Recent content by Otmar

Thanks you all for the advice! It is a 5x8 Uhaul, and honestly I have enough other options along the route that I'll grab ones with easier access and hope no one is unnecessarily using the nose in spots there. It's not the end of the world to unhook the trailer, but it's nice to not have to do...

In the pictures on this post I'm not able to tell if there are any nose-in stalls that are good for charging with a trailer attached. Does anyone know if this site has one of more of those? (I'm making a Google maps group for an upcoming trip) Thanks!

I do wish we had a "dark" camp mode. I also find that turning off ambient lights is incomplete (switch indicators stay on) and after opening and closing doors they come back on despite the setting. A bit of a bug. I have checked the wiring diagram on my 2023 Y and see that the rear hatch light...

I stopped in today. It’s still roped off. Power is switched on to the meter but no kwh’s have been consumed yet. The huge green transformer is humming. My guess is that it just needs to be commissioned by tesla now. Oh, and signs are up but no stall striping yet.

Drove by and grabbed a pic today. Stalls going in.

I stopped by today. The HV cables are all connected. Still no stalls in sight, but FWIW the team digging at the main pad says the HV is done and they expect it to be up and running by Friday.

Let’s see if I can add a few more. Nice free WiFi at Lone Pine SPC. I’m not sure what’s up with the two stations by the curb with the strange curb cuts.

Visited today, good progress. You can see the new HV Pole on the west end missing the wires. Oops, uploads are stuck, I’m in the middle of nowhere.

I've been looking forward to this location for many years! It's 17 miles from my favorite sign at the north entrance to Death Valley, and until there is any charger in Big Pine, this one is much closer than Lone Pine. IMG_7292 by Otmar posted Oct 30, 2019 at 7:39 PM

Sign: "Pavement Ends Next Services 126 Miles" North entrance to Death Valley.

Mine were just replaced on my 2018 LRRWD Model 3 by a mobile service tech who was in the area. I fear you exaggerate on the 15 minutes, once he got to the car it took no more than 15 seconds to fix! :-) The old ones pull off with needle nose pliers and the new ones slip right in. The paper...

No Tesla equipment seen. Those workers confirmed nothing. Friendly EV Go workers told me the Grazella parking lot one was for Tesla.

I stopped by today to see if anything was visible, and yes, it’s happening! Trenching has started. Also others are trenching next door for a EV Go Charger Installation. Those installing the Superchargers preferred not to talk and didn’t want to be in pictures. I appreciate what they are doing!

As another data point I’ve used Ingineer’s services on my cars for years. He’s always been super helpful and generous with his time. He knows the systems incredibly well too. We all know that there is always “that one guy” who is never happy no matter how fair you treat them. It sure sounds like...

Cut the back off and make it a pickup-sedan! Looks like a perfect candidate for something like that. :-)