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Supercharger - San Juan Capistrano, CA (7 V2 stalls)
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Unfortunately not driving down to Petco, instead getting together with old college friends who decided to book rooms around "hotel circle" & when I looked on plugshare none of them had chargers...no biggie, I either drive slow or stop at the service center, I have a feeling service center will be needed to get back to Hawthorn.
Call the Tesla store at UTC. It's a much nicer place to hang out, if one of the chargers is available.
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Be aware SD service center is in the middle of nowhere haha. I went down there with a laptop full of TV shows to get a full charge
When I charged at the Las Vegas service center, they offered me a ride so I wouldn't have to hang out there. Perhaps the San Diego service center would be kind enough to offer a ride.
Teriyaki88
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The wait is killing me! I can't wait!! I'm going to go on a limb and project SJC will be the busiest SC in SoCal. Perfect for those coming down to SD and going from SD to OC/LA. With SJC now I won't have to drive 60-65 to make it to Tejon Ranch.
daviddpd
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The guys at the Tesla Store at UTC are super friendly - was just there this week. Give them a call first, Paul and Nate had offered to move the test drive cars as needed. A charge up to 260 Ideal Range got me from the Tesla Store at UTC to the SuperCharging at Tejon Ranch without stopping and about 40 miles to spare (if I remember correctly, 193 miles UTC to Tejon), with the AC on, (90+ outside on Tuesday) - not in range mode (this is a P85+). Kept the speed in the 60-70 MPH range through LA on I-5, when possible, a lot of slow traffic. You get a lot of re-gen coming down off the pass.
SJC will make it so we don't have to bug the guys at the store. I called the service center, and updated the plugshare pin with what they told me - they didn't seem as open about charging, so went to the store instead. (UTC store parking - hard to find if you haven't been, read the plug share pin for this location before going there.)
Just hope it's not as busy as Hawthorne. Went there once this year during off peak hours for a supercharging test and there was a line 4 cars long. Never going there again.
I think there are often cars at Hawthorne that are trying to get to San Diego. SJC may relieve Hawthorne a bit. Being that Tesla owns that property entirely, I was hoping that they would add 8 more stations. They definitely have the space. I actually wouldn't be surprised if that's on their list. Maybe, they are waiting to see the effects from SJC.
Tesla is usually very quick with their own inspections. It could be as soon as the day after the utilities are complete and hand it over to them.
I have a feeling they'll be as quick as possible with this one since it's so long overdue. It's gotta be one of the ones they most want to see online at this point.
Alexander
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Just FYI. I charged at UTC a few months ago and although they're using HPWC's, they're stupid slow. I ended up charging at the service center and getting a ride to UTC.
I've always wondered about these odd number Supercharger installations. In the installation pictures a few pages back, it showed the secondary transformer bay with three conduits going to Tesla equipment - each conduit has the same identical bundle for three phase wiring. So it is likely that SJC just has three Supercharger cabinets. Which equals 6 bays. So where does the 7th bay get its power from? Do they have 120kW Superchargers that share power to three bays?
Kudos to SDGE for doing what looks to be a job well done and... on schedule. Boy, didn't think I would be using those words in this thread.
franklandfield
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Great work everybody. I predict this supercharger will be very popular!
Wish we had one in Del Mar, on highway one!
Wish we had one in Del Mar, on highway one!
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