Harris Ranch Superchargers and Supercharging Software Update

[Banahogg]

Laurent, where'd you get that image? I'm assuming it's not you since the car isn't blue

 

[Chris]

@laurent off topic but - wow that blue is beautiful

 

[dbfish]

Are the new chargers at Harris Ranch up and running?

GasDoc - Not yet. Waiting on PG&E to hook up power. Best guess is a week or two probably. Here are links to the Recargo and Plugshare sites to check on their status from owners check-ins:

PlugShare - EV Charging Station Map - Find the nearest location to charge your electric car!

Tesla Supercharger - Harris Ranch - Coalinga, California - Recargo

 

[mhpr262]

I still can't figure out why the engineers put the charge port in the rear left corner of the car ... the worst choice possible IMHO. If they had put it in the rear right corner one could easily use a charger positioned at a curb, or if they had put it in the front center of the car like the Nissan LEAF they could have put one supercharger at the center of four side-by-side/nose-to-nose parking spaces. Then one could have potentially reached four cars with the single cable of one supercharger. Much less probability of being ICEd out in that case.

 

[Bearman]

I still can't figure out why the engineers put the charge port in the rear left corner of the car ... the worst choice possible IMHO. If they had put it in the rear right corner one could easily use a charger positioned at a curb, or if they had put it in the front center of the car like the Nissan LEAF they could have put one supercharger at the center of four side-by-side/nose-to-nose parking spaces. Then one could have potentially reached four cars with the single cable of one supercharger. Much less probability of being ICEd out in that case.

I think the answer to that is that they expect the Model S not to be charged frequently when away from home because of the big battery and when you charge at home, every day, the port is on the drivers side for convenience.

 

[Trnsl8r]

I think the answer to that is that they expect the Model S not to be charged frequently when away from home because of the big battery and when you charge at home, every day, the port is on the drivers side for convenience.

Maybe they also wanted to mimic placement of the tank lid for American cars?

 

[Thumper]

Leafs will be rendered unchargeable by small impacts in the front that would otherwise leave the car drivable.

 

[vcor]

I still can't figure out why the engineers put the charge port in the rear left corner of the car ... the worst choice possible IMHO.

For me it's the best place possible. Easy to get to from the driver's side. I'd guess 95% of cars have the fueling port in the same location. The few that don't are likely Japanese designs that were unmodified for the Japanese left-hand drive market.

The front like the leaf seems like a really poor place - I'd be constantly tripping over it to get around the front of the car in my garage.

 

[elecblue]

@laurent off topic but - wow that blue is beautiful

I agree - how did you get such a pretty bright blue color? All the blue ones I've seen (mine included) are a very dark blue.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

I agree - how did you get such a pretty bright blue color? All the blue ones I've seen (mine included) are a very dark blue.

Laurent won't tell

First Model S to get a custom color after delivery?!

(Title's misleading though; he got the custom color at the factory but, was apparently the only production car to do so)

 

[vfx]

The Volt and the S (and Roadster) have the plugs on the driver's side so they can see it.

 

[napabill]

And this was, what?, located at Harris Ranch? Trying to figure out the tie-in.

 

[jomo25]

And this was, what?, located at Harris Ranch? Trying to figure out the tie-in.

Vfx was responding to previous post that thought Questioned why Tesla put the charge port on the rear driver side. If that was what you were asking about Bill...

 

[tdiggity]

Can't wait for the new Harris ranch chargers to be turned on. Got there today and there were 3 others ahead of me. 5 minutes later another person showed up but left for an RV park because they didn't need much charge.

On each visit here (Friday and today), there were people who wanted to charge up with extra just because. One guy wanted to charge up to full max range and another guy wanted 50 miles of padding) I think that when anyone is waiting, you should be courteous and stop charging and move along to the next supercharger. Somewhat frustrating. Hopefully this will fix itself when the new chargers go online.

 

[Dave EV]

On each visit here (Friday and today), there were people who wanted to charge up with extra just because.

Unfortunately, that's what happens when you offer free charging. Really annoying when there's a very limited number of chargers, less annoying with sufficient infrastructure available. Part of it is also driver education.

See this all the time with free L2 and CHAdeMO chargers.

 

[tdiggity]

I should note that the original supercharger location is a great marketing tool. So many people came up to me/other tesla owners asking about the car. It really resonates when I tell them that charging is fast and free when they just paid $4.75 a gallon.

 

[AMPd]

Perhaps the person who was range charging was heading north toward Folsom supercharger, instead of the Tejon Ranch
Harris Ranch to Sacramento is 191 miles, some might like a bit of a cushion so they charge to the max

 

[tdiggity]

Perhaps the person who was range charging was heading north toward Folsom supercharger, instead of the Tejon Ranch
Harris Ranch to Sacramento is 191 miles, some might like a bit of a cushion so they charge to the max

No he was going to Los Angeles. I tried to convince him that 220 miles was enough but he wanted to do the max range.

 

[AMPd]

No he was going to Los Angeles. I tried to convince him that 220 miles was enough but he wanted to do the max range.

My bad, in which case he does not need a range charge unless he wants to bypass the Tejon stop

 

[mattjn]

The idea of not filling your car up completely when getting fuel is foreign to most people. Having to stop at a certain point and travel to the next filling station is not something that a lot of people are going to want to do, we are used to an ICE car, you fill up the tank and go.