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It’s been closed for a while. It probably won’t reopen until the truck stop and gas station is built.
Good call Bruce. My wife was headed from the East Bay area down to the LA area recently and she asked me for a pre-trip routing for minimal time charging. I used EVTripping to get that, and it had her go to this Copus Rd. charger. And of course it was powered down. Fortunately she had no problem making it to Tejon outlets, so it was a minor inconvenience, but still not great. If it had said "Temporary closure" here on TMC, I would have noticed it and NOT sent her to this charger regardless of what EVTripping had said. And sure, "use the car's NAV". but some of us want to prioritize chargers we have never been to before (upping our unique chargers count)...Has anyone managed to charge here successfully in the last 4 weeks or so? If not, I'm going to change the thread title to "temporary closure", and going to recommend that supercharge.info make this change too.
(The other "sometimes up sometimes not" site is Kettleman City (Bernard Dr.) but there's some evidence that that site has been up on weekends lately.)
Bruce.
Use ABRP or just use the in-car navigation and you won't have these kinds of problems as often.I used EVTripping to get that, and it had her go to this Copus Rd. charger.
ABRP has similar issues (borrows data from I can't remember where, but it isn't always up to date).Use ABRP or just use the in-car navigation and you won't have these kinds of problems as often.
Perhaps she did the same thing I often do. I find the Nav does not always choose the best place for me to charge, so I decide for myself. Although, in those circumstances, I typically still check how busy a site is before I head to it.ABRP has similar issues (borrows data from I can't remember where, but it isn't always up to date).
What I can't figure out is how she navigated to that supercharger in the car without noticing that it wasn't open. I'm pretty sure Tesla has either removed it from the Nav or (more likely) labeled it as a Temporary Closure. When you navigate to a supercharger that is temporarily closed, you even get a prompt warning you that it is closed (you have to push OK to clear the prompt).
ABRP has similar issues (borrows data from I can't remember where, but it isn't always up to date).
What I can't figure out is how she navigated to that supercharger in the car without noticing that it wasn't open. I'm pretty sure Tesla has either removed it from the Nav or (more likely) labeled it as a Temporary Closure. When you navigate to a supercharger that is temporarily closed, you even get a prompt warning you that it is closed (you have to push OK to clear the prompt).
When I looked earlier today, Bakersfield (Copus Rd.) had the circle-with-slash pin on the nav, and clicking on that pin showed its status as "Temporary Closure".
Bruce.
I think it's been discussed on these forums, but it seems fairly clear that this one just opened early to help with busy traffic days, and it won't fully open until the rest of the host property opens.Bruce, indeed. As of noon today, Thursday, the dread grey pin with the slashed circle appears for both this and Bernard Drive in Kettleman. Tesla maintains that it is a temporary closure. Inquiring minds want to know when these closures will vanish.
This doesn't make sense - it appears that they are opening it at least once a month - in which case they are creating high demand charges, but low energy charges. Maybe they're not opening it as often as it seems to be reported?Kettleman is a bit different. I'm guessing they don't want to pay high demand chargers from two different properties in the same little town, so they only open the 2nd one at times when they think they original 40-stall location will be full. Of course at some point in the future there will be so much Tesla traffic that that will happen nearly every weekend and at that point I would expect them to open both full-time. We shall see.
This doesn't make sense - it appears that they are opening it at least once a month - in which case they are creating high demand charges, but low energy charges. Maybe they're not opening it as often as it seems to be reported?
I suspect some jackhammers and other heavy machinery were involved.I would still like to know why this site went from being a decently paved lot to complete dirt in under 6 months.
Was this site previously confirmed as being shut down, meaning actually off? If so, that means it was physically turned back on. Interesting.Construction progress. Also, despite being marked as temporarily closed, the pedestal logos are illuminated and I was able to get a charge.
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Nice you got it. I’ve been there when it’s dark. I bet it’s open today for the holiday weekend travelers.Now showing as “reduced service” on the in-car Nav. I got a charge here at some rate that seemed reasonable. No amenities here except the restrooms.
That’s my better half photobombing the picture.
Bruce.
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