Supercharger - Quartzsite, AZ

[smartypnz]

Is it just me or are some of these chargers angled really weirdly? Like they should've been placed a different way? Seems really tight when plugging in the car.

Methinks you may have used the charger on the wrong side. These are situated so that on one side of the row - you use every other one (closest to your charge port). On the other side, you would use the one next to it.

Yes, the cable may reach a car on either side, but only by stretching or parking slightly off the lane.

Another indication that it is your charger - the "T" in Tesla at the top of the cabinet is the side where you pull the connector to plug into your car.

 

[tynamic]

Methinks you may have used the charger on the wrong side. These are situated so that on one side of the row - you use every other one (closest to your charge port). On the other side, you would use the one next to it.

Yes, the cable may reach a car on either side, but only by stretching or parking slightly off the lane.

Another indication that it is your charger - the "T" in Tesla at the top of the cabinet is the side where you pull the connector to plug into your car.

It's very possible, I noticed it on the row of chargers closest to where the actual charging equipment is. On the other rows they seemed totally fine. I saw some other cars which also had the cables almost stretched in order to get plugged in as well

 

[Sasquatch]

Quartzsite is showing closed (at the end of xmas weekend)??

 

[DeepBlueMN]

Quartzsite is showing closed (at the end of xmas weekend)??

“Closed” or just ”Offline”? As I found out a few weeks ago in Montrose CO, Offline can simply mean that the Internet access at the charger site is not working so Tesla servers cannot communicate with them (but the chargers may actually be just fine).

 

[Sasquatch]

“Closed” or just ”Offline”? As I found out a few weeks ago in Montrose CO, Offline can simply mean that the Internet access at the charger site is not working so Tesla servers cannot communicate with them (but the chargers may actually be just fine).

"Temporary Closure" for about an hour. luckily it opened up right as i waited in line at Buckeye with 70% charge and Ehrenburg showing LONG WAIT the prior hour.

 

[newjacka]

"Temporary Closure" for about an hour. luckily it opened up right as i waited in line at Buckeye with 70% charge and Ehrenburg showing LONG WAIT the prior hour.

how busy is quartzsite during the holidays?

 

[tynamic]

how busy is quartzsite during the holidays?

Since the upgrade it's been much better.

 

[newjacka]

Since the upgrade it's been much better.

But do you think they should add more or is it enough to handle the holiday traffic this year

 

[jgleigh]

The old setup was 8 @ 150kW and sometimes another 4-6 @ 72kW. Now there's 28 @ 250kW and the original 8 @ 150kW. And there's additional 8 @ 250kW stations at Ehrenberg so some people can skip Quartzsite.

 

[Big Ike]

how busy is quartzsite during the holidays?

I was through twice between Christmas and on New Year's eve and it was not busy at all. Plenty of capacity.

 

[tynamic]

But do you think they should add more or is it enough to handle the holiday traffic this year

I don't have any stats to back me up, but I think it probably would be able to handle it. There's a lot of capacity, plus you've got Ehrenberg right up the road.

 

[newjacka]

I was through twice between Christmas and on New Year's eve and it was not busy at all. Plenty of capacity.

yeah but thanksgiving is a whole different ball game tho

 

[newjacka]

I don't have any stats to back me up, but I think it probably would be able to handle it. There's a lot of capacity, plus you've got Ehrenberg right up the road.

I guess we will see

 

[Ed Trotter]

Was through there yesterday (Thanksgiving Saturday) and it was humming. Had about a five-minute wait and charged to 90 percent to make sure I made it to Indio. The line got up to six or seven but I suspect the longest wait was ten minutes. The wait at Carl’s Junior was about a half hour! All in all, a good stop for a holiday weekend. Oh, I was in the newer of the two charger sections.

 

[juliusa]

The wait at Carl’s Junior was about a half hour!

Seems some eatery expansion is needed.

 

[Tyl]

……. adding 88 more down the street! Great!!….. that will give the Quartzsite area 124

 

[SSonnentag]

……. adding 88 more down the street! Great!!….. that will give the Quartzsite area 124

Wow! Any idea if they will be at the same exit or at the next exit a couple of miles East?

 

[SSonnentag]

Was through there yesterday (Thanksgiving Saturday) and it was humming. Had about a five-minute wait and charged to 90 percent to make sure I made it to Indio. The line got up to six or seven but I suspect the longest wait was ten minutes. The wait at Carl’s Junior was about a half hour! All in all, a good stop for a holiday weekend. Oh, I was in the newer of the two charger sections.

Interesting, I’ve never seen that site full, but don’t generally travel on Thanksgiving weekend. Good info.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

……. adding 88 more down the street! Great!!….. that will give the Quartzsite area 124

It should help resolve this. Quartzsite, AZ will load up at busy times due to the larger gaps nearby.

Indio, CA (V2) -> Ehrenberg, AZ 101.4 miles
Ehrenberg, AZ -> Quartzsite, AZ 17.4 miles
Quartzsite, AZ -> Buckeye, AZ 99.9 miles
Quartzsite, AZ -> Wickenburg, AZ (V2) 93.2 miles

Really, they could do with splitting those gaps, but it's hard to add a Supercharger when there's nowhere to put it.

 

[newjacka]

Was through there yesterday (Thanksgiving Saturday) and it was humming. Had about a five-minute wait and charged to 90 percent to make sure I made it to Indio. The line got up to six or seven but I suspect the longest wait was ten minutes. The wait at Carl’s Junior was about a half hour! All in all, a good stop for a holiday weekend. Oh, I was in the newer of the two charger sections.

how were you able to charge to 90% if it was full?