While SJC is certainly one of the busiest Supercharging stations, that does not mean you'll have to wait every time. For every person that had to wait 5-10 minutes for a spot to open up, there's probably 10 more people who got an open stall immediately. Those are pretty good odds I think.
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Supercharger - San Juan Capistrano, CA (7 V2 stalls)
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AMPd
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I was in San Diego recently and had to make a separate trip to charge the car at the supercharger as well
But I blame car2go for that, all the blink chargers at mission beach were taken by them. I waited for an hour in case someone took one of those cars, unfortunately no one did.
With how much car2go clogs up charging stations in certain areas, I feel like they should pony up to add more stations in those areas.
Only other option is to get a car2go membership so you can move the cars when needed. (You can ask them for a special code to avoid having to pay if you do this)
Only other option is to get a car2go membership so you can move the cars when needed. (You can ask them for a special code to avoid having to pay if you do this)
Here is the link to register. It is free for EV owners to be able to move their cars if necessary. I have never had to use it, but I just keep the card in my car just in case.
http://sandiego.car2go.com/
http://sandiego.car2go.com/
freeewilly
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This might be the dump question of the day, because I can't find it. Is there a website that you can check the live status of each supercharger station? Like ChargePoint and BlinkMap both shows charger status.
It's a good question, but no. You should make the request to Tesla. The more people that request it, the more likely they are to do it.
AMPd
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I called them, waited on hold, no one answered. Left them a message and no one called me back.
I tried signing up, but they charge a 35 dollar one time fee.
I stopped by SJC for the very first time yesterday. Arrived around 2pm, a Saturday, only to find every spot taken and 1 car waiting. Another Tesla showed up behind me and immediately gave up. There was a guy wearing a wife-beater parked on the wrong side of the stalls. I waited a couple of minutes and gave up. Went to the historic town there for a bit and came back around 4pm. Several stalls were available.
As far as I could tell, whatever cars were there at 2pm were not there at 4pm. That at least tells me no one was "parked" there.
Ed Hart
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I am sure the folks at Tesla are working to improve the Supercharger availability situation. Maybe we can help a bit, too. Could we create a site where we can log in a "hit" for every time we visit a supercharger, but all slots are full? I know that Tesla is tracking the actual use of all Superchargers, but I doubt they have any way to know how many folks were not able to charge due to the station being full For example, I tried to charge at San Juan Capistrano last night on the way back to the LA area from San Diego. In addition to me, there were two other cars waiting to charge. It would be good for Tesla to have more complete data on such crowding. Yes? No?
I am sure the folks at Tesla are working to improve the Supercharger availability situation. Maybe we can help a bit, too. Could we create a site where we can log in a "hit" for every time we visit a supercharger, but all slots are full? I know that Tesla is tracking the actual use of all Superchargers, but I doubt they have any way to know how many folks were not able to charge due to the station being full For example, I tried to charge at San Juan Capistrano last night on the way back to the LA area from San Diego. In addition to me, there were two other cars waiting to charge. It would be good for Tesla to have more complete data on such crowding. Yes? No?
freeewilly
Member
There is a site available. PlugShare - EV Charging Station Map - Find a place to charge your car! You can check-in and leave a message. I also find it is more accurate than Tesla map on the NAV system.
I charged at sjc yesterday during trip from sd to LA. Was very disappointed to see TWO owners come and plug in and have a family member drive them off. That sure sounds like locals using the chargers right during a busy Sunday. I was plugged in for 45 minutes... Those two cars were left plugged in. Disappointed in my fellow Tesla owners
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