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I'm cautiously excited by this location.Yes, and the world is coming to an end tomorrow. Really, I read it on the internet.
ICEing does happen, but only a tiny fraction of all Supercharger stalls are blocked by ICE vehicles at any one time.
Instead of complaining about Supercharger siting decisions, I prefer to celebrate the opening of every new Supercharger and enjoy the benefits of the largest and most useful high speed DC charging network in the world, a network that continues to grow at an amazing rate.
For disclosure, yes the parking problems here are literally the worst I've ever seen anywhere in my life. On Black Friday, the location literally causes a traffic jam all the way to the freeway, every year. Like @bmah was saying, people will park on the other side of the freeway on Croak Road and walk over there (1mi). At the Target shopping center they have "Customer Parking Only" signs for the sole reason that they don't want overflow parking (I'm sure it happens anyways). They regularly use Las Positas Community College as overflow parking on weekends and shuttle people back and forth. I've heard rumors that they were going to build a parking garage but I've seen nothing happen on that front. Instead they sectioned off multiple rows of parking and are asking people to pay $5 to self park in those areas. And of course there's additional valet parking for a higher price.
The good news is that there are additional shopping centers popping up around this outlet mall so on weekdays this location will be fantastic.