Vancouver WA Supercharger (New! Vancouver Mall)

[melindav]

Did the miles show up on your account? FYI, looks like we have the same car. Red DL w/19" wheels.

it didnt, but I only left it plugged in long enough to see that it was adding charge, then moved on to try one of the destination chargers. (and instead of miles, it would have been $s for me. no free credits left here).

 

[melindav]

My Wife Likes Left Handed chargers.

this is the 26th different supercharger I've been to (thanks Teslafi for tracking these things!), and the only one I've come across that is backwards/left handed.

 

[iwannam3]

this is the only supercharger I've seen where the cable/handle is backwards. from the car side, the handle is on the right instead of the left. when I went to try it out at 6am, my 6am brain was very confused. lol

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also is not yet shown in the car's display as an online supercharger.

Only reason I can think of is so the cable is not twisted when plugging in. The handle is pointed toward the car here, switch the cable position in the supercharger and the handle is pointed away from the car and has to be rotated.

 

[acarney]

@acarney will have to be patient.

Don’t worry, movie theaters are closed now anyway

 

[melindav]

Only reason I can think of is so the cable is not twisted when plugging in. The handle is pointed toward the car here, switch the cable position in the supercharger and the handle is pointed away from the car and has to be rotated.

the last one I used that was parallel to the car like this was Kettleman, and it still had the normal plug side

 

[melindav]

oh, and Red Bluff also was parallel with the plug on the 'normal' side

 

[iwannam3]

Vancouver, WA - NE Vancouver Mall Drive Supercharger
Vancouver Mall 8700 NE Vancouver Mall Drive Vancouver, WA 98662

Driving Directions



Roadside Assistance(877) 798-3752





Charging
8 Superchargers, available 24/7, up to 250kW





Wifi
Vancouver Mall

Restrooms
Vancouver Mall

Restaurants
Panda Express
Subway Restaurants
Starbucks
Ruby Thai
Pholicious
Jimmy John's

Shopping
Vancouver Mall

 

[PLUS EV]

This is a V3 Supercharger and needs the Pin changed from Red to PURPLE

Huh? All active superchargers are red on supercharge.info, whether they are V2 or V3.

 

[Teedub21]

Didn’t need to charge but thought I’d swing by and get some juice! Still should have some free miles left.

 

[Paul42]

Didn’t need to charge but thought I’d swing by and get some juice! Still should have some free miles left.

Looking at your picture, I like that layout so much better than a straight back in. 1) It encourages people to enter from one direction, making it obvious at a busy location where the line should form. 2) There appears to be much more slack on the charging cable than I typically see. 3) I'm not worried about backing up so far against the parking sign I cannot open the rear hatch (I'm thinking of you Leavenworth).

 

[ptronus31]

I stopped by today and the Superchargers are certainly up and running. However, the Destination chargers all appear to have no power (I only checked a couple but no lights on any of them).

 

[iwannam3]

I stopped by today and the Superchargers are certainly up and running. However, the Destination chargers all appear to have no power (I only checked a couple but no lights on any of them).

The mall is shut down. When using the mall's destination chargers for FREE, they want you in the mall shopping or watching a movie.

 

[MP3Mike]

The mall is shut down. When using the mall's destination chargers for FREE, they want you in the mall shopping or watching a movie.

Is the mall paying for the destination charger electricity or is it coming from the Tesla power connection?

 

[iwannam3]

Is the mall paying for the destination charger electricity or is it coming from the Tesla power connection?

Typically the hotel or store pay for the power as an incentive for upper income Tesla owners to stay or shop. They may be upper income, but they are cheap enough to be attracted by free charging. They are aiming at local apartment, condo and house renters to shop while they are charging. A transient headed to Seattle wouldn't want to spend the time there on a destination charger, they will supercharge..

 

[RHS324]

Does anyone know if the destination chargers are powered up now?

 

[ptronus31]

Stopped by this afternoon (I was curious myself). They are all still dead. Superchargers were very busy, though!

 

[RHS324]

Interesting! Thanks for the reply

Stopped by this afternoon (I was curious myself). They are all still dead. Superchargers were very busy, though!

 

[acarney]

Interesting! Thanks for the reply

I’m curious if they’re operated by Tesla or if it’s kind of a hybrid of the destination program. Possibly Tesla offered for supply the equipment AND in this case the install cost (since they were building anyway) but the electricity is billed via the mall?

Normally Tesla just supplies equipment and the business covers the installation and operations cost...

 

[iwannam3]

I’m curious if they’re operated by Tesla or if it’s kind of a hybrid of the destination program. Possibly Tesla offered for supply the equipment AND in this case the install cost (since they were building anyway) but the electricity is billed via the mall?

Normally Tesla just supplies equipment and the business covers the installation and operations cost...

Not enough shops open to justify the electric expense.

 

[acarney]

Not enough shops open to justify the electric expense.

Right. That’s what made me think it’s possibly the building owner that operates the destination chargers. No reason to power them up if hardly anyone is visiting the mall and long duration stuff like movie theaters are still closed...