Supercharger - Kettleman City, CA - Bernard Dr. (LIVE, 56 V3 stalls)

[joebruin77]

Given that today is the busiest travel day of the year, I was really curious to know how the newly-expanded Kettleman City, CA supercharger is doing today? An additional 56 stalls were recently added. So I was curious to know, with 96 stalls, if Tesla drivers still had to wait to charge? If so, how long were the waiting times?

I may be using this supercharger on a busy travel weekend in a few months and was curious to know how long of a wait I should expect.

Any reports from people who have actually charged here today are welcome and appreciated.

Thank you,
joebruin77

 

[Henrykaed]

Given that today is the busiest travel day of the year, I was really curious to know how the newly-expanded Kettleman City, CA supercharger is doing today? An additional 56 stalls were recently added. So I was curious to know, with 96 stalls, if Tesla drivers still had to wait to charge? If so, how long were the waiting times?

I may be using this supercharger on a busy travel weekend in a few months and was curious to know how long of a wait I should expect.

Any reports from people who have actually charged here today are welcome and appreciated.

Thank you,
joebruin77

Just checked right now on the in car display. Both the old location and new location have 11 stalls available each.

 

[Arbitrage]

Everyone will have slightly different timings and it's still early afternoon, but along I-5, it was about like

• Kettleman 1 was full
• Kettleman 2 was about half to 3/4 full so it was really great
• All the V2s were pretty much full and stayed full
• Firebaugh was almost full and the rest of the V3s like Copus/Tejon/etc. were about half to 3/4 full too

It could fill up more as the afternoon rolls into evening.

 

[jboy210]

Given that today is the busiest travel day of the year, I was really curious to know how the newly-expanded Kettleman City, CA supercharger is doing today? An additional 56 stalls were recently added. So I was curious to know, with 96 stalls, if Tesla drivers still had to wait to charge? If so, how long were the waiting times?

I may be using this supercharger on a busy travel weekend in a few months and was curious to know how long of a wait I should expect.

Any reports from people who have actually charged here today are welcome and appreciated.

Thank you,
joebruin77

Tesla free Supercharging today along I-5 and Hwy 99 and part of Hwy 1 during off-peak (late evening through the early morning) may be helping to space out usage. Hopefully, it will also help on Sunday.

Holiday Supercharging | Tesla

Charge for free during off-peak hours at select Superchargers this Thanksgiving holiday.

www.tesla.com

Brilliant idea on Tesla's part

 

[joebruin77]

I just realized I could go in my Tesla and check the current availability. For those interested, at 4:40pm on Nov 24th, there are 20 of 40 stalls available at Kettleman City 1 and there are 33 out of 56 available at Kettleman City 2.

 

[eladts]

Why does supercharge.info show this as 55 stalls? Aren't there 56 stalls?

 

[israndy]

"Take back one kadam to honor the Hebrew God, whose Ark this is."

 

[bmah]

Moderator note: Moved a few posts about general holiday Supercharger availability to this thread:

Holiday travel availability / congestion at CA Superchargers; possible solutions, complaints, comments, discussion

Pretty soon instead of traffic reports we’re going to need Supercharging line reports in CA. Hopefully Tesla has a real plan to eliminate the choke points soon.

teslamotorsclub.com

Bruce.

 

[jboy210]

Why does supercharge.info show this as 55 stalls? Aren't there 56 stalls?

If it is getting pseudo real-time data perhaps one of the stalls is broken.

 

[tivoboy]

My gosh that place is huge. Really interested to see how it spreads out holiday weekend travel bottlenecks.

 

[Crew Dragon]

If it is getting pseudo real-time data perhaps one of the stalls is broken.

If you really zoom in on their map, you will see that there are two separate entries. One entry on one side of the road with 40 stalls and one entry on the other side with 55.

 

[israndy]

Having a bit of difficulty imagining what the place is like since there haven't been any pics other than the dirt lot. People say it's across the road, is the across Bernard Dr.? So I look up the map on Tesla.com/FindUs:

And contrast with the satellite view on Google:

Thought I would post incase anyone else is in the same boat.

I wonder how many people will visit the one charger w/o noticing the other like people do at Mt. Shasta, they are so close their pins will sit on top of each other. Excellent about the In-N-Out and Dog Park, can't wait.

 

[smilepak]

I’ll still rather go to the og location because of the lounge

 

[Big Earl]

Having a bit of difficulty imagining what the place is like since there haven't been any pics other than the dirt lot. People say it's across the road, is the across Bernard Dr.? So I look up the map on Tesla.com/FindUs:
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And contrast with the satellite view on Google:
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Thought I would post incase anyone else is in the same boat.

I wonder how many people will visit the one charger w/o noticing the other like people do at Mt. Shasta, they are so close their pins will sit on top of each other. Excellent about the In-N-Out and Dog Park, can't wait.

The FindUs map is correct. Note that Bernard extends across the highway, then turns to the south along the dirt lot that is now home to 56 Supercharger stalls.

 

[newjacka]

has anybody been here today or yesterday? I would love to see more pictures.

 

[israndy]

Hopefully they get the paving crew there this next week so it's all ready for the rains and for the Xmas holiday

Anyone know if this place will get a solar canopy and battery storage? Probably the only Tesla charger that DOESN'T need a lounge in 1000 miles.

 

[ElectricCyclist]

Hopefully they get the paving crew there this next week so it's all ready for the rains and for the Xmas holiday

Anyone know if this place will get a solar canopy and battery storage? Probably the only Tesla charger that DOESN'T need a lounge in 1000 miles.

I am driving back to the valley either tomorrow or Sunday and will be stopping at this one to charge. I will walk around and see if a Megapack concrete slab is already installed and take some more pictures of the site in general. I am not sure we are going to see a solar canopy here anytime soon but I could be wrong.

 

[Jeepxj]

I am driving back to the valley either tomorrow or Sunday and will be stopping at this one to charge. I will walk around and see if a Megapack concrete slab is already installed and take some more pictures of the site in general. I am not sure we are going to see a solar canopy here anytime soon but I could be wrong.

already have megapacks there I think;

 

[tivoboy]

Having a bit of difficulty imagining what the place is like since there haven't been any pics other than the dirt lot. People say it's across the road, is the across Bernard Dr.? So I look up the map on Tesla.com/FindUs:
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And contrast with the satellite view on Google:
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Thought I would post incase anyone else is in the same boat.

I wonder how many people will visit the one charger w/o noticing the other like people do at Mt. Shasta, they are so close their pins will sit on top of each other. Excellent about the In-N-Out and Dog Park, can't wait.

I think ppl mean Across the road to mean, its on the OTHER side of 41.. unless they have added an entrance access road before that first gas station (here where the in and out burger sits (how long has THAT been there, nice!) one may have to meander to get to this off Bernad south. Have they also put up one of those TESLA SUPERCHARGER - WE'LL LEAVE THE LIGHT ON FOR YA! big giant roadside posts?

 

[ElectricCyclist]

already have megapacks there I think;

Those are the switchgears for the charging cabinets because there are so many charging cabinets they need two switchgears. A more recent picture I posted shows transformers connected to each one.