Given the huge demand for San Diego SCs and the lack of available slots, I think it would be great if the standard car park $8/hr is charged. This would allow the people who need to charge to get one, and the ones that don't really need it, won't bother.
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Supercharger - San Diego CA - A Street (LIVE 27 Jun 2018, 16 Urban type)
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Graffi
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With, or without, a parking fee charging anywhere local is too expensive for me when I can charge at home. My time is more valuable than the "FREE" electricity I get from a Supercharger.
The exception will be that as soon as it is open I will charge there, even for a few minutes, just to be able to count it on the "Superchargers Visited" thread.
The exception will be that as soon as it is open I will charge there, even for a few minutes, just to be able to count it on the "Superchargers Visited" thread.
These urban chargers are not necessarily for long distance travel ...so IMO paying some fee is ok to get in garage and charge ,. When I was there I spoke to several owners who lived downtown and could not wait for these chargers to open so they can charge ...without having some fee this place can easily turn into SJC where locals abuse it to the point of making it unusable for most folks ...although Tesla guaranteed free super charging for some owners I don’t feel this necessarily applies to fees etc if these are in structures
I agree completely! $8/hour parking fee is totally fair for a limited resource in a difficult location. If Tesla allows a parking fee, I think we need to see this differently. We need to be happy that Tesla was able to find a suitable host location. If that host didn't make a profit, this charger wouldn't exist. Seems unfair to expect Tesla to front the cost of all this equipment and then expect them to also cover the parking fees too.
I hope that even Model 3's that are paying for power see this point of view. If you use this 5 times a year, that's $40 to "park" here. Is that really unreasonable when many other chargers are charging far more than the "cost of energy" alone. I suspect that the only people upset with the parking fee would be locals planning to abuse the resource. Probably going to get blasted for this, but this is just my personal point of view. One opinion....
I too wish that they went with Liberty Station. The Safeway parking lot seems to have quite a bit of unused capacity. Would have been perfect! Nobody likes backing in to a super tight space on an angle. Not sure I want to risk damage to my car by charging here.
TaoJones
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There’s a reason why parking lots can charge $8/hr in downtown San Diego, but don’t in the suburbs. Land is at a premium and is expensive.
twonius
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From the parking lot's perspective i can see the worry about Teslas just abusing free access to short term park. If someone had a 30 minute errand they might not even bother plugging in.
It's sad but you know people would do it.
This is still better than my current downtown charge spot on Kettner, where I pay $10 (or $20 on the weekends) just to get in and then have to pay $0.32 / kwh. So a fill up can easily break $30 all in.
It's sad but you know people would do it.
This is still better than my current downtown charge spot on Kettner, where I pay $10 (or $20 on the weekends) just to get in and then have to pay $0.32 / kwh. So a fill up can easily break $30 all in.
That isn't true. Of the ones in North America, it's more in the 97-98% range.
I'm hoping they figure out a way to do subsidized parking fees.
Of all the hundreds of parking lots in San Diego they could've chosen, $8 an hour is kinda steep. San Diego needs superchargers desperately, QCOM is usually 6-7 cars deep.
Wish a mall was chosen like UTC or Fashion Valley
Of all the hundreds of parking lots in San Diego they could've chosen, $8 an hour is kinda steep. San Diego needs superchargers desperately, QCOM is usually 6-7 cars deep.
Wish a mall was chosen like UTC or Fashion Valley
You know, it really isn’t up to Tesla. The mall owner has to want a SC. Malls that have full parking lots, or insufficient parking would not work well for either party. I suspect the main reason this car park allowed a SC to be built is that it isn’t full, and the $8/hr it charges probably has something to do with that.
avesraggiana
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I suspect that that was the case with the relatively new, completely wonderful 21- stall SC station up in San Clemente. I haven’t come upon that location yet with all stalls occupied, though they are getting busier.
The outlet mall in the meantime, seems to be wanting, for both shoppers and tenants.
Maybe not UTC, they will start to charge for parking in the fall but I think it's free for 2 hours probably with validation.
What I've read implies that 2 hours is without validation, and then validation will extend that. But validation will initially be limited to the movie theater and the fitness center.
https://www.westfield.com/utc/center-info/parking
As long as they don't do what they did at Westfield Horton plaza which started with 3hrs free then 1hr, now it's just $2 per 15 minutes unless you get validation.
avesraggiana
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Which does nothing but hasten the death of that once prestigious landmark mall.
@BlueShift
And yes, it does say 24/7, but doesn't mention anything about the parking FEES so I'm assuming it isn't FREE. Will leave it up to you locals to test it out.
TerranApart
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EV-lutioin
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According to supercharge.info, it's officially open! Has anyone tried to charge there yet? Are they charging for parking?
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