It has been two weeks since last report. Could someone please check on the progress. Thanks
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Supercharger - San Luis Obispo, CA (LIVE 5 May 2018, expanded May 2020, 14 V2 + 4 V3 stalls)
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Wshowell
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I wouldn’t worry too much about it being ready by then. The Atascadero Supercharger is only about 15 minutes away but it is up the “grade” which is a mountain pass you would go over. Buelton is about 40 minutes South and mostly flat. If it got really dicey you could pop by my house for an hour and get 23 miles and enjoy a walk around our ranch property, we are just a short 1o minute drive South off the 101. There are also numerous hotels and wineries in the area that have Tesla HPWC to charge from at about 25 MPH. That’d get you to Buelton or Atascadero if you were that low on charge.
There are also 8 J-1772 ChargePoint chargers at the Cal Poly library, another 8 in the Grand Ave parking garage on campus, and French Hospital has 8 that are free, but you need a ChargePoint card to activate. Both are enough to get a bump charge to get you to Atascadero or Buelton if necessary.
Thank you so much for your generous offer. I have been to Atascadero several times and found a long line waiting for a charge. We will stop in Buelton and then at a Paso Robles winery. What a great excuse for drinking wine.
depeche
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Fastest HPWC we have found in the Paso area is at Niner (Niner Wine Estates | Visit). They are a few miles west from 101 on 46.
Free? Hmm my wife used one in the main parking structure on the bottom and I had a charge on my chargepoint.
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Why is this thread still in this section instead of the Calif Supercharger one? I've requested by Report to have it moved maybe twice already. Must not know the magic phrase, thought it was Open Tesla.
Thanks for the update. I like stopping in Atascadero and enjoy a few food places there, but am looking forward to using this location as a food stop.
Thanks for the update. I like stopping in Atascadero and enjoy a few food places there, but am looking forward to using this location as a food stop.
What ChargePoint says is Tahoe Rd. is actually the Cal Poly 1 Grand Ave site. Those have a fee of $0.11/kWh then start charging an additional $6/hour after the first 4 hours have passed. The French Hospital charging stations are free.
Ok yeah the ones off grand ave in the parking structure do charge. I will have to check out the ones at French hospital.
The Grand Ave garage and the library chargers are probably on the same contract with Cal Poly.
bishoppeak
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There are 4 free chargers near the Embassy Suites a short distance from the new superchargers under construction.
PismoPat
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There are 2 - 6KWh in Pismo Beach at the California Fresh Market parking lot. Can also give you a bump on the way to Buelton. They are also free.
Here are some good options if you are looking for a free charge in the city of San Luis Obispo
- The City parking structure at 1260 Chorro St, in downtown San Luis Obispo has 4 free J1772 chargers (including one 70A Tesla charger!): the parking lot three of them are in is free for the first 60 minutes, but if you wait around until after 11:30pm or so, they open the parking gate and you can exit for free.
- Home Depot at 1551 Froom Ranch Way has 2 free 30 amp J1772 chargers
- Target at 11990 Los Osos Valley Rd, San Luis Obispo, CA also has 2 free 30 amp J1772 chargers
- The SLO promenade at 319 Madonna Road has some free 30 amp J1772 chargers
- MINDBODY (my employer) has twelve free 32 amp J1772 chargers at 675 Tank Farm Road (and they just added another eight 15 amp chargers). They are restricted to employees only from 6am to 7pm Mon-Fri, but they are open to the public outside of those hours.
Cal Poly is really not a great charging option because not only do you have to pay to charge, you also have to buy a campus parking permit to park in the charging spots from 7am-10pm Monday-Thurday and 7am-5pm on Friday. And I can personally attest that they are very aggressive about ticketing vehicles without a permit.
More details: Electric Vehicles - Transportation & Parking Services - Cal Poly
They were just as aggressive about ticketing when I was there in the 80s. I've heard Cal Poly has changed somewhat since I was there, but it sounds like the parking mess hasn't. It is a nice campus though. On a weekend or when school is out, you can get in a pleasant walk while the car is charging.
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