Supercharger - San Juan Capistrano, CA (7 V2 stalls)

[Golden Sun]

Looks like SJC is indeed going to be a very busy station.

I agree. The segment of I-5 in the area of Mission Viejo, is the second-busiest stretch of interstate in the USA, at some 334,000 vehicles per day.

The busiest stretch of interstate in the country is the 72-mile I-405, at some 374,000 vehicles per day. This influences Hawthorne.

These 2 Supercharger sites may be the torture test for Tesla, in terms of managing heavy traffic at Superchargers. If Tesla can successfully manage traffic levels at the Hawthorne and SJC Superchargers, then Tesla can say that they can handle anything that American motorists can dish. This would be an accomplishment for Tesla.

 

[Teriyaki88]

These 2 Supercharger sites may be the torture test for Tesla.

I disagree. These 2 Supercharge sites will be the torture test for US Tesla owners

 

[BobN]

Any more reports on activity during the week?

 

[callmesam]

Any more reports on activity during the week?

Charged last night at 8PM and there were 3 other cars charging. Decided to get some birria tacos from El Campion in the shared shopping center. Very central location.

 

[FredTMC]

Any more reports on activity during the week?

I was there around 11am. I left to a full site. 7 cars.

 

[tezzla]

Sunday morning around 10am, 3 of us (what's with parking on the wrong side, do a lot of people do that?):

 

[spentan]

Sunday morning around 10am, 3 of us (what's with parking on the wrong side, do a lot of people do that?):

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Yeah, I've seen it a lot.

If those spots are ICE'd or they are the spots with a big wall next to them. You literally cannot get out of the car, its bad placement really

 

[wnb]

spentan: looking at the middle stall (2B) immediately to the right of the gray car in stall 3A, the one which also requires a back-in car orientation and is currently being used by the white car... if the bank (and strip mall customer) angle-in parking that is behind the cars that are in stalls is at all busy, it's very hard to back a Tesla into 2B. The location he's using is very respectful of the bank drive-through.

As to the missing signs, it may be that the ones allowing shared use by bank customers and EV are being replaced with EV-only notices. It's only a guess. I've seen times when ICE vehicles were briefly using stalls while Tesla's were waiting. It also may be an education problem. Behind the charger facility is a very active strip mall. On Cinco de Mayo there was a celebration, and parking anywhere was at a premium.

 

[tezzla]

Spentan, you're right; I had to be very careful getting out of my car because of the stucco'd wall, it's very close.

edit: wnb, the white car is me (2A?)

 

[David99]

Even though it's online less than 30 days it already made it into the top 5 used superchargers!

 

[spentan]

Even though it's online less than 30 days it already made it into the top 5 used superchargers!

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Wow. I think that bar will grow longer and longer. Its only been open for a couple of weeks iirc.

Over the 30day period I think it will compete with Hawthorne

 

[GoBlue88]

Even though it's online less than 30 days it already made it into the top 5 used superchargers!

Or top 6. But who's counting? :tongue:

 

[4SUPER9]

My guess is that it will be #3 in two weeks. I still want to see if Hawthorne drops. I'm glad you took this pic. We can reference it later.

 

[Cosmacelf]

The big surprise for me on that pic is that Hawthorne continues to be busy. Will be interesting when we get a full month of usage data. Why is Vacaville so busy?

 

[GoBlue88]

My guess is that it will be #3 in two weeks. I still want to see if Hawthorne drops. I'm glad you took this pic. We can reference it later.

TM should install a webcam pointing to that screen. Or setup a website with the same information.

 

[FredTMC]

Wow. I think that bar will grow longer and longer. Its only been open for a couple of weeks iirc.

Over the 30day period I think it will compete with Hawthorne

wow. Yeah, I guess it'll be one of the top three. Amazing.

 

[David99]

It might be too simple to use these bars to say how 'busy' a SC is or how likely it is to find an open spot. For example Hawthorne added two more stalls recently. That bar will not go down because of it, yet it will increase availability.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

wow. Yeah, I guess it'll be one of the top three. Amazing.

There's 66 pages that say it's not surprising.

 

[spentan]

It might be too simple to use these bars to say how 'busy' a SC is or how likely it is to find an open spot. For example Hawthorne added two more stalls recently. That bar will not go down because of it, yet it will increase availability.

I don't think that's the idea of the bar, the idea is just to provide a basic display of how much power is being dispensed at the site.

 

[4SUPER9]

TM should install a webcam pointing to that screen. Or setup a website with the same information.

Great idea! Write Ownership. That's what I am going to do right now.