I have been watching this supercharger for the past two weeks or so (not slavishly, but daily at least) and I have never seen it showing less than 20 stalls available. Never. This confirms for me that this installation was a big mistake. The other two Superchargers in Irvine are often full; this one is hardly used, and I am pretty sure that is because of the exorbitant parking costs to access it. Unless Tesla is comfortable wasting so many supercharger stalls, I think they should be trying to work out some arrangement with the company controlling the parking. If not perhaps it can be uninstalled and moved to some location that is accessible. Left as it is, it may just as well have not been put up at all.
The location makes much more sense for L2 charging. The Tustin Irvine Marketplace or The District seemed like more obvious locations (although The District is a tad bit far from the freeways). I agree this location seems like a waste.
I'd say leave it up and keep it paid parking. In about 4-5 years, there will literally be millions of Teslas in California. By then, when all the other ones are full that part of Orange County, this one will be still be available. If you have to charge your car, this will be a good option.
Since I drive past this location every day on my way to work (which is 0.5 miles away where I have L2 charging), I too see this. Though at the moment, there are currently 18 of 24 available, the most use I’ve ever seen at this place (whereas Michelson has 1 of 12 available - it's always packed - and Walnut has 0 of 8 available).
I took this photo in my car yesterday around 12:30 PM. You can see the Main Street charger is empty, while the other charger in Irvine on Michelson, about a mile away, is totally full. Just sayin’ this charger is a waste of resources.
This is a very common site. Interesting to note that the nearby new Santa Ana location seems to also getting virtually zero usage.
Duh. People are cheap. The ones who go supercharge for free aren't going to pay for parking. Of course they're not going to be used.
I agree it's a bit of SuperCharger theater here but I would expect this SC to increase in usage when: a) ... the office towers that this lot serves are back open. There will be a large number of folks with employer paid monthly parking passes back in the lot. b) The restaurants that are served by this lot will eventually reopen.
The ones who are on a road trip won't pay for parking with all the other locations close by. The ones with paid supercharging won't pay for parking with all the other locations close by. This location only makes sense for corporate employees with (likely employer-paid) monthly parking passes, but for employees whose cars will sit 8 hours a day, there's no point not to just use L2 charging (and not deal with moving their cars).
[QUOTE="trey, post: 5302597, member: 81360" b) The restaurants that are served by this lot will eventually reopen.[/QUOTE] Even this is not a likely user. The eateries is this area are more of the sit down finer dining type. The charge will be complete and require a move before the first drink and appetizers have been finished.
What’s up with this place twice I went here and Max can get is 20kwh.. this is like ROWDTLA..was wondering why michelson is always full and this is empty