You probably just made half the readers of this thread want to poke out their inner eye.
Bruce.
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Superchargers in Northern California (location speculation)
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You probably just made half the readers of this thread want to poke out their inner eye.
Bruce.
goldengate
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Botto Bistro is indeed still there and still wonderful. Best kept secret in the Bay Area. That center is a great location for a Supercharger.
Yes, the Antioch Supercharger location is known and there is a thread about it, in case anyone is unclear, see
Supercharger - Antioch, CA (construction started Feb 2019)
This thread is for “location speculation” of future Supercharger sites in Northern California.
Supercharger - Antioch, CA (construction started Feb 2019)
This thread is for “location speculation” of future Supercharger sites in Northern California.
NeverFollow
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By the way, on the Tesla.com/FindUs I noticed a new Service Center in Berkeley, CA.
I wonder when it opened and if any one already stopped by and look at it ?
I wonder when it opened and if any one already stopped by and look at it ?
mblakele
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There's a better sub-forum for that: California
...and it already has an active thread: Berkeley Service Center?
NeverFollow
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Sorry for not checking for previous posting, but I recently made an appointment and there was no such service center listed.
I noticed that the new Tesla app (v3.8.1) now shows this location, also the sub menu let you select a list of issues.
Laytonville recently too. And Yuba City just finished and went live.Antioch just broke ground
Chuq
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Local knowledge needed!
This showed up on Plugshare:
Probably just a J1772 posted by someone who doesn't know what a supercharger is, but does someone want to check it out?
Note: That's the Mountain View Supercharger directly to the north.
This showed up on Plugshare:
Probably just a J1772 posted by someone who doesn't know what a supercharger is, but does someone want to check it out?
Note: That's the Mountain View Supercharger directly to the north.
I am fairly certain that there is no Supercharger there. Seems like some sort of Plugshare "screw-up" entry.
The description you posted even says "By the Tech Museum" which is probably talking about the "Computer History Museum" over by the real supercharger location on Shoreline blvd. across the freeway.
I have recently driven by that pin location you showed and didn't see any sign of any Supercharger there.
Note, there is something called "The Tech Museum" in San Jose many miles away. It would make more sense for a Supercharger to go in there. Someone mixing up "The Tech Museum" and "The Computer History Museum" further sounds like the person creating that location didn't know what they were doing.
Plus they called it "my view supercharger" not "Mt. View Supercharger". So many things about that entry seem wrong & sloppy.
The description you posted even says "By the Tech Museum" which is probably talking about the "Computer History Museum" over by the real supercharger location on Shoreline blvd. across the freeway.
I have recently driven by that pin location you showed and didn't see any sign of any Supercharger there.
Note, there is something called "The Tech Museum" in San Jose many miles away. It would make more sense for a Supercharger to go in there. Someone mixing up "The Tech Museum" and "The Computer History Museum" further sounds like the person creating that location didn't know what they were doing.
Plus they called it "my view supercharger" not "Mt. View Supercharger". So many things about that entry seem wrong & sloppy.
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If you turn on the satellite view, you can see that area is just apartments, and no commercial / industrial property there where they would consider a Supercharger. Further, the address just shows a street name with no number, so I think the Plugshare map just put a generic pin location somewhere on that street.
I don't think plugshare researches and vets all the location info. It could just be one random plug-share user being sloppy with their "add location" function.
I don't think plugshare researches and vets all the location info. It could just be one random plug-share user being sloppy with their "add location" function.
But, also note, Tesla's Supercharger web site has had a "coming in 2019" pin for Mountain View for a while now, so I am expecting there could be another location coming soon...
The "Coming Soon" pin points towards a location more "downtown" (which would make sense) but they say "location may vary", so not trying to read too much into that pin location.
The "Coming Soon" pin points towards a location more "downtown" (which would make sense) but they say "location may vary", so not trying to read too much into that pin location.
No way there will be a Supercharger near that Plugshare pin. The most likely additional site in Mountain View would be the Target or Walmart off Showers Drive near El Camino Real and San Antonio Rd. 20 Urban stalls there would be nice. Not that I'd ever use them myself...
The thing about the El Camino & San Antonio neighborhood is that it's on the border of Los Altos, which also has a Coming Soon pin. I cannot think of a good Supercharger site in Los Altos unless they start using sites like municipal parking lots.
The thing about the El Camino & San Antonio neighborhood is that it's on the border of Los Altos, which also has a Coming Soon pin. I cannot think of a good Supercharger site in Los Altos unless they start using sites like municipal parking lots.
PIN locations are simply placed in the center of whatever city the Supercharger will be. Never read anything into the specific location of the PIN.
The Target does seem like a likely location.
Ah, ye have so little faith ....it is true many of the shopping areas get crowded during peak times, so the challenge is finding a side of the parking areas that is less trafficked.
If they're trying to fill out the El Camino & San Antonio area, how about diagonally across from the big San Antonio development - i.e. behind Dittmer's in the lesser used area of that shopping center.
If filling out the 280 corridor, behind the Trader Joe's at the 85 junction (rather than the busy parking infront). Or Rancho Shopping Center at the Magdalena exit, the less-used parking to the side of the gym. And there's the Lucky between those two, with mostly unused parking, though that one's a bit farther away from a nearby freeway exist.
Of course all idle speculation...
The Chevron and Trader Joe's in the block surrounded by Foothill / Homestead / 280 is technically in Los Altos while the Starbucks, Peet's, and Wells Fargo that appear to be in the same Plaza have Cupertino addresses. That Chevron was originally supposed to get a Hydrogen fueling station too. It was abandoned in the planning phase and the gas station across from Fremont High School in Sunnyvale was chosen instead.
Of the other sites you mentioned, the Lucky has the most consistently available parking. It also houses an EVgo station with two DCFCs. It is only 0.7mi and two traffic lights away from the Foothill exit off I-280. However, nearby amenities, not so much.
I got the software update which allows for 150 kW supercharging, so the maximum power on the navigation screen is now 150 kW. Almost all of the non-urban Northern California superchargers are rated for 150 kW. The original Folsom, Atascadero, and Livermore are still 120 kW.
mainecoon
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Re: SSF (South San Francisco) Tesla Supercharger Location
Hi all:
This would fall under location speculation. I went out on Saturday 5/4/19 to check if there's been any construction under way in regards to the upcoming SSF (South San Francisco) location. I took some photos of a lot right adjacent to the Embassy Suites Hotel at 250 Gateway Blvd. This area to me feels like it may be the place. It's next door to the Embassy Suites, and it's not too far off the freeway (101 North). So far however, there has been no ground breaking yet and I am not 100% sure that this is the place.
Hi all:
This would fall under location speculation. I went out on Saturday 5/4/19 to check if there's been any construction under way in regards to the upcoming SSF (South San Francisco) location. I took some photos of a lot right adjacent to the Embassy Suites Hotel at 250 Gateway Blvd. This area to me feels like it may be the place. It's next door to the Embassy Suites, and it's not too far off the freeway (101 North). So far however, there has been no ground breaking yet and I am not 100% sure that this is the place.
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