Supercharger - San Mateo, CA - Park Place (LIVE, 8 V2 stalls)

[MarcG]

I stopped by last night on my way home from dinner in Palo Alto. There was just one other S charging and left shortly after I arrived.
Of course, this was at around 10pm on a Saturday evening, so not a good indicator of how busy it may get.

 

[ljwobker]

11am on a Sunday, I arrived and no one else was here. About 5 minutes after me, a very pretty black P85 with TCP stickers on it showed up, the guy driving it was wearing a suit. I'm new to california, but I think the TCP stickers are for car services, yes? So if that's true at least one person is using it as an Uber Black or similar charging station... my other charge here was roughly 9:30am on a Monday, and when I arrived there were 6 of 8 stalls in use. Very hard for me to imagine that this one (similar to Mountain View) won't be very busy for a lot of the time. I hope Tesla has found a way to get really good rates on the power here, because they're going to put a lot of it into Model S batteries...

 

[ny888]

San Mateo a few minutes ago, getting lots of use.

 

[Khatsalano]

Hmmm, I haven't been involved in the locals vs. road trip debate. But fleet vehicles (TCP numbers, Ubers, Lyfts, etc.) using free energy at SCs definitely isn't cool.

- K

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

I don't think Tesla has imposed any rules on Livery service use of SCs. The Amsterdam SC is apparently heavily used by the MS Taxi service there.

Just stopped by the San Mateo SC to do a token brief charge there while wife picked up some groceries at Whole Foods. There were three spots available when I got there and yes, a Livery vehicle as well with the driver nowhere nearby.

 

[SW2Fiddler]

Hmmm, I haven't been involved in the locals vs. road trip debate. But fleet vehicles (TCP numbers, Ubers, Lyfts, etc.) using free energy at SCs definitely isn't cool.

- K

Definitely. Those fleets of Ubers should just buy a CHAdeMO of their own if they're going to make all those megabucks driving. Or just stick to honest 80 Amps, those passengers who would get to ride in a Tesla can just wait while ICEs pick them up. They'll find out about the car by scheduling a Test Drive anyway ...eventually.

And Realtors. Why should they get a free ride, driving clients around all those miles?

I guess there's not many pizza or courier delivery people with Teslas yet, but the thought of one of those people using the network I paid for, un-cool-ly, profiting from it ... grrr! Now that you bring it up, that Björn guy using SuperChargers unashamedly for his paid Easybring deliveries. What has HE ever done for the company, anyway?

Musicians, you're on notice too...

 

[ecarfan]

I have seen "livery" (TCP limos) many times at the Burlingame Service Center charging at the. HPWCs out front. The Tesla people their said they were aware of it and allowed it. Sounds like the limos are now using the new Supercharger, because of course it's much faster.

 

[ohmman]

WRT livery, I don't have a problem with them using "free" Supercharging. I do have a problem with them taking up valuable space for road trippers.

 

[Tyl]

It will take six weeks for the stucco on the cinderblock wall to cure before it can be painted to match the other structures in the parking area. It is a minor item that when completed will make this location look complete. Well, maybe not, ..... complete.... that would be when a solar canopy covers the entire supercharger stall area, so that our fusion star can provide power.
The one item I haven't seen at this San Mateo Supercharging site is a bi-directional battery pack that would capture solar energy for evening/night use. >>as far a livery charging/business use charging>> I think livery/businesses should request a supercharger or two/more in their own 'private garage/business lot etc..... along with a solar canopy and bidirectional battery packs, where they can 'supercharge' and foot their own electrical bill as a part of their business expense. The electrical bill, offset by their own solar would be minimal, and livery/businesses could grow their capacity as their businesses grow. Perhaps some supercharging at Tesla locations when far away from homeplate, but otherwise from their own electrical draw.

 

[hbouw]

Was there on Sat. A little after the fact but I thought I'd share the picture I took.
4 other cars charging when I arrived sometime around noon or so.
0 cars when I left ~30 min later though.

Another great site!

 

[Tyl]

The wall has been painted. A few photos from the utility cabinet area.

 

[Tyl]

A view from the parking garage upper level.

 

[ny888]

Less than a month old, my first supercharging experience yesterday at San Mateo SC.

 

[siucity]

I visited my brother and stopped by to get a quick charge for the ride home. There were 7 cars already charging, so I took the last spot. A couple others came by after me, but no more spots left. This was yesterday around 3:30pm. When I left about 20 minutes later, there were still 6 occupied stalls. I wonder if this is the norm for a Sunday afternoon...

 

[Tyl]

@ny888 .. Gongrats on your new MS!!!! Looks like everyone on/near/around the supercharging pedestal is supercharged too

 

[ny888]

@ny888 .. Gongrats on your new MS!!!! Looks like everyone on/near/around the supercharging pedestal is supercharged too

Thanks. Kids are always fighting over who gets to plug the charger in.

 

[dandelot]

Saturday night, 9:12PM. 6 cars charging. We stayed 20 minutes, left at 9:32PM. In that time at least 4 other cars left (and a couple arrived).

 

[Khatsalano]

Wednesday afternoon at 4:30pm. On average, 6-8 of 8 stalls taken, but the cycle time is so fast, no one had to wait. Shared charging kinda sucks at 60-70kW.

I live in this town, but I rarely use the San Mateo SC. Today, I had a need to, but if I were just being cheap, I saved $4.90 in 45 minutes of electricity (using PG&E's EV-A off peak rate of $0.09/kWh). This is half of minimum-wage to wait for my car to charge. I just can't see that much local abuse, if any.

- K

 

[bwa]

Not surprisingly, this supercharger is pretty full. When I witnessed, there were two in line waiting.

edit:

Let's hope self driving + snake bot plug helps alleviate some SC congestion. To start, you'd have to be within a block to have it SC if you drove less than 50 miles, or something, to avoid local charging.

 

[rickgt]

The large number of locals using this one make it very tough for folks driving to/from SF. Stopping to charge and having all full, with folks not coming back for over an hour is very frustrating.