Supercharger - North Bend, WA

[ValleyGeek]

I arrived in North Bend this past Thursday with a SOC around 9% (even though TeslaFi reports 11%) after just over 100 miles of continuous driving and thought I'd give it a shot in my Raven Model S to see what we could pull here. It took about 9 minutes for it to ramp up but it peaked at 159 kW, which is slightly higher than I thought I could charge at. Ambient temperature outside was 50 degrees.

I didn't stick around to see how quickly it would taper but once it hit about 30% the speed began dropping again so it didn't stay at this level more than a couple minutes. I was mostly curious to see what max speed this charger and my car would hit at a V3 stall.

 

[goneskiian]

Still seems a bit low. I hit 164kW at the V3 in Red Bluff down in Cali a few weeks ago. In my 90D. I would expect a much newer raven model to be able to top that. Even in 10-15* cooler weather. Maybe my expectations are off though.

 

[NetBrowned]

Did you set the charger as the destination to allow the car to precondition the pack to about 85F? Heading to this charger, I got the on screen "preconditioning battery for Supercharging" message about 10 minutes out - this helps with higher charging speeds at low states of charge.

 

[smartypnz]

Did you set the charger as the destination to allow the car to precondition the pack to about 85F? Heading to this charger, I got the on screen "preconditioning battery for Supercharging" message about 10 minutes out - this helps with higher charging speeds at low states of charge.

YES !!!! Definitely do this when a little over 10 miles out (or more). Make the Supercharger your destination in the NAV and it will pre-condition the battery as you get close - enabling max charge rate. Of course other factors also apply.

 

[ZolaTFL]

FYI, the lane strippings are a little off. Center your car on stall bumper in the pavement and not the painted stall marking. Otherwise you'll be stretching the charging cable to reach your car. It's about a foot off but close enough that I think they didn't bother to re-stripe the lot.

 

[RobertSeattle]

Stopped by the North Bend charger this afternoon. It appears that only 4 of the chargers were working (App implies 2 are down, not 4). Am I missing something or are none of the chargers marked with numbers/letters here? The 4 that work are the 4 northernmost ones.

 

[PLUS EV]

Stopped by the North Bend charger this afternoon. It appears that only 4 of the chargers were working (App implies 2 are down, not 4). Am I missing something or are none of the chargers marked with numbers/letters here? The 4 that work are the 4 northernmost ones.

I noticed the same thing a few days ago. Probably not a big deal during COVID lockdowns but they should try to get those fixed soon for sure.

 

[Big Earl]

Stopped by the North Bend charger this afternoon. It appears that only 4 of the chargers were working (App implies 2 are down, not 4). Am I missing something or are none of the chargers marked with numbers/letters here? The 4 that work are the 4 northernmost ones.

V3 units are not labeled boldly like V2 and urban units are.

 

[marksvend]

The 4 that work are the 4 northernmost ones.

I stopped by on Sunday and none of the south 4 were working, but a Model X with a trailer was charging, blocking all 4 north ones. I couldn’t tell if it was the fault of my car or the station, so this is helpful.

 

[ZolaTFL]

I stopped by on Memorial Day weekend and the 4 south charger were not working. I had to wait for a charger to open up and when it did I was charing at only 66KW. At least they resriped the lanes so it lines up with the charger.

 

[boiler81]

The south chargers have been down for weeks. Isn't maintaining Superchargers an "essential business"?

 

[ChadS]

I stopped by yesterday. My display said one unit wasn't working, and the southermost charger was damaged. But I used the 2nd-southernmost charger, and it seemed fine.

 

[PLUS EV]

This supercharger is completely down now. It's listed as "temporarily unavailable" in the Nav, but in my experience you can often still find a few stalls working at superchargers with that label. That wasn't the case here. I tried all 8 stalls just to be sure and none of them worked. If you're desperate, there are both EVGo and EA chargers at the outlet mall 2 exits down. Looks like the mall is closed, and the parking lot is blocked off, but you can drive around the barriers. Chargers appeared to be energized. L2 and Chademo.

 

[wenkan]

This supercharger is completely down now. It's listed as "temporarily unavailable" in the Nav, but in my experience you can often still find a few stalls working at superchargers with that label. That wasn't the case here. I tried all 8 stalls just to be sure and none of them worked. If you're desperate, there are both EVGo and EA chargers at the outlet mall 2 exits down. Looks like the mall is closed, and the parking lot is blocked off, but you can drive around the barriers. Chargers appeared to be energized. L2 and Chademo.

That’s weird, if this closure is caused by recent power outage then EA chargers should not work.

 

[acarney]

That’s weird, if this closure is caused by recent power outage then EA chargers should not work.

Unless the power outage "took out" something on the superchargers and not the EA ones... or maybe with a full scale outage Tesla likes to inspect equipment before it powers back up?

 

[PLUS EV]

That’s weird, if this closure is caused by recent power outage then EA chargers should not work.

The power didn't appear to be out anywhere. And I think this supercharger had been having issues for a while before the recent wind storm.

 

[PLUS EV]

This supercharger is back up and running now as indicated in the Nav. I tried one stall from each cabinet and they both work as expected.