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Hotels Yosemite Valley There is a 7kW J1772 EVSE at Yosemite Village. The EVSE is upgradable to 16 kW if they come up with the circuit. Of course, a 16 kW EVSE at the Ahwahnee would be a welcome improvement.

Shorepoint? Perhaps ShorePower or ChargePoint I'm not familiar with a Shorepoint charging station. Perhaps you mean ShorePower or ChargePoint. Tom Dowling

Yes, J1772(tm) charging stations are usually 30A.... but there is a 48A J1772(tm) in San Ramon, and a 75A J1772(tm) in Auburn. The new J1772(tm) standard goes up to 80A, and there are cables and connectors available at 75A. The ClipperCreek CS-100 supports the 75A cable and connector. See...

Vacaville is 32A.....

We need to keep the public small-paddle chargers for some time to come. There's no practical way to convert a RAV4 EV or other inductively charged vehicle to J1772, short of carrying a 70-lb charger around.

I tried to follow your directions for finding your user-created maps in Google maps, without success. I used the search options pull down for "user-created" and searched on "Tesla," but got no hits. Do I need to be in a specific location or area in Google maps first? What's the secret...

That's true of non-metallic cable (Romex) and other building cables, where you will see designations such as "12-2 W/G" (12-2 with grounding wire), but it is not generally true of appliance cords. See, for instance, http://www.awcwire.com/ProductSpec.aspx?id=Type-SOW-SO

6-20 wiring You should use 12-3 wire -- Line 1, Line 2, and Ground.

J1772-2010 Yes. (The editor doesn't like such short replies....)

J1772-2001 versus J1772-2010 J1772-2010 is the latest version. In that version, Level 2 goes up to 80A, with steps at 56A, 64A, 70/72A, and 80A. Level 3 has been divided into AC quick charging and DC quick charging. The SAE quick charging standards are under development, not yet...

Three new 70A charging stations along US 101, linking Northern California and Southern California. Atascadero, CA Salinas, CA Santa Maria, CA See EV Charger News - Home -- click on the Tesla charging stations link..... Another location, Goleta, CA, is not yet listed, and is scheduled...

EV parking signs Thanks! Signs are available from the Electric Auto Association. See Electric Auto Association - Merchandise -- the third item down. The extra-large size is the regular metal NO PARKING sign, normally pole-mounted.

14-50 in the middle of town.... Got an address? What is the breaker rating? I'd like to list this nifty location on EV Charger News

secret location I received an email from Doug. The so-called "secret" charger is a TS-90 (70A delivered) at an undisclosed residential location. It's faster than the one in SLO only because it's 240V rather than 208V. No mystery, really.

Finding locations for chargers... We've had more success with governments and electric utilities than with retail businesses. The same may hold true in Chicagoland.