Supercharger - Truckee, CA - Donner Pass Rd. (LIVE Aug 2014, 11 V2 stalls)

[Merrill]

I'll be there mid-August and will report on any progress.

Up to you to take care pictures, behind and to the left of Safeway. I did not go in that direction when I checked out the parking lot.

 

[tbleakne]

Just drove around the Safeway parking lot on Wednesday and see nothing, I hope there is more property than the parking lot because I saw no area big enough and away from incredible traffic in the lot that you would park in to use Safeway. Does Safeway own more area than I saw, because there is no way they could put 6 to 8 superchargers that would not be filled with ICE cars all the time.

It happens I was in this Safeway parking lot Thursday July 31 midday, but clueless to this thread, so I took no pictures. The lot was busy, like many grocery store lots, but not impossible. I have been at San Juan Capistrano SC 3 times, and its mini-mall lot has always been more crazy and really full, with no free spaces, than this Safeway lot. A few of the 7 slots at SJC are actually labeled dual use, so Union Bank customers can use them during banking hours. Somehow we all get along. When the lot is the most crowded, there are usually several Tesla drivers hanging around their cars to discourage casual ICEing attempts. The charging bays make enough of a visual statement that it is hard to claim ignorance.

 

[mspohr]

Stopped by the Gateway Center (strip mall with Safeway, etc.) in Truckee today since I live in the area. Construction well under way at the West end of the mall behind the stores. Looks like a good location since away from the main parking area out front.

 

[wws]

All - first post, no Tesla. Maybe when the Model III comes out. I do have a great interest in I-80 travel between the San Fran Bay Area and Chicago.

With this supercharger in Truckee, and considering it is downhill to Reno, how far east could a fully charged 60 kw car go? Could it make it to Winnemucca? (RV park there with 14-50s.) Evtripplanner estimates the 196 mile segment would draw 61.8 kwh of energy - which would seem to be just beyond a 60 kw car. Seems like a 85 kw car could easily make it to Battle Mountain tho at 250 miles/80.5 kwh.

I-80 largely follows several historic paths across the U.S. (e.g., the first trans-continental railroad, and the first trans-continental auto route). It is also very heavily traveled. So it seems a bit wierd to me that Tesla chose such a different, and strange, route for their first trans-continental supercharger highway.

 

[bollar]

So it seems a bit wierd to me that Tesla chose such a different, and strange, route for their first trans-continental supercharger highway.

This part is easy to answer. The first route follows a certain billionaire's first road trip across the country.

 

[wws]

This part is easy to answer. The first route follows a certain billionaire's first road trip across the country.

Ah! :smile:

The Truckee supercharger will be a great asset to folks in the Bay Area, since Tahoe is such a popular destination.

 

[Merrill]

Stopped by the Gateway Center (strip mall with Safeway, etc.) in Truckee today since I live in the area. Construction well under way at the West end of the mall behind the stores. Looks like a good location since away from the main parking area out front.

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Thanks for the pictures, where is this in relation to the Safeway Store parking lot, is it behind it on the northwest corner.

 

[miimura]

Yes, northwest corner behind the Safeway store.

This is the first time I've seen the pedestals in this orientation. It's back-in, but parallel to the car, not parallel to the curb.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

Very cool to see Truckee coming online (almost). It's going to make for a great winter going to the ski resorts on the north shore.

 

[Sgt Barone]

Great to see this well underway!

 

[ecarfan]

Truckee supercharger

This is the first time I've seen the pedestals in this orientation. It's back-in, but parallel to the car, not parallel to the curb.

Most of the SCs I've been to in California are like that.

Great news about Truckee SC construction starting, I'm looking forward to using that one soon!

 

[Benjamin Brooks]

Looks like 6 charging stalls?
Wonder how difficult it will be to keep it snow plowed in that location during the winter (not that Truckee has had a lot of snow in recent years... but it sure can get a lot of snow)

 

[AudubonB]

Hey - I know that parking lot! We walked Aurora and Borealis there on 1 January. Either 2012 or 2013....

And now I know we'll be back....

 

[pxx865]

Can't wait to use it!

 

[miimura]

Most of the SCs I've been to in California are like that.

I wouldn't say "most" but you're right, this orientation is not unusual like I thought it was.

Head-In
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Hawthore
Tejon Ranch
Roseville

Back-In (pedestal parallel to curb)
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Oxnard
Vacaville
Atascadero
Corning

Mixture of Head-In and Back-In (Pedestal Parallel to Curb)
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San Juan Capistrano
Harris Ranch

Mixture of Head-In and Back-In (Pedestal Parallel to Car)
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Gilroy

Back-In (Pedestal Parallel to Car)
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Fremont
Buellton

 

[Merrill]

Do not care how I have to park, Truckee will make my life much easier and I will be able to stay anywhere. Do not have to charge at night so do not need accommodations that have a Nema plug. Thank you Tesla.

 

[jamieb]

This is great, look forward to using this when completed.

Was at the Rocklin service center this past weekend, they are planning a major remodel/expansion soon and they told me that they hope to at least have multiple HPWCs available on their site available 24/7 (their current 2 HPWCs are behind a gate that is locked at night) if they can't convince corporate to put a few supercharger stalls on their site as well. Will be another option for folks driving to and from Tahoe on the I-80 corridor - the Service Center is visible on the north side of I-80 at the Sierra College Boulevard exit, about 5 miles east of Roseville.

 

[detlefo]

I was in Truckee this evening and swung by the new SuperCharger. Good Progress, though I am surprised by the orientation with stations perpendicular to the curb. It would seem that this will make snow removal more difficult. No Matter, I'll take it

 

[pxx865]

@detlfo: thanks for the progress pictures! Eagerly waiting for it to go live

 

[aaronw]

I'm putting together my own Google Maps of the Tesla Superchargers and filled it in with the Truckee Supercharger. Hopefully I'll have it finished soon. I found someone else's map but it's horribly out of date. So far I have all of the western stations added and just need to add the ones in the east. https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zibadpmiuui8.kblqO5sDnER4