Supercharger - San Ramon, CA - Diablo Plaza (LIVE 5 Apr 2019, 20 Urban stalls)

[EVie'sDad]

I just drove through there and the new signage has only three or four signs that were EV only that I could see. All the rest said, EV priority, 60 minute general parking. I couldn't see a lot of the signs, though because of all the PG&E trucks parked there. I'm surprised that the signs don't mention Tesla, although the chargers do. Are there other cars that can use Tesla chargers now?

No, buy it is directly adjacent to a bank and atm, so lots of vehicles parking short term.

 

[bmah]

No, buy it is directly adjacent to a bank and atm, so lots of vehicles parking short term.

Short term is better than long term. Hopefully there would be a fairly quick turnover.

(Not that I envision using this charger again after today.)

Bruce.

 

[israndy]

Isn't it the closest one to you? I can charge at home, that doesn't mean I do every day. I usually keep it about 50%, but if the wife wakes up and says we are going to Monterey for breakfast I am glad I can pop by my local Supercharger on my way out of town.

I charge to 50% not only because it's the best state to store lithium batteries in, but because it's enough to get to any of the Bay Area Superchargers and yet it leaves me room if I go somewhere that has free charging while I am inside. Just this week we had dinner at Pacific Commons and there was a free Volta charger out front. Had to move my charge limit up as it almost stopped charging at 90% and we were still talking.

-Randy

 

[bmah]

Isn't it the closest one to you? I can charge at home, that doesn't mean I do every day. I usually keep it about 50%, but if the wife wakes up and says we are going to Monterey for breakfast I am glad I can pop by my local Supercharger on my way out of town.

Actually Concord is closer to me by a touch. More importantly, there seemed to be more interesting "stuff" around Concord, if I had to charge there and wait for charging to finish. I didn't see much at Diablo Plaza that was interesting, although at the time I was more concerned about just getting in and out, as part of a half-day road trip to the Groveland Supercharger yesterday.

(My charging is 90% at home every night...I know some people would say that's too high but it's within the range of what Tesla recommends for daily charging, and more importantly my car only has about 2% battery degradation after almost 4 years and 61K miles. I'm sure my co-moderator will thwap me with a wet noodle if I say anything more about local charging habits in this thread. )

Bruce.

 

[jboy210]

Isn't it the closest one to you? I can charge at home, that doesn't mean I do every day. I usually keep it about 50%, but if the wife wakes up and says we are going to Monterey for breakfast I am glad I can pop by my local Supercharger on my way out of town.

I charge to 50% not only because it's the best state to store lithium batteries in, but because it's enough to get to any of the Bay Area Superchargers and yet it leaves me room if I go somewhere that has free charging while I am inside. Just this week we had dinner at Pacific Commons and there was a free Volta charger out front. Had to move my charge limit up as it almost stopped charging at 90% and we were still talking.

-Randy

I am glad I am not the only one that adjusts the charge limit up.

 

[israndy]

I am glad I am not the only one that adjusts the charge limit up.

Don't wanna waste free electricity. I'd be that guy at the gas station that doesn't completely release the handle when he pulls the nozzle from the car and it's spilling gas everywhere. Sure, it'll evaporate, but you could have used that to move your car.

@bmah Had you already done Fish Camp? I made the mistake of trying to get that one and Groveland the same day. That is one UGLY road between them, assuming you don't go thru the park. And I mean ugly driving, the view is grand:

Oh! Well, I guess you will just have to take my word.

-Randy

 

[bmah]

@bmah Had you already done Fish Camp? I made the mistake of trying to get that one and Groveland the same day. That is one UGLY road between them, assuming you don't go thru the park. And I mean ugly driving, the view is grand:

I haven't done Fish Camp yet. I briefly entertained the thought yesterday, but there wasn't enough time. I'm planning to do Fish Camp starting from Fresno (my hometown) when I'm down that way.

Going even further off-topic (), my ideal scenario would combine the Fish Camp Supercharger with a ride on the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad, which I only did oh, about a half-dozen times as a child. And sometime I'm going to go back to the Sierra Railroad, which is not far from the Groveland Supercharger. I've ridden that a few times too. I was a train nut as a kid.

Going back to the San Ramon (Diablo Plaza) Supercharger, I saw that today it's reporting between 6 and 20 stalls free at various times. It'll be interesting to see how that goes over the next few weeks, as people learn about its existence.

Bruce.

 

[jjgunn]

Stopped here to charge at 11 PM. 1 other Model X here.

I too wonder how busy it will be & how bad the spots will get ICE'd during the day.

No problem at 11 PM

71 kW at 66% SoC - not too shabby

 

[ecarfan]

Moderator note: two posts moved here Tesla says Superchargers will be getting free WiFi in the future

Please stay on topic for this thread. Thanks.

 

[israndy]

I was staying on topic. We were talking about spots getting ICE'd, I was thinking about solutions. Normally you know there is a spot waiting for you by checking the Nav display, if Tesla added cameras to the stations you could tell if spots were being ICE'd, that's all.

-Randy

 

[KSilver2000]

Came here around lunch time and saw only a couple ICE cars. But, also, only a few Tesla’s. Good thing is Verizon works fairly decently in the corner area there. (Was getting up to 45mbps down). As some may know, a lot of Crow Canyon area has very poor Verizon reception.

 

[jjgunn]

Stopped by about 11:30 AM today. Only a couple spots iced. About 1/3 full with Tesla's.

I really like the Urban SuCh's

 

[jjgunn]

Forgot to post a pic of 1 spot being iced

 

[israndy]

That's no good, I can barely read the plates.

-Randy

 

[mcl627]

Here's another pic of the completed supercharging station

 

[ElectricLee]

Here's another pic of the completed supercharging station
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nice looking car.... sharp!

 

[jjgunn]

That's no good, I can barely read the plates.

-Randy

That's intentional - you stalker.

My plates specifically are immediately recognizable

 

[jjgunn]

No icing today. Just before 9 AM only 3 Tesla's here. Coffee ain't bad at Dainty Donuts. A dozen donut holes for $2 - Christ I'm going to weigh 300 pounds if I stop here too much.

 

[jboy210]

No icing today. Just before 9 AM only 3 Tesla's here. Coffee ain't bad at Dainty Donuts. A dozen donut holes for $2 - Christ I'm going to weigh 300 pounds if I stop here too much.

You know you are going too often when they put the "Reserved for jjgunn" sign in the stall closest to the donut shop.

 

[ElectricLee]

I just grabbed a dozen donuts and a few electrons.