Supercharger - Austin, TX - Research Blvd.

[Tress]

Who cares? If a Tesla owner is using Plugshare to find where to supercharge there’s some education that needs to be done.

I enjoy PlugShare. Until Tesla has community feedback and pictures, I will continue to use it.

 

[Twiglett]

I enjoy PlugShare. Until Tesla has community feedback and pictures, I will continue to use it.

agreed - Plugshare is great for updates on which stalls to avoid and where is good to eat etc.
It would be so much nicer if that were built into the Nav

 

[brkaus]

I’m still surprised this one hasn’t made Tesla.com find us.

San Antonio SpC is there...

 

[Missile Toad]

agreed - Plugshare is great for updates on which stalls to avoid and where is good to eat etc.
It would be so much nicer if that were built into the Nav

I find that when a charge stall starts to behave finicky, it can still function well, on a random basis, even minutes after the first report in Plugshare of its 'finickiness'. My guess is that the inverters dedicated to each charger have some soft failures that are intermittent. On the other hand, visible damage to the charger stalls doesn't just fix itself overnight -- and typically remains damaged for months before a Tesla tech gets around to servicing the site. Having said that, Plugshare reports of stall 'outages' tends to be 'too-much-information'. Basically, each stall is a little roulette wheel, with a 95% chance of giving a good charge. Even after getting a good charge for 10 minutes, I've seen a stall go to 0 Amps... so, even during a charge, a stall can go from 'operational' to 'failed' and then back to 'operational'. I doubt Tesla even has reliable telemetry from each site... although, about 18 months ago, when their 'Roadside Assistance' line was properly staffed, they would give suggestions of what stalls were 'better' and which ones were 'problematic'. My guess, is they just looked at plugshare for you you, and so, their opinions were little more than guesses.

 

[brkaus]

Austin Texas Research Blvd location is now on the find us map.

interesting that the downtown and cedar park locations are still there.

 

[TX-T3sla]

Heading down to Austin from Fort Worth on Thursday for a few days. I plan on using this Supercharger location instead of the original Austin SC. Always hated the original SC when I used it in the past couple of years. Just wanted to see how the new location has been over the last few months. Haven't seen anything posted in this thread since October. How busy has it been? Does it ever get full? Any time during the day/night that is busier than others? Are all of the chargers operational or have there been any issues? Thanks in advance for any useful information you can provide. Looking forward to being in Austin again!

 

[SergeyUser]

Heading down to Austin from Fort Worth on Thursday for a few days. I plan on using this Supercharger location instead of the original Austin SC. Always hated the original SC when I used it in the past couple of years. Just wanted to see how the new location has been over the last few months. Haven't seen anything posted in this thread since October. How busy has it been? Does it ever get full? Any time during the day/night that is busier than others? Are all of the chargers operational or have there been any issues? Thanks in advance for any useful information you can provide. Looking forward to being in Austin again!

It is rarely busy even at 50%, and it is never (from what I can tell) 100% busy. One stall is broken (for months now), but you have the remaining 17.

 

[TX-T3sla]

It is rarely busy even at 50%, and it is never (from what I can tell) 100% busy. One stall is broken (for months now), but you have the remaining 17.

Thanks for the reply @SergeyUser!

 

[StoicKiwi]

Definitely noticed the original SC is much less busy now that this one has opened. May have to swing by and check this one out!

 

[Saxman]

I live less than 2 miles from this location and HIGHLY RECOMMEND it. There are so many places to eat/shop while charging, in short walking distance. It's a very pleasant upscale area.

I hope you enjoy.

 

[houstonian]

Gym/workout friendly location.

Note there is a LifeTime Athletic walkable (~12 minutes) from here for those who have a LifeTime membership.

 

[Electroman]

I charged this Sunday noon time at this place. ALL stalls were occupied with one stall down and another one with a Tesla stranded with a flat tire and not charging. I was looking for the owner if he could move it forward a few feet so that others can use that stall, but he was nowhere to be found.

 

[MarcoRP]

New Rivian charger coming soon right next door

 

[Electroman]

What does ‘Rivian’ chargers mean?

 

[Tress]

What does ‘Rivian’ chargers mean?

a CCS charger

 

[mociaf9]

What does ‘Rivian’ chargers mean?

Rivian branded DCFC stations (CCS plug) that are exclusively for Rivian vehicles. See: Rivian Adventure Network

 

[Electroman]

Wow. So they adopt the industry standard but keep others out?