Supercharger - East Palo Alto, CA (LIVE 30 Jun 2018, 20 Urban stalls)

[AMPd]

I was there last night, and the parking lot was fenced off for some kind of construction right next to the existing charging slots. Please see the picture on post #43 of this thread for reference:

- there are 5 white transformers on the foreground left of this picture.
- then there is the dark grey concrete area where the 20 current stalls are.
- then, separated by a parking lot aisle, in the right background of the picture are 5 additional transformers.
- The construction area is directly adjacent to those 5 transformers in the right background.

Has anyone heard of this charging station being expanded? How many charging slots can each transformer support, was it perhaps built with extra capacity in mind?

Those white boxes are not transformers, they are the Supercharger cabinets, each cabinet serves 2 stalls. 10 cabinets for 20 stalls.

 

[rkmvca]

Great, thanks. The construction must be for something else.

 

[DOCAL]

Great, thanks. The construction must be for something else.

I went past there today, it looks like the McDonald's is under construction.

 

[Bruinfan]

was here sat, maybe 7 cars here... My 75S got70kw... came in with about 100 miles, left with 220, in about 45 min

 

[Bruins17]

Have you guys noticed that the charging stations here in the East Palo Alto station is considerably slow? I haven't been able to charge higher than 55-56kw,

 

[ecarfan]

Have you guys noticed that the charging stations here in the East Palo Alto station is considerably slow? I haven't been able to charge higher than 55-56kw,

These are Urban style Superchargers which have a max rate of 72kW. What was your battery percentage when you started charging?

 

[bxr140]

And pack temperature...especially if you’re local supercharging there’s a decent chance you’re cold soaked.

 

[Bruins17]

These are Urban style Superchargers which have a max rate of 72kW. What was your battery percentage when you started charging?

Had about 25% left...I charge here about once a week and just noticed the slow down in the recent weeks. Along with one or two stalls being disabled and no one has come to fix them...

 

[wemetzger]

I charge here a few times a week. Normally, most of the stations I can get 72kw.

This week, they have had multiple stations disabled. Alot of stations cap out at 40 kwh for me. So I switch and the best one I can find gets me to 60. I usually plug in with 35% and a pre heated battery,

@Bruins17 Something is definitely going on

 

[Bruins17]

@wemetzger ok, I'm glad that I'm not going crazy or that there is something wrong with my car. are there any steps we can take to report this to Tesla? Or should we just be happy that we have one close to us? Ha.

 

[wemetzger]

I have now figured out two of them (sure there are a few more) that are still working well. I think just be glad There are a few that Tesla clearly already knows about, so I bet they fix them all when they eventually come out. That charger is rarely busy, so I don't think it is really a priority... for me or Tesla.

 

[bxr140]

Especially if you’re in a 3 which has a smaller battery, cold soak is definitely a thing. Even in mild CA climate. Be careful with a conclusion based on incomplete data.