Supercharger - Chevy Chase, MD

[Lanny]

Under construction in the garage at Chevy Chase Lake Shopping Center / The Ritz-Carlton Residences. The stalls are lit up but are behind a fence and currently inaccessible. H/T to @David99 for finding this one. I took this photo through the fence Sunday morning. I counted eight stalls.

@corywright or @tes-s, could you please add this to Supercharge.info?

Parking lot · Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Parking lot

goo.gl

 

[jthompson]

Ever the sleuth, Lanny!

 

[David99]

A Tesla supercharger service guy told me about it. He turned it on so he said it is online. Because of the constrction they don't let anyone drive in yet..

 

[Big Earl]

Still on; still behind a fence.

 

[Big Earl]

Now open! 12 stalls. Parking is free (for now).

 

[theflyer]

Be wary of this location as long as there is no cell coverage in the garage. The chargers may intermittently shut off as a safety precaution if they cannot communicate with the mother ship. I suspect a good indicator for when this issue is resolved is when the pin on the nav starts showing the number of available stalls.

 

[BrownOuttaSpec]

Now open! 12 stalls. Parking is free (for now).

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I dont think I have ever seen a SuC against a wall like that, the glow of the red/white looks awesome!

 

[theflyer]

Use this entrance. Go to the far side of the building via Manor Rd, turn into the access way, and then immediately right into the parking garage. @tes-s, @corywright, the pin on supercharge.info isn't in the right location. See image below.

The pin on supercharge.info needs to be moved.
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[Big Earl]

Use this entrance. Go to the far side of the building via Manor Rd, turn into the access way, and then immediately right into the parking garage. @tes-s, @corywright, the pin on supercharge.info isn't in the right location. See image below.

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The pin on supercharge.info needs to be moved.
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I used the other entrance.

 

[Only Trons]

Ugh.... I tried to get there this evening so I could share a first. Arrived at 7:30 p.m. All the garage doors were closed. I found two garage doors in the building and both were closed with no means (that I could find) to open them. At least it wasn't too far a drive to get there .....

I wonder if this is due to ongoing construction or if this will be standard operating procedure ....

 

[PStewart]

Official Tesla Charging Twitter anouncement:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1544786470099070976

 

[Only Trons]

Well, shut out again!

I was in Bethesda today and drove over to the Chevy Chase superchargers. The roll-down garage doors were open. At the bottom of the ramp (on the commercial side), the entry bars were lowered and no attempt to open the gate worked. I put the car in park and spoke with one of the construction personnel in the area, and they had no idea the gates were inoperable. So I went around to the other side, and once again the gates were lowered and entry appears to be restricted to those were are residents or are planning to be residents. No way could I open the gate.

So I am 0 for 2 on this one.

BTW, the Tesla screen did say the superchargers were temporarily offline. I could see the pedestals (beyond the lowered gate) and they were all lit. Just sayin......

 

[theflyer]

Well, shut out again!

I was in Bethesda today and drove over to the Chevy Chase superchargers. The roll-down garage doors were open. At the bottom of the ramp (on the commercial side), the entry bars were lowered and no attempt to open the gate worked. I put the car in park and spoke with one of the construction personnel in the area, and they had no idea the gates were inoperable. So I went around to the other side, and once again the gates were lowered and entry appears to be restricted to those were are residents or are planning to be residents. No way could I open the gate.

So I am 0 for 2 on this one.

BTW, the Tesla screen did say the superchargers were temporarily offline. I could see the pedestals (beyond the lowered gate) and they were all lit. Just sayin......

This site is going to be iffy for a while

 

[theflyer]

According to the parking receipt, the actual address for this garage is 8525 Chevy Chase Lake Terrace, Chevy Chase, MD 20815.

Supercharge.info should be updated as it currently has an address for a building along Connecticut Ave, but the pin should stay in the current location. cc @Big Earl @tes-s

 

[2101Guy]

43 cents per KWH. Yikes. Makes my 8 cents per KWH via Dominion time of use rates at home a steal.
(yes, I understand SC's must charge higher rates..but still)

 

[theflyer]

43 cents per KWH. Yikes. Makes my 8 cents per KWH via Dominion time of use rates at home a steal.
(yes, I understand SC's must charge higher rates..but still)

Pretty much becoming the norm. The demand charges for superchargers must be astronomical

 

[Laurenv82]

They made me take a ticket when pulling in, so they MAY be charging now (won't know until I leave). The Red glow against concrete walls do create a pretty red glow, however the rest of the lots view is definitely lacking... & creepy at 4:30am on a Fri night/Sat morning, when ur a woman completely alone in an empty of ppl yet full of crap parking garage! Definitely NOT a supercharging favorite!!!

 

[theflyer]

They made me take a ticket when pulling in, so they MAY be charging now (won't know until I leave). The Red glow against concrete walls do create a pretty red glow, however the rest of the lots view is definitely lacking... & creepy at 4:30am on a Fri night/Sat morning, when ur a woman completely alone in an empty of ppl yet full of crap parking garage! Definitely NOT a supercharging favorite!!!View attachment 831846View attachment 831847View attachment 831848

Was there cell service yet?
I can definitely grok why who felt unsafe. Hopefully it'll improve as curtain l construction finishes and there is more life in the garage.

 

[Shmoe]

This is currently in my abrp plan for Saturday, 7/30 but when I clicked it in there it had mentioned some things about why it wasnt being included in automating routing (even though it was in mine) which led me to research this. I was really hoping these issues weren't going to be as recent as they are but this is a fairly new SC.

Any other experiences here yet? Some consistent success would be nice to see. The red glow sounds neat as this stuff goes.

 

[mrgoldin]

there is a sign in front of the garage stating 2 hours free parking.