Supercharger - Baker, CA (LIVE / EXPANDED 40 V2 + 20 V3 stalls)

[Axtrader]

I too think Yermo is vastly superior to Barstow. It's also an easier on/off the freeway.

I suspect a lot of the people who like to stop at Barstow just do it out of habit. For a long time it was the only option on the LA to Vegas route.

Barstow has a variety of establishments if you want to walk around. Eddie World at Yermo is a one stop shop right off the freeway with clean restrooms and a plethora of eating and snack options. I won’t stop in Barstow if I can help it anymore.

And since this is the Baker thread, I will admit it was not what I expected; with 40 stalls, I was expecting an experience like Kettleman. This week there was an overabundance of trash strewn about... it was a mess with only a handful of users. Perhaps most passing this Station for Primm.

 

[Mark Z]

A late night drive is a challenge, as Baker and Yermo shut down fresh food options about 10 PM. Barstow has some later options and the 24 hour Denny’s. Baker’s Mad Greek is open 24 hours so consider the recommendations on previous pages.

 

[smilepak]

Don't even bother with Barstow. Go straight to Eddie World in Yermo.

South Vegas does get full a lot, but remember there is still downtown. Primm is a straight shot of less than 40 miles from Vegas.

Downtown is one scary place to charge at sundown

 

[SilverSp33d3r]

Downtown is one scary place to charge at sundown

Daytime isn’t much better....

 

[ProphetM]

Downtown is one scary place to charge at sundown

My daughter went to high school at LVA, across the street from the supercharger. Before she could drive we'd drop her off right there in front of it. After school she would walk 3 blocks to LV Blvd. to take the bus home, or directly past the supercharger to the container park, often after staying until evening in her Japanese classroom. This location seems to be a test of mettle for Tesla owners, yet was no big deal for a 16 year old girl.

Anyway, back on topic: the last time I stopped at Baker was when the superchargers were under construction, and before I had a Tesla. I really think it was not a good choice for so many stalls when there is so little there. A Tesla lounge like Kettleman City, or other options at that end of town, would be so welcome.

 

[KJD]

Anyway, back on topic: the last time I stopped at Baker was when the superchargers were under construction, and before I had a Tesla. I really think it was not a good choice for so many stalls when there is so little there. A Tesla lounge like Kettleman City, or other options at that end of town, would be so welcome.

I would be happy with a decent sidewalk to the Mad Greek Cafe. As is Baker still beats waiting in line somewhere else.

 

[DrComputer]

Is the Baker Supercharger now closed? When I drove home from CES on Saturday and passed by Baker (I had enough charge to get to Barstow), and I noticed the dot on the map for Baker was gone and it was also missing from the phone app as a listed SuperCharger. From the freeway, I could see that there was no one there. Is it permanently closed for some reason?

 

[ecarfan]

My in-car nav shows the Baker SC as being available.

 

[smilepak]

Clean restrooms. Jersey Mike Sandwiches and DQ. Another foods area, you should drive there. Walking is ok, but no sidewalk

 

[PLUS EV]

You caught the restrooms on a good day I guess. It's been a complete disaster in there every time I've visited.

 

[SilverSp33d3r]

You caught the restrooms on a good day I guess. It's been a complete disaster in there every time I've visited.

If you follow one of the big tour buses filled with a certain older group going to the casinos they can be terrible.

 

[jowaldo]

If you follow one of the big tour buses filled with a certain older group going to the casinos they can be terrible.

Yeah I've used it a few times. Usually its great, but every once in a while, its been destroyed by a group in a bus.

 

[Bighorn]

What’s a little standing water?

 

[OCRyan]

It sure seems like a lot of captive affluent customers at this super charger. Doesn't it have to be just a matter of time before more options are built up in the neighboring empty lots?

 

[ecarfan]

It sure seems like a lot of captive affluent customers at this super charger

Perhaps they are more accurately described as “effluent” customers...

 

[AMPd]

Perhaps they are more accurately described as “effluent” customers...

Yeah I’m not stopping here if people with the flu are here

 

[therealmrmike]

i have never been to the restrooms on a good day I always make it a point to charge up enough at yermo to pass baker and charge in Primm.

 

[ScottRoberts33]

Baker SC is current showing reduced service

 

[RubberToe]

The Dairy Queen, gas station and convenience store are getting pretty long in the tooth. The men's room has 2 stalls. Tour busses pull in and the line for the women's restroom is 10 deep. There are lots of gas stations in Baker. Tesla and EA should buy that site, close the gas station, DQ and store, and put in a lounge like the one on I-5 at Kettleman City. Turn it into a pleasant destination versus something to be tolerated.

RT

 

[ecarfan]

Moderator note: Multiple posts moved to a new thread in the California forum, see Electrify America station under construction in Baker CA