Stating the obvious here, but this existing El Centro site is becoming a regular road trip bottleneck. I passed through in the last week and all stalls were occupied, including the permanent temporary pallet chargers in the second row of parking stalls. I chatted with several other owners who were walking their dogs on the thin strip of grass in front of the spaces and it seemed that nobody was really exceeding 60kW, even at low SOC. Slow speeds, slow stall turnover, crummy bathroom option, etc. This was by far the worst stop on I-8 between Phx and SD. Another driver said he scouted the planned nearby V3 expansion site a few weeks ago, but found nothing to report. This will really become an issue once summer temps and travel ramps up.
With a bit of a tailwind I was able to charge at the new V3 in La Mesa and make it to Yuma. It's probably only 175 miles, but the high speeds and mountains zap the juice...