Do you work downtown? There are quite a few parking garages on plugshare that have L2 charging.
I work from home and I travel, so my car will live in its parking spot at the condo, and the airport, mostly. Trips around town will be shuttling my kid to and from school, mostly, and trips out of town. I've used the Tesla destination charger at the Ritz Carlton before - valet and only $15 including parking & charge. The existing L2/L3 chargers and the chargers at Pearson will help me get through until the Supercharger shows up.
Or, you could speak to your neighbor...maybe they'd be open to placing a separate meter on their service, let you plug in, and pay them for the costs.
I have thought about this. It's a 120v outlet, so not worth the cost of a meter. I may approach the condo board to see about getting an outlet with meter installed at my parking spot, but it's expensive, and I think I'll be okay with the public options, again, the Supercharger being optimal.
I don't know that we can necessarily count on it being downtown - although I am probably guilty of starting that rumour. They seem to have put the Coming Soon markers wherever Google Maps puts the city name - and if you zoom in enough on Toronto that gets you to City Hall.
But how do you deal with the parking issue in Toronto? For a Tesla owner that needs 30-60 minutes of parking downtown this would be awesome - keep my car at less than 50%, drive downtown and get free parking and free electricity! Or would you still have to pay for parking even is you get fee charging? Either way they will really have to enforce the time limits.
They will have the same issue in Manhattan as there are currently no SCs on Manhattan but there are now three that are "Coming Soon"?
I noticed the "city centre" nature of the pins, too. With the high density of condos in Toronto, I suspect it makes most logical sense for Tesla to be looking to place the Supercharger somewhere in the core anyway. Anywhere outside of the core, most Tesla owners would have access to a plug. Regardless, where I'll be, the Lawrence Supercharger is a bit inconvenient due to traffic and distance. Anything closer will be a plus. That's why I picked up the CHAdeMO adapter. There are a couple of L3 options in the core.
My guess is that they will be situated in existing parking lots... so you'd pay the nominal parking fee and get your charge (on an older car) free.
Since it will just be Tesla owners parking there, I'm hoping there will be no parking charge. There is no occasion for non-Tesla's to park, but I suppose some owners could (and would) just squat on a Supercharger for the free parking, although the idle fee would discourage that. It would be nice to see access controlled by a gate and only opened by a Tesla via Homelink (I can't remember if every car has been built with Homelink or not).
Personally, I don't think any of the proposed sites in Canada will be ready this year!.
I agree. I'll be surprised if we see any before the end of the year, especially since the Model 3 won't make its way to Canada until next year anyway.
It's going to be an adventure. Especially for an owner who has enjoyed 3+ years of home charging. I may journal (ie. blog) my experience for the benefit of others. I know in places like Hong Kong there are a few owners in this situation, but I haven't seen a ton of documented experience (outside of posts here) in North America.
