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Photo from 7:30 am Sunday morning 7/8/2018 . I arrived in SD late last night with low SOC. Based on previous posts, I assumed that 24/7 access had been worked out. I find it incredulous that Tesla would have entered a lease that did not specify 24/7 access to the superchargers. There's no way...

I have a March 2013 P85 with original "A" battery and 39k miles. My 90% is 224 and 100% is 252 rated miles. I keep it charged to 60 to 80% nearly all the time except on trips. I estimate about half of the 39k miles are trips with supercharging. Supercharging has become noticeably slower. Yes...

I had a similar problem. I was driving from Yuma to Gila Bend SpC. I had AC in range mode and I arrived with zero miles remaining. Temperature was around 110 deg F. After I plugged in, it took about 15 minutes for charging rate to ramp up. I had the Vehicle Systems Being Cooled message. I took...

Stopped by Yuma about an hour ago. 1b was in use. We plugged into 2a with 40% SOC. Charge rate was fluctuating, climbed to 80 kW, quickly dropped off, then slowly started to ramp up again. We had plenty to get to El Centro so we unplugged. 1b was still charging when we left. Driver wasn't around...

I called Tesla. At present, two SCs are in use. They may be operating at reduced rate. This doesn't sound like a transformer failure. Tesla SC team has been dispatched. Tesla Support suggests calling 877 79Tesla for updates if traveling to Yuma.

I'm leaving for San Diego in the morning. If I range charge in Gila Bend, I can make it to El Centro. I believe this route will be quicker even with the additional charging time in Gila Bend. I hope a replacement transformer is located quickly. I'm a little surprised that Tesla did not send an...

Just heard from Scottsdale Service Center that Yuma supercharger is down. The transformer failed.

I would suggest that you try Flagstaff Holbrook Blanding route. EVtripPlaner has Holbrook to Blanding at 249 rated miles with speed at 1.1 and 800 lbs. payload. Flagstaff to Blanding is 252 actual miles and EVtripPlaner puts it at 278 rated miles. Check windyty.com before you leave. If it looks...

Robert, I'm curious about the AZ POCOs. Based on wikipedia, they are not part of any ISO. Who handles the dispatch? Is it up to the individual assets like Palo Verde nuclear plant to control output? Have you ever seen an hourly load profile for SRP or APS like the...

That's why I invested the time to model my system with System Advisor Model System Advisor Model (SAM) | I already have 18kW of PV installed which has eliminated my on peak use and I wanted to evaluate the payback by installing enough solar to cover all of my usage. PV Watts was giving me...

nwdiver, The System Advisor Model on the NREL site will give you the answer. The program allows you to input the modules, strings, inverters and azimuths of each string. If you have your hourly kW consumption data from your utility, you may upload that as well. SAM also has a rate plans database...

I forgot to mention that the Indio SC seems to be in an AT&T dead zone. We have Sprint iPhones and neither of us could connect to the car via Tesla app. We even went back to the car and switched to Always Connected to no avail. The console display showed 1 or 2 bars.

Yes, I charged in Indio on Saturday, 9/27/14. While I was there, I saw two other cars charging.

I took the northern route from N Scottsdale to San Diego via Quartzsite and Indio SCs. Total travel time 7:15. Google puts this route at 431 miles and 6h 11 min. The better spacing of SCs yielded a lower overall travel time vs waiting in Yuma to get a full charge. I expect when El Centro is...

It's curious that Kansas City is not on the Supercharger map going out to 2015.