Supercharger - Lake Charles, LA

[purplewalt]

Awesome! No grand opening, though? I was hoping to have a group head out there for the official ribbon cutting.

If we are going to have a grand opening/ribbon-cutting (of sorts), I would prefer it to be at the "Golden Spike" (...maybe Golden Spike II?) Supercharger that actually CONNECTs the Texas/Louisiana Island with the rest of the Supercharger Network.
Be it either North or East (or West?), it is long overdue.

 

[NOLA_Mike]

Awesome! No grand opening, though? I was hoping to have a group head out there for the official ribbon cutting.

I'm kind of surprised it hasn't shown up on the official Tesla Supercharger Map yet. I guess Tesla hasn't completed their official testing of the site yet (or testing revealed they need/want to make some adjustments to the site).

Either way there have been successful charges "in the wild" at the site and I intend on personally checking it out later this week. Will take a picture or two of the car charging...

Mike

 

[airj1012]

I'm kind of surprised it hasn't shown up on the official Tesla Supercharger Map yet. I guess Tesla hasn't completed their official testing of the site yet (or testing revealed they need/want to make some adjustments to the site).

Either way there have been successful charges "in the wild" at the site and I intend on personally checking it out later this week. Will take a picture or two of the car charging...

Mike

Their timing with updating the map and navigation systems is pretty poor and always out of sync. I also highly doubt that this location will have a ribbon cutting ceremony. However, enjoy the new location!

 

[mckemie]

Awesome! No grand opening, though? I was hoping to have a group head out there for the official ribbon cutting.

I'm likely up for any unofficial event. Even Christmas day. I'll have to go from the Austin area through Huntsville. Probably 6-8 hours for me. I think several on the Austin-SanAntonio GoogleGroup are interested, so a post there would be helpful.

 

[Roadhog]

OK, Lake Charles is hot. I charged today while the Tesla techs were certifying it. Nice guys.

 

[NOLA_Mike]

Lake Charles is official

Lake Charles is now showing up on the Tesla Find Us page - it's official!

http://www.teslamotors.com/findus#/...390000003,d?search=store,service,supercharger

 

[Joseph A Acosta]

Supercharger Bliss

Charged there around 3 pm on the way to Houston from Baton Rouge. Tesla was there calibrating the chargers with a test Tesla S. First time at a Supercharger and it was amazing. Can hardly wait for the BR location to get up and running.:wink:

 

[SW2Fiddler]

Looks like they hadn't assigned the numbers yet. I assume the same team does that after testing each stall...

And ever after, the ChargePoints of Lake Charles saw nary a Tesla. Thanks for the memories, my little 30 Amp buddies.

 

[NOLA_Mike]

Looks like they hadn't assigned the numbers yet. I assume the same team does that after testing each stall...

And ever after, the ChargePoints of Lake Charles saw nary a Tesla. Thanks for the memories, my little 30 Amp buddies.

WTH? You mean you didn't like hanging out at the McDonalds for 6 hours?

 

[SW2Fiddler]

WTH? You mean you didn't like hanging out at the McDonalds for 6 hours?

They won't even bring your burgers out to the car! Hmm, wonder if Sonic will allow that...

Looking forward to telling grandchildren about the days of Jay Seventeen Seventy-Two... "No that wasn't the year, that was a wimpy old-fashioned car plug" ...and SuperChargers that had to have their wires buried underground instead of just painting superconductors onto parking spaces in an hour!

 

[NOLA_Mike]

Lake Charles site on Christmas Day:

The transformer:

Pedestals 1A & 1B were not functioning (no power to those two) with 1B having the cord still wrapped to the pedestal. I got 116+ kW charging rate until the taper started. The cabinets are marked at 135 kW chargers.

Mike

 

[NOLA_Mike]

BTW, three of the signs (1A, 1B, 2A) are marked "Tesla - Electric Vehicle Parking" and three of them (2B, 3A, 3B) say "Tesla - 30 Minute General Parking"

 

[NOLA_Mike]

Tesla Motors opens charging station in Lake Charles

Posted: Jan 05, 2015 4:32 PM CSTUpdated: Jan 05, 2015 6:48 PM CST


http://www.kplctv.com/story/27765371/tesla-motors-opens-charging-station-in-lake-charles

 

[NOLA_Mike]

Who's charged here in the last few days? I'm curious if all of the charging stations are now operational. When I was there a few weeks ago, 1A & 1B did not have power and I noticed a Plugshare user reported them still out about 12 days ago.

I want to report it to Tesla if they are still out...

Mike

 

[SW2Fiddler]

Traveler in Huntsville said some stalls were indeed down Saturday. I said the Right Thing To Do was to call Tesla. But seeing as he was plugged in to one of the only two open Huntsville stalls, overnight...

 

[smil3193]

I posted to the BR SC thread but probably should have put it here -- I charged in Lake Charles twice on Saturday (very early and very late). I had no problems but can confirm that 1A & 1B were still out of service.

 

[NOLA_Mike]

I posted to the BR SC thread but probably should have put it here -- I charged in Lake Charles twice on Saturday (very early and very late). I had no problems but can confirm that 1A & 1B were still out of service.

Thanks Susan - I emailed Tesla notifying them of those two being out of service.

Mike

 

[NOLA_Mike]

I was at Lake Charles Supercharger on Monday and I can confirm that all 6 charging stalls are now operational.

On a side note, this location is sort of "front and center" of a relatively busy shopping center. It is kind of funny while sitting in your car and watching the folks who wonder "what the hell are those Tesla things" crane their necks as they slowly drive by and see an actual Tesla vehicle charging. It is an almost continuous stream and you kind of feel like a fish in a bowl...

 

[SW2Fiddler]

Has anyone called Sonic from the car and gotten the carhops to deliver to the Supercharger stall?

 

[smartypnz]

Damn!! They would have to have that Target sign within view of the SC. Who says Supercharging is free? Fast food, Outlet malls, Starbucks..... Elon - what are you doing to us???