Supercharger - Scotts Valley, CA (LIVE 30 Jan 2020, 16 V3 stalls + Magic Docks)

[Jerry Ham]

We stopped here yesterday on the way back home from Monterey (decided to take 17 for a change instead of 156). My first trip to a V3 supercharger. I see some comments about slow speed above, so I'll mention the speed - it was amazing. My car is a Model S 75 which used to top out at 95 Kw when new (due to the 350 v battery) but after the unlocks can sometimes get to just over 100 now. We were in my wife's Model 3 LR RWD though. Came in with a pre-conditioned battery at 30% SoC. We hit 219 Kw briefly before it settled down around 170 Kw. That was amazing. Just over half of the stalls were in use and there was no icing - not even one. This was at 3:15 PM on Saturday the 20th. Fortunately no uncomfortable conversations with locals either. We pulled 150 miles in 20 minutes. We usually do splash and dash but it took a bit to walk over to the Peet's to get coffee and then to use the restroom in Nob Hill so we ended up taking more charge than we usually would have. All in all this was a nice stop.

 

[dgatwood]

That was amazing. Just over half of the stalls were in use and there was no icing - not even one. This was at 3:15 PM on Saturday the 20th.

A couple of ICE cars had just left when you got there. I know this because I was leaving right around the time that you got there, apparently. (I was on my way down to Santa Cruz, because I'm the show runner for Holy Cross's live stream Mass webcasts.)

And yes, I'm a real fan of the V3 hardware at Scotts Valley. Even in my pre-Raven 100D, it's considerably faster than the V2 chargers ever are, usually by a good fifteen or twenty minutes.

 

[Stiction]

Howdy,
Was driving home to bay area from Aptos and saw on my display that Scotts Valley was offline. Didn't really need it
but was thinking of stopping in to check it out...

Anybody know why it was down (or was it not down?)

 

[Guacahummus]

 

[Limited]

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How were you able to get this display in the mobile app for non-teslas?

 

[Guacahummus]

Click on the red circle (account info??, not sure what this is called)

Then on this screen, scroll to the last item

The map will then pop up. Right now I only see 2 in California, Placerville, and Scotts Valley. New York has a few more.

 

[Mrbrock]

Anyone want to swing by and check out the magic docks? You should be able to unlock and inspect and take pics of the dock without starting charging or incurring fees by following the instructions above.

 

[Bet TSLA]

Anyone want to swing by and check out the magic docks? You should be able to unlock and inspect and take pics of the dock without starting charging or incurring fees by following the instructions above.

Why bother when there are already videos out there showing everything in detail?

 

[Chuq]

Why bother when there are already videos out there showing everything in detail?

If there are, there weren't 3 hours ago when @Mrbrock posted that.

 

[Bet TSLA]

If there are, there weren't 3 hours ago when @Mrbrock posted that.

These were already on Twitter. Probably lots more around if you look. In any case, with a little patience all things come to you.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1630728069311856641

https://twitter.com/x/status/1630722459686039553

Admittedly, I don't think either one was done in Scotts Valley.

 

[Chuq]

These were already on Twitter. Probably lots more around if you look. In any case, with a little patience all things come to you.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1630728069311856641

https://twitter.com/x/status/1630722459686039553

Admittedly, I don't think either one was done in Scotts Valley.

Thanks, good videos - especially that 2nd one with the dual adaptor setup

 

[Mrbrock]

Why bother when there are already videos out there showing everything in detail?

I chose to come straight to a Tesla board versus the random crap everyone wants to post riddled with fake crap place. Figured a Tesla enthusiast would be more knowledgeable than someone random.

 

[Cheburashka]

Here you go. Vinfast & Energica charging at the Scotts Valley supercharger.

 

[Big Earl]

Here you go. Vinfast & Energica charging at the Scotts Valley supercharger.

And a Subaru, too!

 

[dgatwood]

Here you go. Vinfast & Energica charging at the Scotts Valley supercharger.

You must have been there just a few minutes before I was. The motorcycle had left by the time I got there.

 

[Cheburashka]

You must have been there just a few minutes before I was. The motorcycle had left by the time I got there.

Not my pic. I do own an Energica though hah

 

[TeaHSD]

re: the magic dock video (not at this location but the NY one) this was really detailed and in depth!

 

[smilepak]

This whole magic dock is going to be interesting. MKHD put it best on how confusing things will be with non Tesla taking up two spaces.

 

[Mrbrock]

This whole magic dock is going to be interesting. MKHD put it best on how confusing things will be with non Tesla taking up two spaces.

It’s why they are doubling supercharger deployment in the next two years. And charging a premium for it. And V2 will remain Tesla only. None of those is exactly reassuring but… too bad they couldn’t make magic dock V2 only (but then it wouldn’t qualify for funding).

 

[Big Earl]

It’s why they are doubling supercharger deployment in the next two years. And charging a premium for it. And V2 will remain Tesla only. None of those is exactly reassuring but… too bad they couldn’t make magic dock V2 only (but then it wouldn’t qualify for funding).

Pretty sure it doesn’t qualify for funding, anyway, as it doesn’t meet 150 kW simultaneous requirement. I guess we’ll see.