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I'm not trying to start a flame war here, but I hope local owners are not using the SC. Courtesy should be that SCs are for people doing the longer drives, not people looking to avoid charging at home.They'll definitely need to increase capacity - either expand or have another station further down the 5, perhaps in Oceanside. SJC is already overflowing with a number of owners surely still unaware that it exists.
I think the novelty of getting a free charge wears off after a while. Waking up with a full tank every morning is way more compelling than waiting around at a Supercharger just because it's free.
That said, I have no problem with locals charging up as often as they want. Might as well use it. I'd guess that locals will figure out when to avoid busy times.
Has anyone been able to notice a notable decline in the usage of the Hawthorne SC following the opening of SJC? There was a theory that a lot of people would be able to bypass Hawthorne once SJC opened.
A question I'd be eager to ask at the next Tesla corporate event: "What are your thoughts on making the information regarding the number of unoccupied stalls at each supercharger available to Model S owners in real time in some way?" I'm assuming that they are at least considering this, but recognize that Tesla may have reasons not to release this information. It would be an awesome resource, however!
If they don't want the info to be public or trackable, they should just put the information on a web page that will only display the data on the in-vehicle browser. People would have to figure out how to spoof the browser ID to get the data if they don't have the car.
What would the purpose be of letting you know? If the goal is to only have people commuting between SC's then are you going to delay your trip? What would it matter if you were 10 miles away and know the stalls are full? It seems that info would only assist locals.
Also it helps you plan ahead. Here's an example. Say I'm driving to Paso Robles via the 101. If I see that Buellton is just mobbed with no stalls available then I might choose to drive slower so that I can drive to Atascadero without having to make a stop.
Taking it one step further, it should be trivial for TM to advise owners to expect delays given the number of cars that currently have a given SpC set as their destination.
Since people usually don't spend much time at Superchargers, knowing the stalls are full right now when I will arrive in 45 min won't help in any way as the situation will have changed in 45 min. Same the other way around. It might show some free stalls but they might be all taken in half an hour. It also doesn't say anything about how long the expected wait time is. Either way, it's still faster to wait, say 10 or 15 min for a stall to open up rather than using any other charging station. So even if it shows full I would still go there and wait a little. If you are on a road trip you very rarely have real alternatives other than Superchargers. Anything else is so much slower and results in so much more waiting that even a busy Supercharger is the better option.
Hard to say since this SC is so new. Let's wait a month and look at the usage display at the Tesla center in Hawthorn. Fremont and and Hawthorne were always the top two having twice to three times the usage as the following in the list.