Wow. So if I'm going to try to charge at Cupertino so I can put it on my "Superchargers visited" list, I'm going to have to go at oh-dark-thirty then? Is this place open 24 hours?
Bruce.
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Supercharger - Cupertino, CA (LIVE 28 Mar 2018, 10 V2 stalls)
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Wow. So if I'm going to try to charge at Cupertino so I can put it on my "Superchargers visited" list, I'm going to have to go at oh-dark-thirty then? Is this place open 24 hours?
Bruce.
The stalls aren't showing up correctly. I pulled into them at about 9:45 last night and the map indicated 10/10 full. Nobody was there except for me.
e-FTW
New electron smell
That is one way to keep it from filling up...
EVie'sDad
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An interesting analysis. I wonder if Sunnyvale was really full last night. We come to expect the map data to be accurate, and this revelation doesn't seem reflect that expectation.
EVie'sDad
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Btw we were there about an hour before that last nightand it had not yet shown up on the map at all.
e-FTW
New electron smell
I was kidding.
It is a way to achieve that, but am sure Tesla would not go there, as they'd be called out really quickly. It would erode driver confidence in the Supercharging network, which is the killer app of the Tesla ecosystem.
When the superchargers don't "communicate" properly with HQ, they show in the Nav as being occupied stalls. Always seems to happen in pairs. In the past, I've seen completely empty superchargers that constantly show 4/18 available or 6/8 available.
Haxster
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Stopped by today at 10:30. Car map showed all stalls occupied. Only half were. One of them was an M3. An ICE car was parked in an end stall. The stack of wheel stops was gone. They were not installed.
Have a continuous line of Teslas waiting to use the chargers!
Haxster
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Maybe paint a big red Tesla logo on the pavement for each of the stalls...and turn all of the red/green "occupied" lights to flashing red.
Like this?
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ExecCat1
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Out and about this weekend, I noticed that all 3 SCs (Mt. View, Sunnyvale, Cupertino) had 3-4 empty stalls when Mt.View was typically "full." With 3 SC options in near proximity this should cut down the lines - at least until production ramps. But if Elon can't work himself out of the financial cash crisis (i.e. proving the shorts wrong) then we may enjoy this "no waiting" much longer!
Finally got over to the Cupertino Supercharger this evening to get my 30th Supercharger location. I headed over here in the late afternoon but didn't try to charge until the evening because it looked pretty full to me on the Nav display. Only here for about 10 minutes. I can't see myself coming here again except in an emergency, but I'm sure it'll get a lot of use. If there's any amount of traffic going through that part of the parking garage it's a real pain to back in to the charging stalls (there should be some way to tell the driver behind you, "Back off buddy, I'm going to reverse into that parking stall over there."). I also thought the signage was confusing, or maybe it was just the topology of the place.
Slightly bummed I didn't get to see the infamous BBQ grill.
The mall looked nice from the outside but I didn't explore...just wanted to get a quick charge and come back home.
Bruce.
Slightly bummed I didn't get to see the infamous BBQ grill.
The mall looked nice from the outside but I didn't explore...just wanted to get a quick charge and come back home.
Bruce.
ExecCat1
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Wow Bruce, 30 different Superchargers is impressive! It seems that this Cupertino SC is busier than Sunnyvale and Mt. View i.e. fewer open slots.Finally got over to the Cupertino Supercharger this evening to get my 30th Supercharger location. I headed over here in the late afternoon but didn't try to charge until the evening because it looked pretty full to me on the Nav display. Only here for about 10 minutes. I can't see myself coming here again except in an emergency, but I'm sure it'll get a lot of use. If there's any amount of traffic going through that part of the parking garage it's a real pain to back in to the charging stalls (there should be some way to tell the driver behind you, "Back off buddy, I'm going to reverse into that parking stall over there."). I also thought the signage was confusing, or maybe it was just the topology of the place.
Slightly bummed I didn't get to see the infamous BBQ grill.
The mall looked nice from the outside but I didn't explore...just wanted to get a quick charge and come back home.
Bruce.
