This discussion of whether to do the LA to Fresno roundtrip using 99 or 5 may have been rendered moot; the Tejon Supercharger is temporarily closed as of 4/23 while it undergoes what apparently will be a major expansion.
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I saw that on my nav couple of days ago (before yesterday‘s downtime). Interesting that they chose a total shutdown. There is still a chance that the improved site could open in 7 weeks by the time of my trip. My guess is that they are highly motivated to make quick work of this.This discussion of whether to do the LA to Fresno roundtrip using 99 or 5 may have been rendered moot; the Tejon Supercharger is temporarily closed as of 4/23 while it undergoes what apparently will be a major expansion.
Talk about first world problems, even by Tesla standards.Looks like I now have to also plan a trip from West LA to Bakersfield and back in 1 day. Tejon being offline is very inconvenient. I could potentially make it to Bakersfield, with a stop at Santa Clarita on the way back, provided I keep my speed controlled and there are no major winds. Alternatively, I could drive straight to the Bakersfield SC, go to my destination in Bakersfield proper, then back home. That adds 27 miles to the trip. How annoying.
This is a good question, and now I am curious. Is there truly a benefit to staring with a lower SOC? Yes, you would get a faster charge rate upon arrival to a charger, but have a longer way to go to reach your goal. For example, if I have to charge to 200, and arrive with 150, or arrive with 30, I may get a slower charge at 150, but likely will hit my goal long before I would if I arrive low. The advantage to arriving low would be if I have something else to do while there, or skipping a loacaion, and was departing from somewhere where I did not have time to get a full charge. In my case of charging at Kettleman, I skipped Tejon, Bakersfield and Buttonwillow, and made it with a low SOC, charging rapidly until I had enough to make my next journey. By stopping sooner, leaving with a lower SOC, I just have to charge still to reach my goal. Now, if my goal is not much, say 120, that would also make sense. Just not if I need a larger range. Am I making sense at all?Glad your journey went well.
The question that I have for you concerns your statement that if you were to stop at Tejon Ranch on your way north, that you would arrive with a much higher charge; therefore your charging rate would be slower.
Why not leave home with a lower charge in your battery? I do precisely this when I leave on a trip. On my northern journeys, I would leave home with 55% to reach Manteca with ~15% instead of leaving with 90% to arrive with 50-ish percent. Similarly, when heading to El Lay, I leave home with about 70% to reach Tejon Ranch with 12-15%.
Not trying to be argumentative, just curious!
I don't think this makes sense at all. It's not as if starting his charge in Tejon at 10% will get him to 90% faster than if he starts at 60%.Glad your journey went well.
The question that I have for you concerns your statement that if you were to stop at Tejon Ranch on your way north, that you would arrive with a much higher charge; therefore your charging rate would be slower.
Why not leave home with a lower charge in your battery? I do precisely this when I leave on a trip. On my northern journeys, I would leave home with 55% to reach Manteca with ~15% instead of leaving with 90% to arrive with 50-ish percent. Similarly, when heading to El Lay, I leave home with about 70% to reach Tejon Ranch with 12-15%.
Not trying to be argumentative, just curious!
Good to know for the few occasions I’m there.Just did the same trip again. I did not take the 99 for the same reasons as above. I had 2 charging stops only and it worked out just great.
FYI, the Fresno airport has free charging in the short term parking. You just have to pay for parking, which is $1 per 20 minutes. The L2 chargers there are weak though. I charged for 15 minutes and only gained 1 mile!!
I think there’s also charging in the long term lot.Good to know for the few occasions I’m there.
Interesting choice having L2 charging in short term parking tho, wish it was a ChaDeMo. SFO with plenty of L2 in the normal lots.
Just did the same trip again. I did not take the 99 for the same reasons as above. I had 2 charging stops only and it worked out just great.
FYI, the Fresno airport has free charging in the short term parking. You just have to pay for parking, which is $1 per 20 minutes. The L2 chargers there are weak though. I charged for 15 minutes and only gained 1 mile!!
That sounds more like L1 charging, which makes sense for an airport (at least in LONG-TERM parking). Either that or it was an L2 that was broken. What were the amperage and voltage readings in your car or app?Just did the same trip again. I did not take the 99 for the same reasons as above. I had 2 charging stops only and it worked out just great.
FYI, the Fresno airport has free charging in the short term parking. You just have to pay for parking, which is $1 per 20 minutes. The L2 chargers there are weak though. I charged for 15 minutes and only gained 1 mile!!
That sounds more like L1 charging, which makes sense for an airport (at least in LONG-TERM parking). Either that or it was an L2 that was broken. What were the amperage and voltage readings in your car or app?
Man that is pathetic!They’re L2, barely. 208v/16A I believe. The long term stations are L1, 120v/16A.