Supercharger - Emeryville, CA - Powell Street Plaza (LIVE 28 Mar 2020, 12 V3 stalls)

[R__E]

Now with Tesla naming:

 

[whttiger25]

My guess is this supercharger will be perpetually full with a line all the time.

 

[Watts_Up]

I noticed that the stall #12 will be on the side. I wonder if it would be reserved for Disabled like at the recently opened Richmond Supercharger?

 

[emupilot]

It's just awaiting pedestals, supercharger cabinets, and transformer now.

 

[MarcoRP]

Update by Tesla Owners East Bay on Twitter: Tesla Owners East Bay on Twitter

 

[tdmd]

Used to live here about 10 years ago. It's not a safe area. Keep that in mind when charging at night.

 

[whttiger25]

Used to live here about 10 years ago. It's not a safe area. Keep that in mind when charging at night.

It's definitely safer than it was 10 yrs ago. The area has gentrified significantly, although I would still be careful.

 

[Happylou]

We go to this shopping center all the time and feel very safe. Also, the shopping center recently has attracted Old Navy to renovate and open two large store fronts into one for their new location.

 

[Watts_Up]

Used to live here about 10 years ago. It's not a safe area. Keep that in mind when charging at night.

I believe that the less safer area is a little more up north around the Aquatic Park where many transients stay.
The trains have to use horns at night time because of the people walking and crossing along the tracks.

 

[Watts_Up]

So what does the sign "Electric Vehicule - Priority EV - General Parking" really imply and how it can be inforced?

The word "Priority" doesn't imply "Reserved" for EV.​

Also there is no indication of "Parking Only While Charging"?​

In congested areas there is a "40-Minute Charging" sign, may be this will be added at a later time?

From the video above, you can see that the second charger toward east is reserved for diasbled.

I wonder how often this charger for disabled would be used overall.
So would it be possible to use this spot if there is no other spot available.
In this case, the driver would have to stay inside the car,
to be able to move it if a disable person want to use it?

This situation is a little bit ambigue, because the Tesla map might indicate that there is 1 of 12 chargers available.
While the reality would be: 0 of 11 chargers available and 1 of 1 charger for disable available.

So what would you do in this case?

- Use the disable charger. but stay inside the car.
- Wait for the next available charger.
- Go to the next Supercharger in Richmond, up north.
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Well, it will be interesting to see what will happen on Saturdays, when the surrounding parking lots are full.​

 

[mociaf9]

The normal spots are general parking without limitations but asking as a courtesy to leave it for EVs to charge. The disabled spot is theoretically reserved for charging use by people with the required placards/plates, but it's not clear whether it's legally enforceable because the CA Vehicle Code hasn't yet been updated to include the matter and the spaces don't qualify as normal disabled parking spaces. The CA Building Code requires the spaces to be included when building public EV charging stations. Regardless, don't be too surprised if you get dirty looks and/or a ticket if you choose to use such a stall.

 

[bmah]

Not a lot new to report but here are a couple of relatively unobscured photos of the site. Still looks like we’re waiting for pedestals and a transformer.

Bruce.

 

[mociaf9]

And the supercharger cabinets. You can see the empty spot for them just to the right of the big, white switchgear cabinet in your picture.

 

[Jay Jay]

I stopped by yesterday and no more progress. Tesla originally said this would be ready by Summer 2018. It was later said that it would be ready 2019. Now they say “coming soon”. They can build a factory in less time than they’ve been working on this charging station.

 

[gaswalla]

There are issues with V3 Supercharger hardware. Let’s hope they get resolved soon

 

[burritoboy]

No new activity here huh?

 

[israndy]

Hopefully soon or the El Cerrito Plaza Supercharger may finish first.

 

[mhooks]

They must have heard you guys talking about it.

I drove by this morning and saw the tesla charging stands laid out next to mounts with people working on them!

 

[burritoboy]

They must have heard you guys talking about it.

I drove by this morning and saw the tesla charging stands laid out next to mounts with people working on them!

Nice. I’ll be driving by later today and try to get some pics.

 

[burritoboy]