Supercharger - Los Angeles CA - Francisco Street (LIVE 6 Mar 2019, Hotel Indigo, Valet Only!)

[Halcyon88]

New supercharger in Downtown LA seems to have popped up overnight? I can't find any detail on the usual sites. The icon is still gray on the map, but seems to be full information in the detail.

I might check it out after work today.

 

[spentan]

That's great. Will check it out next time I'm in DTLA.

 

[DoctorVenkman]

Right off the freeway - very convenient! Does anyone have any idea what the parking prices are? That part of DTLA is notorious for having expensive parking.

 

[ecarfan]

Thanks for your report and for starting this thread. It is odd that the icon is grey, because with all that information it should be live.

New supercharger in Downtown LA seems to have popped up overnight? I can't find any detail on the usual sites. The icon is still gray on the map, but seems to be full information in the detail.

I might check it out after work today.

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[Limited]

Doesnt appear to be active on the in car map yet. Good find!

 

[Limited]

Just spoke to the parking attendant who confirmed the chargers are brand new and located in the underground valet parking area. Only way to get a charge is to valet your car and they plug you in. For someone like me not staying at the hotel, the valet cost is $11/hour without validation or $11 for 3 hours with validation (i.e. if getting food/drink from the bar etc.) This is disappointing.

In car nav now displays 10 open chargers, 72kw max.

 

[Tam]

...valet...

I hate giving up my car to a valet.

 

[lx.josh]

This SC is as good as nothing. What is the valet gonna drive it park it. Plug in. And then unplug it after a couple minutes? Who’s going to pay the idle fees?

 

[Tam]

...Who’s going to pay the idle fees?

Exactly! That's another concern with valet that I didn't think about!

 

[Halcyon88]

Thanks @Limited for the info.

That’s really disappointing that you need to valet. Weird strategic move to limit Superchargers, something that Tesla wants to make publicly accessible, to this type of setup. If you spend the money on the buildout, odds are you’d want the site to be used more often, since it’s already a sunk cost. Maybe the hotel paid a lot of money for this.

Either way, I’m hoping this arrangement will change sometime down the line.

 

[olibear]

yep...I was really excited about this spot, but when I found out about the valet.....forget about it.

 

[TaoJones]

As far as I’m concerned, this SC does not exist. In other words, it is dead to me from day 1. $11 for validated, mandatory valeted parking/charging? What a (bad) joke.

Good point about the idle fees.

There are dozens (and dozens) of alternate locations within a 5-mile radius, and *this* is where they put a DTLA SC? Elon should be embarrassed.

 

[jonathanslam]

The idea of a Supercharger is to be in and out quickly. Especially for Urban Superchargers with no power sharing. So in this case, if I only need to charge 5-10 minutes, is valet going to run back and forth for each Tesla that wants to come and charge, then get their car?

I’ve seen the lines for Tesla charging. It’s crazy at Culver City, Santa Ana, San Bernardino, etc. Are Tesla drivers just going to wait at the hotel valet? If the line is crazy long for Tesla owners to want to charge, who is going to valet for the hotel guests?

 

[Limited]

The valet supervisor even made it a point to tell me that this was the only supercharger in southern california that was valet only, and is for that reason unlike my other supercharging experiences. I was trying to explain how most people just want to charge for 30 min and then leave but he wasn't having it.

 

[Limited]

I think it's possible there are no idle fees at this location. See attachment.

 

[ezava85]

i went there and they were like you need to stay here and valet im like huh? ok and left no one is going to valet my car for like 15 min of charging.

 

[EfficientWatts]

I think Tesla could improve the UI a little bit to indicate that the chargers are restricted in some way (like valet parking, paid parking etc.). Otherwise you're going to have a steady stream of people trying to go to the charger only to run into this. Though given the one in San Diego is also paid parking, maybe it's not that big of a deal? Still would be good to add.

 

[Ethos]

Yeah they could improve the UI by changing this to say "10 of 10 stalls available always". No one is going to use this, it's worthless.

 

[MarcoRP]

This SC is as good as nothing. What is the valet gonna drive it park it. Plug in. And then unplug it after a couple minutes? Who’s going to pay the idle fees?

Valet Supercharging actually doesn’t concern idle fees. For example, like the photo posted by @Limited, you will see the same thing on some downtown New York Superchargers.

But I’m wondering, is 11$/hour expensive for LA parking?

 

[SilverSp33d3r]

Valet Supercharging actually doesn’t concern idle fees. For example, like the photo posted by @Limited, you will see the same thing on some downtown New York Superchargers.

But I’m wondering, is 11$/hour expensive for LA parking?

$11 an hour is not unheard of, $11 for 3 hours is a bargain.