Supercharger - Richmond - Meeker Avenue (LIVE 16 Sep 2019, 12 stalls)

[Speight]

For people with bike racks or trailers. Or for people who want to be lazy and use the pull-in stalls for no reason (this is usually who I see using these stalls lol).

Except in this case, the stalls are still back in. They are the ADA van accessible spaces though, so I wonder if the "normal" placement is too close to the space somehow for it to meet the minimum size requirements for a van space.

 

[ecarfan]

Nice! Actually, those two other chargers,which look like HPWCs, are actually J1772 ports. Will update Supercharge Info.

I have never seen a Tesla Wall Charger with a J1772 cable. Interesting.

 

[ecarfan]

I'm curious. Most of the pedestals are parallel to the curb and nearby road. But two are perpendicular. Why the variation?

For people with bike racks or trailers.

Those two stalls would not be useful for anyone towing who did not want to unhitch.

Except in this case, the stalls are still back in. They are the ADA van accessible spaces though, so I wonder if the "normal" placement is too close to the space somehow for it to meet the minimum size requirements for a van space.

The stall on the left is marked as ADA, but not the stall on the right. Both are marked “EV Charging Only”, but none of the other stalls appear to be marked that way. Curious.

 

[Oppajer]

Woohoo just stopped by and used the charger for the first time.

 

[Brodel3]

Woohoo just stopped by and used the charger for the first time.

Curious, what charge rate did you get? mi/hr?

 

[esopher]

Curious, what charge rate did you get? mi/hr?

I’m getting 98-100 mi/hr. Very disappointing. There are four of us plugged in.

 

[esopher]

I’m getting 98-100 mi/hr. Very disappointing. There are four of us plugged in.

Ha! The street light just turned on, and our rate dropped to 90m/h. I know it’s just a coincidence, but damn. 90 is pathetic.

 

[esopher]

For those wondering about the orientation of the two stations near the end, there is a sidewalk access path between them from the one ADA space. I assume they are rotated 90 to allow more room between them. Also there’s a street light (that keep turning on and off) next to one, and I don’t think the station would have fit without moving the light if wasn’t rotated.

 

[Oppajer]

I started with 60% and cold battery so was only pulling around 45kw/h. I was the only car there at the time. Maybe these stations need to be broken in.

 

[Blu Zap]

Woo Hoo! Great news!

 

[israndy]

I was GOING to go last night to check it out, but with all this talk of slow charging I thought maybe it wasn't really open yet, which was confirmed when I tried "Navigate to Richmond Supercharger" and it wanted me to drive to Virginia or Europe somewhere. There was no Richmond California Supercharger on Teslas maps. If anyone sees it show up, please post.

 

[mpmeyer]

Shows up on Tesla app

 

[staran]

Yes, saw that also this morning... Will try to check it out this week...

 

[israndy]

Wow! I checked at like 9:30 at it was still not there. Thanks!

 

[DocJR]

Wow! I checked at like 9:30 at it was still not there. Thanks!

Randy, I just saw you there. I like your paint mod. I navigated there from Sacramento, so it showed up.

 

[PLUS EV]

I started with 60% and cold battery so was only pulling around 45kw/h. I was the only car there at the time. Maybe these stations need to be broken in.

This charge rate sounds normal.

 

[PLUS EV]

I was GOING to go last night to check it out, but with all this talk of slow charging I thought maybe it wasn't really open yet, which was confirmed when I tried "Navigate to Richmond Supercharger" and it wanted me to drive to Virginia or Europe somewhere. There was no Richmond California Supercharger on Teslas maps. If anyone sees it show up, please post.

This is normal for a new supercharger. Stay calm.

 

[Watts_Up]

Richmond, CA Supercharger is up and operational. 12 charging stations plus 2 Destination Chargers.

I wonder if the Destination Chargers are free to anyone?
This is a nice thought for any other EV owner running out of juice, and a good "PR" kind of good samaritan attitude.

 

[israndy]

This is like a block from the Ford Assembly Plant and they have TONS of free charging including a Level 3 charger, if you need free you are in the right neighborhood. I belive I mentioned this at the beginning of this thread.

 

[MichaelMedford]

This is like a block from the Ford Assembly Plant and they have TONS of free charging including a Level 3 charger, if you need free you are in the right neighborhood. I belive I mentioned this at the beginning of this thread.

Just checked out these chargers and while there are many of them, they are no longer free. The level two Chargepoint chargers charge $0.50 per kWh! I was also told by the Chargepoint representative that even with a chademo adapter to use the DC Fast charger, my model 3 would only pull 50 amps. At 440V, that's only 22kW.

It looks like the Richmond superchargers are more power for less money! What a deal