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Big Bear - where to charge?
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Any news of Superchargers coming to Big Bear Lake? There's lots of great outdoor things to do year around in Big Bear Lake, but I'm holding off until I can Supercharge in town. Lake Arrowhead may get some Superchargers, but that's too far out of the way for me unless I'm visiting Lake Arrowhead itself.
I think it's time for us to nudge the good folks in Big Big Lake again about getting their own Superchargers.
I think it's time for us to nudge the good folks in Big Big Lake again about getting their own Superchargers.
We have Nema 14/50 plugs installed and accessible from the driveway at both of our rental cabins in Big Bear if anyone is looking to rent a place.
iamnid
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I believe it's the one at the Resort by the village but, according to plugshare, they don't let the general public use it. The good news is that they are putting a V3 supercharger in the village soon.
I was just up there July 5-8. Would have been nice to have somewhere to charge. I had to go down to San Bernardino once to charge my X. Hahahaha. I’ll keep your info on my next trip.
We just got back from Big Bear today. There were chargers behind the Re/Max Realty office in the village. Looked to be destination chargers. If you bring your plugs, they let you use the 210s at the Marina for $10 an hour.
I've heard that the good people of Big Bear Lake are now moving forward with adding some EV chargers in two of the popular parking lots in town. I don't have all the details, but they're trying to include one Tesla Supercharger. It's not clear if that's literally one Tesla Supercharger (as in one plug) or a set of Superchargers. Certainly, any additional EV chargers would be very welcome and are needed, but I do hope they'll deploy multiple Superchargers (plugs).
mpmeyer
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I stayed and charged at the Best Western Big Bear Chateau 5/22/2020, seems no longer on plugshare, was a 14-50 plug.
Did they remove ?
Did they remove ?
Remax Realty in Big Bear Village has installed 7 Tesla Destination chargers. They do ask that you do not exceed 3 hours of charging.
Remax Realty in Big Bear Village has installed 7 Tesla Destination chargers. They do ask that you do not exceed 3 hours of charging.
Let me share what just happened to us.
We were in Big Bear 9/11-13/2021. Before we took off we didn’t know there’s no supercharger station in the entire lakes area (didn’t do homework). When we arrived we have 95 miles battery left - we have Model S70, from highland charger station the car consumed 75 miles (distance is 34 miles).
When we took off today we have only 83 miles battery. we stopped by Lake Arrowhead, the battery drops to 65, when we comes back to Highland charger station it is 67 miles left (gained 2 miles from Arrowhead. But for total trip from Big Bear it used 16 miles battery.
hope this could be helpful to future travelers of tesla owners.
Thanks for the info, but jeez, always always plan before taking a trip!
Yes that's helpful, but do keep in mind the time of year/weather and the resulting potential battery/cabin temperature control requirements that can drain the battery a lot faster. Also, how many days you stay on the mountain.
Good point. I ended up at Big Bear in the winter at dinner time with 7% battery charge, went to a restaurant, and when I came back out, I had 2% left. Aaaah! I had forgotten how quickly the battery can drain sitting outside in the cold. I plugged it as soon as I got to my condo, but that was pretty close.
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