Avoid Toronto Supercharger - 3 of 8 stalls working

[sakimano]

Am currently at tesla Toronto Lawrence.

1 supercharger has a bag over its head
1 has a smashed car parked at it
1 has another service car parked at it with a foot of snow on it
2 more the charge cable won't engage charging with the car. Either won't latch or won't charge (orange, with warning message inside)

Weirdly it shows 4 are being used on the map. Only 3 are.

Not what you want to see happen when you're trying to get home at midnight.

Pickering/Markham/Etobicoke/Mississaugas can't come soon enough

There are currently 4 cars waiting for the 3 working superchargers

If you're going east and can push it, go to port hope. If you're going north, try Vaughan or Barrie.

Just avoid Toronto if you can.

 

[rpm001]

The SC really should be dealing better with this. Parking cars there is terrible, I don’t care how full their little lot is. If they’re truly not working then get repair guys out there and fix them pronto.

 

[mongo]

1 supercharger has a bag over its head
1 has a smashed car parked at it
1 has another service car parked at it with a foot of snow on it
2 more the charge cable won't engage charging with the car. Either won't latch or won't charge (orange, with warning message inside)

Weirdly it shows 4 are being used on the map. Only 3 are.

Given that a supercharge unit runs two pedestals, the spot with one of the broken cars may be the pair of the bagged non-functional one. I agree that Tesla should manually set the 4 non-operative stalls to in-use to reflect available capacity and get the other non-op vehicle out of the potentially usable spot. Did you call and report the situation to the Supercharger #?

 

[Whisky]

Still a mess. Five cars parked waiting on two chargers

 

[mongo]

Still a mess. Five cars parked waiting on two chargers

Call in to Tesla? 877-79-TESLA (877-798-3752) if there isn't another number posted.

 

[sakimano]

Call in to Tesla? 877-79-TESLA (877-798-3752) if there isn't another number posted.

Tesla were notified last night. We called, others called.

Calling again can't hurt.

 

[sakimano]

Still a mess. Five cars parked waiting on two chargers

Hopefully people are receptive to charging sparingly where possible. Last night when i finally got my spot I charged only as much as I'd need to get to my next location. If someone's heading east they can charge up to 120-140 kms of range and move on to port hope for example. Or concord etc. Keeps everything moving along.

 

[MarcoRP]

Should we move this thread to the Supercharger folder?

 

[Drone Flyer]

I think Tesla might be doing this intentionally to get people away from Lawrence and onto the other locations.

 

[Whisky]

Some of us took refuge at the nearby Ikea for charging. $3.99 for a full pasta dinnner and free charging!

 

[ytwytw]

I went to Vaughan IKEA for a charge as Vaughan Mills most spots are ICEd

I was surprised Lawrence is not busy until I read this thread

 

[racer26]

I found the same situation on the night of Christmas Day. I stopped at Lawrence for a quick charge on my way home to ensure I could make it, and found the same situation.

It seems to me that supercharger handles are susceptible to ice and snow getting into the connector part, and that renders them incapable of properly interfacing with the car. We must all be careful to return them to the holsters without dropping them into the ice and snow, but perhaps for northern climes, Tesla could heat the handles or something so they will melt the offending ice and snow.

 

[Whisky]

It seems to me that supercharger handles are susceptible to ice and snow getting into the connector part, and that renders them incapable of properly interfacing with the car. We must all be careful to return them to the holsters without dropping them into the ice and snow, but perhaps for northern climes, Tesla could heat the handles or something so they will melt the offending ice and snow.

As my wife and I keep saying, designed in California. Yeah I agree. I used one of the superchargers the day before that had since went down. It worked but was impossible to holster back into the supercharger. The next day it just wouldn’t stick. It definitely sucked over the course of three days where I was driving 4+ hours a day between visiting family and running errands (and staying over in Hamilton one night at a relatives home without a charger).

 

[wayner]

As my wife and I keep saying, designed in California.

That's what I kept saying over Christmas when I had no cruise control due to snow/ice covering the front radar on my AP1 car. They really should provide a retrofit so that there is a convex, rather than concave shape to that.

 

[MarcoRP]

Saw a review here less than an hour ago: 31 kW max after 40 minutes wait

 

[MarcoRP]

Here's another, just here it says 5/8 stalls are working

 

[Avronp]

That North York site is badly needed - come to think of it, a new store and maintenance facility for Toronto is needed with the growth of Tesla and even more so with the model 3 coming.

 

[rpm001]

The in-car status was reporting Lawrence as Reduced Service today with no # stalls info. Basically says don’t go there.

 

[Doug_G]

I managed to avoid the site on my recent trip by arranging some extra L2 while in town. Thanks for the warning.

 

[sakimano]

I think Tesla might be doing this intentionally to get people away from Lawrence and onto the other locations.

LOL pretty tough accusation

maybe next year that theory would be less ridiculous but today there are no other GTA locations so it doesn't make much sense.