I called iPark Corporate office and my results were similarly discouraging..
at 1st I was told there was no "charger" at the Mott Street location but there was one at their Elizabeth Street location a block away. I explained to the guy at corporate that I have used the "charger" on Elizabeth Street many times, and the "charger" at Mott Street something different. after a bit of explanation on my part he puts me on hold and when he returns he explains that yes... there is a SuperCharger there but it is not yet operational.
I explain that it showed up on Tesla's map and they only do this if the location is "up and running" but I would take his world for it.
I then pressed him for pricing details. And he gave me the following info, which sadly does not contradict what
@JSergeant mentions above:
I was told that daily parkers would be allowed to use the chargers but they would have to pay "the posted parking rates + $3/hr"
I am frankly not surprised b/c I have been dealing with these garages since I 1st got a chevy Volt in the summer of 2012 and then with the Tesla Destination Chargers with my Model S.
I have heard things like:
-- You can only use the chargers if you are a monthly customer.
-- You can only use the chargers when the Manager is around (and, you guessed it, he is usually never around -- or certainly not around during off-peak times when parking rates are cheaper.)
-- The charger(s) are in a spot where a [monthly customer] with his/her big bad (ICE) SUV pays extra to park so if that ICE vehicle is around, you cannot plug in. even if said vehicle is not around, should said vehicle show up the owner gets pissed to see another car parked in this spot, and the garage wants to avoid drama. (usually explaining that Tesla provided these chargers for free goes a long way in neutralizing this argument -- but not always)
The thing is even with a Destination Charger, you need a good 10-12 hours to really fill up a depleted battery, particularly from the 208 V lines that these garages have. So early bird or special pricing that gets you 10-12 hours or parking for $20-$25 is not such a bad deal...
but again, $27 for an hour of parking is insane.
..but I did manage to add 4200 steps toward my daily average, 1.4 miles..
This is one of the things that irks me most about these garages:
They all post 30 minute rates that at least in theory would allow you to pop in and out of the garage to do a quick errand in the neighborhood. but these garages are often so deep in the belly of these buildings that the 30 minute rate is a joke as it takes 15-20 min just to exit them and often much longer than that to retrieve the vehicle. (the valets often ask for 30 minute lead time to retrieve your car)
in terms of supercharging, sure, in theory you could get 80-100 miles of range in 30 minutes. and these valets will sometimes issue a ticket *after* someone has picked up your car to park it. so time does not always start when you drive in. but, by the time you plug in, the charging ramps up.. its already time to get going.. and you have already crossed into full hr pricing. the 30 min pricing is a joke.
anyway.. not really a helpful addition to the supercharger map. But I am hopeful that Tesla will work something out with them.
