MichaelP90DL
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The SC stations that aren't busy now, will be eventually, if Tesla sales continue to soar. Musk & Co. are still preparing for the future.
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Supercharger - Napa, CA - Factory Stores Drive (LIVE 16 Nov 2019, 20 V2 stalls)
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goldengate
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Depends where you are.... they are crazy between Santa Barbara and Salinas with frequent lines at SLO and Atascadero. Fortunately they are expanding SLO now so hoping that helps. No fun to wait in a 30 minute line when you are on a long drive.
Atascadero always makes me nervous. As does Corning.
goldengate
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I am going through Atascadero / SLO next week and am compulsively checking how busy both are... and hoping the new chargers for SLO come online. I drive by this Napa Supercharger frequently in case there's a need for additional photos etc on this thread.
You are absolutely right. Tested it out today (they have started charging) and only got urban charger rate of about 75kW max. Same as what I was getting at Walnut Creek last night at the rooftop of the parking garage with the AAA offices. Rather disappointing. Looks like the Devlin Road one is still better than this. But these ones are very convenient for me. Now that I think back, I remember the Fremont ones were much thinner and longer cables.
shrspeedblade
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I charged today around 2pm, got about 110kw IIRC on the post to the far right. 
I probably still continue to use the Devlin road location more, as I like the worlds' greatest mini mart and it's slightly cheaper- sure love having the additional option closer to downtown though!
I probably still continue to use the Devlin road location more, as I like the worlds' greatest mini mart
and it's slightly cheaper- sure love having the additional option closer to downtown though!
EVie'sDad
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Well positioned so as to reduce icing, although i still wouldn't want to be near here on Black Friday. About half full arround 3pm, then we went off to find some food and circled back here after 4:30pm, when there were only 3 other cars charging. Lots of interesting shoppers driving past admiring the new chargers.
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So far this has been a great addition to the Superchargers in the North Bay. Not ICE’d (even over Christmas shopping), fast charging speeds, and not super busy (weekdays and weekends). Very handy place to stop on the way in/out of Napa, despite the construction on First.
One weird thing - as a v2 Supercharger the stalls should be paired, but they aren’t labeled in the same way as other v2 Superchargers (the base of each pedestal doesn’t feature A1/A2, B1/B2 etc). Does anyone know how these stalls have been paired? I’m assuming linearly but Petaluma and Rocklin are good examples of ones which are not. The pedestals are also missing the support phone number stickers, so maybe they just didn’t finish them off properly?
One weird thing - as a v2 Supercharger the stalls should be paired, but they aren’t labeled in the same way as other v2 Superchargers (the base of each pedestal doesn’t feature A1/A2, B1/B2 etc). Does anyone know how these stalls have been paired? I’m assuming linearly but Petaluma and Rocklin are good examples of ones which are not. The pedestals are also missing the support phone number stickers, so maybe they just didn’t finish them off properly?
Mrbrock
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So, found this listing for the same address on the Napa permit site:
eTRAKiT
Permit #E2003-0003
Type: ELECTRICAL
Subtype:
Short Description: (4) ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING STATIONS
Status: ISSUED
Applied Date: 3/3/2020
Approved Date: 6/9/2020
Issued Date: 7/22/2020
Finaled Date:
Expiration Date: 1/18/2021
There is an EVGO spot next to the current superchargers but that is 1 each J1772, CHAdeMO, CCS (3 stations) and those have been there for a while.
There is new fencing at the stoplight around the grass behind the Sketchers store and in front of the sketchers store there are about 8-10 parking spaces fenced in with backhoe parked inside.
Any speculation? 4 stations, maybe 1 V3 cabinet? Or do you think it’s maybe a Volta or Chargepoint or something else?
eTRAKiT
Permit #E2003-0003
Type: ELECTRICAL
Subtype:
Short Description: (4) ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING STATIONS
Status: ISSUED
Applied Date: 3/3/2020
Approved Date: 6/9/2020
Issued Date: 7/22/2020
Finaled Date:
Expiration Date: 1/18/2021
There is an EVGO spot next to the current superchargers but that is 1 each J1772, CHAdeMO, CCS (3 stations) and those have been there for a while.
There is new fencing at the stoplight around the grass behind the Sketchers store and in front of the sketchers store there are about 8-10 parking spaces fenced in with backhoe parked inside.
Any speculation? 4 stations, maybe 1 V3 cabinet? Or do you think it’s maybe a Volta or Chargepoint or something else?
Mrbrock
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There is also this companion permit (I think) issued a week after the electrical permit:
Permit #EP2007-0031
Type: ENCROACHMENT
Subtype: PW
Short Description: Complete Underground Electrical Service Upgrade.
Status: ISSUED W/COND
Applied Date: 7/30/2020
Approved Date: 7/30/2020
Issued Date: 7/30/2020
Finaled Date:
Expiration Date: 11/30/2020
Permit #EP2007-0031
Type: ENCROACHMENT
Subtype: PW
Short Description: Complete Underground Electrical Service Upgrade.
Status: ISSUED W/COND
Applied Date: 7/30/2020
Approved Date: 7/30/2020
Issued Date: 7/30/2020
Finaled Date:
Expiration Date: 11/30/2020
Mrbrock
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Right on the money. Checked it out today and there are cabinets for electrical and charging units onsite and are marked Electrify America. This outlet center has pretty much everything now, Tesla, EvGo, ChargePoint and now Electrify America.
ChrisJ
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There's a coffee shop at the mall but I'm not sure if it's open during covid. In the past, I've been there super early in the morning and they've been open. It's almost directly opposite the Tesla chargers.
There is a coffee shop and it is open for takeout at the moment. brewed. Coffee, Cookies, and Dough | Napa Valley Cookie Dough & Coffee
Mrbrock
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Yep, love the lattes at Brewed and if you really want to splurge you can get a cup of cookie dough to go with it. Yum.
Mrbrock
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Just saw the article linked below so maybe I’ll have to swing back by and see if they are installing a Powerpack along with the Electrify America chargers. Would be interesting to have a Powerpack at a supercharger site but connected to another charging system.
Tesla Powerpacks batteries deployed at ~60 Electrify America charging stations, more are coming - Electrek
Tesla Powerpacks batteries deployed at ~60 Electrify America charging stations, more are coming - Electrek
Mrbrock
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So far just looks like 4 charging stations with two cables each for 8 total stalls. And ABB fast charger cabinets. 6AGC073750(or 8) is the Product ID but I can’t find any reference to that on the ABB website. Similar IDs belong to Terra HP cabinets so looks like standard Electrify America equipment with no battery backup.
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