Supercharger - Lone Pine, CA (LIVE 28 Jan 2015, multiple expansions, 16 V3 stalls)

[BobN]

Yah, good point. A pearl on the string up the 395.

 

[Nicoletta]

Yah, good point. A pearl on the string up the 395.

How can we be certain it's live? It's not on the Tesla Find Us page.

 

[emupilot]

I'm going with Lee Vining. It helps to enable Yosemite routes. Mammoth makes little sense to me -- it's more a place for destination chargers.

If you squint, the latitude of that teardrop appears to be a little more northerly than Manteca, so it would have to be Lee Vining.

 

[C10cruiser]

It's Alive.
started charging at 11:50 am.
1st I think.
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[rrosenbl]

It's Alive.
started charging at 11:50 am.
1st I think.
IMG_0857.jpeg

Great news!
Are you heading to Mammoth? I'm curious how far you're going on a supercharge?
What is the rate of charge you're receiving? (A, V, mi/h)
Please repost your photo, it did not load.

 

[C10cruiser]

Museum manager and a couple of staffers greeted me as soon as I plugged in, so did not record peak charge level.
I glanced in and it was 330 ~ miles of rated charge per hour, so it's full strength.
started with almost full charge (85kwh) in OC this morning, topped off at Barstow, cruised up here (55-65 mph) arrived at lone Pine SC with about 75 rated miles to spare.
Going to check out museum, get lunch and head back.
I was as lucky to be able to take day off to sneak up here and try it out for fun.
I'll try pic again.

 

[4SUPER9]

I was as lucky to be able to take day off to sneak up here and try it out for fun.

I'm actually jealous that you did this. So many of us here are simply Tesla fanatics. Guilty as charged!

 

[Lone Pine Museum]

WELCOME TESLA Owners

Our first owner checked in this morning from Laguna, CA. We look forward to your visit with us at the Museum and in our community. The Museum is open 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM seven days a week. (4:00 PM on Sunday) Clean Restrooms are easy and free to access in our in our lobby - Admission to the Museum is $5.00 per person. Please see http://www.lonepinefilmhistorymuseum.org/Tesla for more information and links to info on Lone Pine, Highway 395, and the "stunning" Eastern Sierra in Inyp County. If any questions, do not hesitate to call the Museum - 760-876-9909

RWS

 

[GRA]

If you squint, the latitude of that teardrop appears to be a little more northerly than Manteca, so it would have to be Lee Vining.

And I believe I can see it west of the blue that has to be Mono Lake - it would appear more to the south of that if it was Mammoth. Of course, we've all learned by now that future SC positions are nominal rather than definite, so until someone finds a permit or someone at Tesla says so, I wouldn't call it conclusive.

 

[fstech]

A friend of mine was in Lone Pine today and sent me this picture. A picture with a Model S charging would be so much better. :smile:

 

[rrosenbl]

Museum manager and a couple of staffers greeted me as soon as I plugged in, so did not record peak charge level.
I glanced in and it was 330 ~ miles of rated charge per hour, so it's full strength.
started with almost full charge (85kwh) in OC this morning, topped off at Barstow, cruised up here (55-65 mph) arrived at lone Pine SC with about 75 rated miles to spare.
Going to check out museum, get lunch and head back.
I was as lucky to be able to take day off to sneak up here and try it out for fun.
I'll try pic again.

What a great way to spend a day off! The air there must be clean and crisp! Thanks for the update.

 

[C10cruiser]

There we go. About noon today.
Had a hard time uploading via phone. Not sure why double image ?

 

[SW2Fiddler]

There we go. About noon today.

Thanks for the picture from that spot. From the other side, the Yellow Bollards look wicked close to the driver's door! Glad to see the placement is reasonable.

 

[Waverider]

Why are there Left and right charge stations in each space? Is that for future dual charge ports or reversing into the space??

 

[SW2Fiddler]

Why are there Left and right charge stations in each space? Is that for future dual charge ports or reversing into the space??

They are all left, all pull-in spots.

 

[Waverider]

They are all left, all pull-in spots.

Oh yeah, the 1A spot didn't register in my head when I first looked at the pictures. Oops

 

[treldib]

Car says "Reduced Service" at Lone Pine, anyone have any insight into this?

 

[Bobrrr]

@treldib

I just charged there today about 4:00pm on my way to Mammoth. Charging was quick from 40 miles at about 6 miles per minute.

Much better than Inyokern where charging was half the normal rate. Called Tesla and they said it was a problem with my battery being hot. Both stations were about 110 degrees today, so I don't think that was the problem. Tesla warned me I might need 2 hours to charge at Lone Pine, but I got up to 200 mile range in about 30 minutes, starting at 40 miles.

By the way, Inyokern is a hellhole!

 

[brucet999]

Car says "Reduced Service" at Lone Pine, anyone have any insight into this?

I got the "Reduced service" message regarding Ft Tejon SC yesterday. Called Tesla Customer Service and was told that 4 of the 6 stations were taken out of service for maintenance. The other two scheduled for today.

 

[brucet999]

@treldib

I just charged there today about 4:00pm on my way to Mammoth. Charging was quick from 40 miles at about 6 miles per minute.

Much better than Inyokern where charging was half the normal rate. Called Tesla and they said it was a problem with my battery being hot. Both stations were about 110 degrees today, so I don't think that was the problem. Tesla warned me I might need 2 hours to charge at Lone Pine, but I got up to 200 mile range in about 30 minutes, starting at 40 miles.

By the way, Inyokern is a hellhole!

In the future, watch the amperage rate whenever you hook up. If it doesn't go up to at least 200A, move to another station. I have experienced three instances of a station delivering 70A or less, one at Harris Ranch, one at Fountain Valley, one at Buttonwillow. In all cases, moving to another station has solved the problem. Be sure to call customer service and report the faulty station. They don't have automatic monitoring to detect such faults.

I charged at Inyokern and Lone Pine last Saturday with no problem in 105ºF heat - and while running climate control in the car.