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Charging in Monterey, CA

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Hi Folks,

My wife and I always make the annual trip to Car Week in Monterey every summer. We are planning to show the MS at the Italian Concourso this year (non-Italian section, of course) and it looks like the charging options are pretty limited in the area. We'll top of at Gilroy, but we do some long rally-type drives around the coast so charging will be required.

Anyone know of any MS owners in the area that might be willing to share their HPWC or 14-50 outlet? Any other public suggestions?

Would love to meet up with fellow owners also planning to be in town in August.

Thanks
Aaron
 
I have traveled down in my roadster to Carmel and Pebble 4 times. I have used the following websites.
EVChargerMaps
Blink - BlinkMap
Electric Vehicle Charging by ChargePoint
I have a chargepoint and a blink card. Make sure you have your J1772 adapter.
I tried the blink Carmel location about a year ago. It was broken and when I called, they said yeah ok. Nothing we can do about it. So, I'm not a blink fan. Don't go thinking that will be your southern point preferred location.
As for the chargepoint locations, all the units are 30A J1772. So not fast. I have used the Monterey ACE location and the Castroville location.
The best southern location is the Rabobank location over in Salinas. It’s a 70A J1772. it’s on the evcharermaps site.
 
The Blink in Carmel was working last July. I didn't use it because another Roadster was using it. Monterey could definitely use some charge stations. The Carmel station is in a pay lot so the blink is free but pay to park. I've used the Salinas Rabobank charger several times. 208v @ 70A. Just one though. I once arrived there just after a leaf arrived, but the driver was kind enough to move to the Salinas Blink so I could get the full 15kW goodness.
 
Thanks everyone! It looks like our motel is near one of the garages with a few EVSEs. Hopefully I can sneak in late at night and get charged up!

If any other MS owners want to meet up during Car Week (August 14-17) let me know...

Aaron
 
Hi Folks,

My wife and I always make the annual trip to Car Week in Monterey every summer. We are planning to show the MS at the Italian Concourso this year (non-Italian section, of course) and it looks like the charging options are pretty limited in the area. We'll top of at Gilroy, but we do some long rally-type drives around the coast so charging will be required.

Anyone know of any MS owners in the area that might be willing to share their HPWC or 14-50 outlet? Any other public suggestions?

Would love to meet up with fellow owners also planning to be in town in August.

Thanks
Aaron

We have a place in Carmel and I hope to have my MS and an HPWC long before Car Week. I should be down for at least part of the week and would be happy to share electrons. I'll post again or PM you once I have the car and charging facility.