Supercharger - Issaquah, WA (LIVE 10/8/2018)

[kimbahpnam]

I have a question about waiting etiquette. I've never had to wait in line to use a supercharger, but I'm assuming there will be lines at this location. What's the process and etiquette for waiting for a stall? Where would a line start?

 

[boiler81]

I doubt the local businesses would appreciated the parking lot aisles being clogged with waiting Tesla's. So I hope it's not as popular as some have feared.
Remember charge at home, Superchargers are for road trips. I wish Tesla would charge for Supercharger use, within 30 miles of home address, to curb abuse.

 

[Araman0]

Just a reminder that not everyone (including myself) have the ability to charge at home conveniently. These were intended to be used by owners without garages as well, and their use in this fashion will become more legitimate as more Teslas have to pay for supercharging.

 

[kenperkins]

The car knows if you charge at home. It should be easy to figure out if you've never charged at home (or if your charging at home is below some number of mph) that it could geofence or penalize local charging.

 

[Kuhz]

The car knows if you charge at home. It should be easy to figure out if you've never charged at home (or if your charging at home is below some number of mph) that it could geofence or penalize local charging.

No. These urban chargers are meant for local charging. Tesla (or Elon, I can’t remember) said so themselves. I’m no fan of those who supercharge to save the misculine amount of $$ when home charging is available, but to go as far as what you proposed goes against the whole idea.

 

[Big Earl]

The car knows if you charge at home. It should be easy to figure out if you've never charged at home (or if your charging at home is below some number of mph) that it could geofence or penalize local charging.

Where are people without access to home charging supposed to charge? There is an entire thread dedicated to this discussion, so please take it there instead of derailing individual Supercharger threads.

 

[kenperkins]

I wish Tesla would charge for Supercharger use, within 30 miles of home address, to curb abuse.

I should have been more specific with my comments re: the ability to detect having a home charger. It was in response to the above comment and whether that would be possible.

 

[ReddyLeaf]

Oh great, it’s not even open and we’re discussing lines and local vs. long distance travels. Hopefully those locals will charge 5-7pm after work so that this traveler can sneak through between 1-3pm before traffic turns into standstill mode.

 

[PLUS EV]

Can we get back to the status of the Issaquah S-C construction (and Bellevue Square or Snoqualmie/North Bend)?
Can anyone report on the Status of Issaquah?

Bumping again.

 

[Wynn]

No change at this site as of this morning.

 

[kimbahpnam]

Currently here and happened to run into PSE workers at the same time. Of course I asked them when they think they’ll be ready to go...*drum roll*...Monday. HOWEVER, they said that’s when they plan to “heat it up” which doesn’t mean that’s when they’ll actually be open for use. But it’s coming soon!

 

[shwotime!]

Let's hope they move that bus before Monday. It's ICEing all four spaces on the far side.

 

[PLUS EV]

Currently here and happened to run into PSE workers at the same time. Of course I asked them when they think they’ll be ready to go...*drum roll*...Monday. HOWEVER, they said that’s when they plan to “heat it up” which doesn’t mean that’s when they’ll actually be open for use. But it’s coming soon!

That's still big news considering there was no transformer on site yesterday.

Presumably they are installing the transformer now and "heating it up" means it will be humming on Monday. After that Tesla still needs to test it and someone needs to inspect it and approve it, but hopefully that will be a quick process since there are obviously many Tesla employees in the area.

 

[Seattle]

Let's hope they move that bus before Monday. It's ICEing all four spaces on the far side.

They must be going to do better signage, like painting the spots green at least with signs to scare others away. Right?

 

[SR-75]

Looks promising for our next trip to visit this area. Now I will have another reason to keep our Tesla S and not go back to a ICE vehicle. This Supercharger is really need in this area for us visitors and for those who live in apartments.

 

[BerTX]

They must be going to do better signage, like painting the spots green at least with signs to scare others away. Right?

In general, no, they will not try to keep unauthorized cars from parking there. The site still belongs to the property owner, and property owners do not want to offend customers. The best you will get is half of the spaces with signs saying that only cars that are charging can park there, and the other half with signs saying ANYONE can park there for a limited time (30-60 minutes). These signs are pretty much universally ignored. If there is an ICEing issue, Tesla owners can get cones to place in the "Electric car charging only" slots, and that sometimes helps.

 

[Wynn]

No change as of this morning. Transformer not yet installed. No signs on the posts at each stall.

 

[geoc]

Can someone confirm if the transformer is in and inspected? Sounds like it's only waiting for final ground fault protection testing and labeling?

 

[Seattle]

There is still a board that has "hole" painted on it. I also noticed someone put the yellow protective pole in front of it, but it didn't feel completely solid. My guess is no transformer yet. The covers are still over the supercharger posts themselves

 

[PLUS EV]

Could be any month now...