't been listed yet. Its listing brings the total to four customer stations and 26 locations. That's still short of Tesla's plan. The company's Q4 2025 report suggested about 37 Megacharger stations by 2026, with a goal of 46 by early 2027.
In February, Tesla listed 66 Megacharger locations on its map, including four in Georgia. Tesla recently began volume production of the Semi at a Nevada factory designed for 50,000 trucks a year, shortly after it was named the primary supplier for an order of 2,500 trucks. The rollout of Megachargers is critical to tracking progress on the Tesla Semi.
Savannah is one of the busiest container ports in the country, with a lot of cargo headed to Atlanta. If you operate on that line, you can now buy a Semi and never use oil. There’s also some irony in the location, as Ellabell is home to Hyundai’s Metaplant, which uses hydrogen fuel cell trucks.
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Tesla has now installed megawatts of charging at a truck stop in the same area. However, Tesla is behind its own schedule, having planned about 37 stations this year but only four operational by mid-October. Despite that, Tesla could still surprise with some efficient deployment in the coming months.
