I-B will obviously be an over the air charger for those brave enough to use it - Bahahahah - I'm just glad it is close - I come from the Inland Empire and always have to spend an hour or two at the SD Service Center or drive an hour out of my way to use the SJC-SC - I truly appreciate what Tesla is doing for all of us, everywhere! - Having been a General Contractor, I can understand what the hold-ups might be and they probably fall squarely on no ones shoulders, but rather the blame can be spread around - for example, looking at the site, it looks as if Tesla is ready, but perhaps Qualcom is not, maybe as simple as an insurance liability issue, or the city won't give permission (not likely since power is turned on, usually only possible with a final) - I doubt Tesla would hold up opening due to a missing cord - and if it was just Tesla's problem, they would temporary fence off just the SC's and open the rest of the lot - And may I suggest for those coming my direction, stop at the Stone Brewing Company in Escondido, great food, GREAT ambiance (cool architectual and landscaping elements), beer and wine selections AND two J-1772 free chargers (17mp/h) - enjoy the atmosphere or just relax in the car - while not fast, it is better than nothing to get the extra 7-8% (BTW, 1% of charge is about 2 1/2 miles) - I'm going to expound a bit - When I had my car in for service (windshield rock) the service writer told me I was one of only a few who watched my miles in %'s - Here is what I find - I watch % and then add the energy use graph if I want a read on miles, because the % is pretty dead on - put into NAV where you want to end up and the car will tell you in % what you will have when you arrive - I have checked it over and over and it is very accurate usually with 1 or 2 percent (2-5 miles, remember 2 1/2 miles per 1%) - it is much easier than EV trip planner - I believe it takes into account elevation change, road conditions and is based on the SPEED limit (or could be prior 30 minutes too) for its calculations - driving faster uses more energy - Along with that, I found a new app - POWER TOOLS - cost like $6 - ever wonder how fast your car really is 0-60 - this app will tell you automatically (run on 0-60timer), and of more importance, if you run it on vehicle tracker setting you can literally watch your energy use and you can tell if you are on a climbing or descending grade - really cool, tied directly into what Tesla sees reported from your car (does make me wonder about hacking though) - anyway, for what it is worth, those are my thoughts -
