Supercharger - Portland, OR - SW. Broadway (LIVE Feb 2023, 4 V3 stalls)

[Ml007]

Wow! Out of NOWHERE, the Fox Tower location that was long rumored and permitted forever ago is live in the app and on the Find Us website! 4 stalls, 250 kW.

This one wasn't even in the permit status on Supercharger.info @Chuq @Big Earl

 

[1965Falcon]

I wonder if you still pay the 6$/hr for parking there? I'm guessing yes.

 

[Big Earl]

Surprise!

 

[CanadaGoose]

Parking Rates​

DAILY RATE​

Hourly
$6.00 per hour
Daily
$20.00 daily max
$14.00 early bird (in by 10:30am)
Evening / Weekend
$6.00 Sunday-Thursday
$7.00 Friday & Saturday
$8.50 all day, max/4 hours

Clearance 7ft 4 inches.

 

[Moorebid]

Does anybody in the vicinity validate? Especially restaurants? I'd be down for a meal.

 

[Mrbrock]

Level P4 per the original plans?

No permit finaled in the last 8 months relating to this. This is an odd one. Done on the DL?

 

[pdx_m3s]

I used to work in this tower. But that was pre-covid. It used to be a great area with lots of food/drink options.

 

[JSergeant]

Parking Rates​

DAILY RATE​

Hourly
$6.00 per hour
Daily
$20.00 daily max
$14.00 early bird (in by 10:30am)
Evening / Weekend
$6.00 Sunday-Thursday
$7.00 Friday & Saturday
$8.50 all day, max/4 hours

Clearance 7ft 4 inches.

Anyone know if there's a grace period?

 

[Big Earl]

Anyone know if there's a grace period?

If there is, it likely won’t last for long.

 

[israndy]

Can’t find it. The gates are down on SW Broadway entrance

 

[Araman0]

The parking entrance is on Taylor st. Also once indide there doesn’t appear to be any signage (other than one sign in P2 that seems to actually point the wrong way). The chargers are down on P4.

Once there take the elevator up to L2 and walk a block to “Case Study Coffee Rosters”, which was open early Saturday morning for us. The L1 doors face Pioneer Courthouse Square, which also had food trucks. On level L1 there is a security guard who helpfully unlocked a bathroom for us too.

 

[pdx_m3s]

The parking entrance is on Taylor st. Also once indide there doesn’t appear to be any signage (other than one sign in P2 that seems to actually point the wrong way). The chargers are down on P4.

Once there take the elevator up to L2 and walk a block to “Case Study Coffee Rosters”, which was open early Saturday morning for us. The L1 doors face Pioneer Courthouse Square, which also had food trucks. On level L1 there is a security guard who helpfully unlocked a bathroom for us too.

Case Study is one of my fav coffee places. This station may be a high idle fee generator.

 

[JSergeant]

It looks like the garage closes at these times:

Garage closes at:
10:30 pm Sun-Wed
11:00 pm Thursday
12:00 am Fri & Sat

 

[Mrbrock]

Guess Tesla needs to update the 24/7 listing on their site.

Portland OR - Southwest Broadway | Tesla

Schedule a Tesla test drive at a time and date that is convenient for you.

www.tesla.com

Per parkignnw.com the hours are:
Hours of Operation

• Monday: 5:00AM - 12:00AM
• Tuesday: 5:00AM - 12:00AM
• Wednesday: 5:00AM - 12:00AM
• Thursday: 5:00AM - 12:00AM
• Friday: 5:00AM - 12:00AM
• Saturday: 7:30AM - 2:00AM
• Sunday: 7:30AM - 2:00AM

Also, it is interesting that Tesla has used the address of the building and not the address of the actual parking garage.

Fox Tower - L211

Need parking for Fox Tower? Visit today to browse current rates and information. Reserve your monthly parking spot at the garage here.

parkingnw.com

 

[israndy]

Thx all. Good info. Too bad the hours are not on the outside of the building. Even the padlock was hard to see

 

[sjh7707]

I wonder if you still pay the 6$/hr for parking there? I'm guessing yes.

I was in this garage just this last weekend (March 26th 2023) at 7pm on a Sunday. The charging area was full of tesla's with some even waiting in other parking spots. The charging seemed very slow (not 250 as advertised), as I remember it was registering well under 100 during the charge (batteries pre conditioned and at only 10% when I started charging). The supercharger is in the basement, 4 floors down and very hard to find as the signage is small and scarce. There is absolutely no cell or wifi reception that deep underground so nothing to watch or surf. BTW, it cost another $8 to exit the garage, what a scam. The app should state that there is this extra parking lot fee to use these chargers. If there were no other tesla drivers down there, it would be a very scary place to sit alone in your car.

 

[MP3Mike]

The charging seemed very slow (not 250 as advertised), as I remember it was registering well under 100 during the charge (batteries pre conditioned and at only 10% when I started charging).

The 250kW advertisement, is a "up to" 250kW.

With only 4 stalls, there is probably only one cabinet; meaning that there is only ~360kW available to share across all 4 stalls. The minimum you would get is ~90kW, anything above that is what the other three stalls aren't currently using of their ~90kW allotment.

 

[Mrbrock]

I was in this garage just this last weekend (March 26th 2023) at 7pm on a Sunday. The charging area was full of tesla's with some even waiting in other parking spots. The charging seemed very slow (not 250 as advertised), as I remember it was registering well under 100 during the charge (batteries pre conditioned and at only 10% when I started charging). The supercharger is in the basement, 4 floors down and very hard to find as the signage is small and scarce. There is absolutely no cell or wifi reception that deep underground so nothing to watch or surf. BTW, it cost another $8 to exit the garage, what a scam. The app should state that there is this extra parking lot fee to use these chargers. If there were no other tesla drivers down there, it would be a very scary place to sit alone in your car.

And Im sure when you enter the lot there are signs advertising parking rates and you take a ticket to enter. If you assume you get free parking because you are charging, that’s your fault. Yes it would be nice to be notified in the car but any signs upon entry should override what the car may or may not say. Beware, The HOT coffee is HOT…

 

[Portland Blue]

Does anybody in the vicinity validate? Especially restaurants? I'd be down for a meal.

Does anybody in the vicinity validate? Especially restaurants? I'd be down for a meal.

Plenty of places to eat near the Supercharger, including the restaurants at several hotels that are close by

 

[Moorebid]

Plenty of places to eat near the Supercharger, including the restaurants at several hotels that are close by

Yes, but do they validate parking at the Fox Tower? …was the crux of the question.