Supercharger - Chapel Hill, NC

[Jeremy3292]

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[CHGolferJim]

I noticed today that the red bulb fluctuated between 7 and 10 at times I checked it. Gettin' some bidness!

 

[SigNC]

this is such a strange install with it looking like 2 stalls are missing in the middle

 

[advocate8]

Room for cream.

 

[SigNC]

Room for cream.

I see what you did there

 

[Poonlarp]

Not a great experience/site. We stopped by mid-morning on a drive back from the beach and the parking lot was packed with people camping in Starbucks perusing their laptops. All but 2 of the chargers were iced, some by people chilling in their cars. Given how close the superchargers are spaced along this stretch of I40, I will be doing my best to reduce the crowds at this one by avoiding, and would suggest you do the same.

 

[SigNC]

It's a slammed site for sure, parking is at a premium during the day.

 

[BrownOuttaSpec]

It's a slammed site for sure, parking is at a premium during the day.

And at night weird things are going on there too, it felt like a "park and ride" parking lot. I didn't feel unsafe but that "people watching" was really interesting.

I stopped to charge here the other night and 3 of the stalls were taken up being ICE'd. It looks like 2 of the cars were doing a kid exchange (mom/dad and step parents kind of thing) and there were a few other odd people getting dropped off and picked up while I was there charging too, also some people just sitting in their cars. I am not sure if the wifi from Chic-fila reaches those closer Tesla charging spots or what could be the reason people were parked there but it is definitely a busy/weird location.

 

[advocate8]

And at night weird things are going on there too, it felt like a "park and ride" parking lot. I didn't feel unsafe but that "people watching" was really interesting.

I stopped to charge here the other night and 3 of the stalls were taken up being ICE'd. It looks like 2 of the cars were doing a kid exchange (mom/dad and step parents kind of thing) and there were a few other odd people getting dropped off and picked up while I was there charging too, also some people just sitting in their cars. I am not sure if the wifi from Chic-fila reaches those closer Tesla charging spots or what could be the reason people were parked there but it is definitely a busy/weird location.

Yah, there is some oddity generally in the parking lot. I don’t think it’s at all unsafe, but it does seem likely that maybe some folks from just to the west are driving there for internet access. Last time I was in town I used that one and there was some strange thing going on with cops, a lock picking device, a teenager outside a car and a teenager inside a car.
The parking lot does seem tight generally but also seems more full outside normal coffee hours than you would expect.
I can’t remember, are there signs that limit ICE use on those charger slots?

 

[Jeremy3292]

The one in Durham is just as close off I-40, right (not the new one)?

 

[advocate8]

The one in Durham is just as close off I-40, right (not the new one)?

It’s just one exit faster east and traffic is bit messier there as the interchange is of two of the main commuter and commercial routes in the area. But yeah, very close.