I just saw it today on the Tesla app. When you click on charging, the app shows you the nearest charging spots. Evidently, the new supercharger site in Irvine is the closest to my house now. It is located in Heritage Plaza, near Culver and Walnut. The chargers are literally right in front of Daiso and Mitsuwa; man, it is going to be super crowded all the time. Right now it is 7:00 am Friday morning, and the app says there are 10/16 stalls free. I read on Google Maps that these are 250 kW chargers. I have never had success with getting more than 50 kW of power from a supercharger. It may be higher right when I plug in, but always seem to drop down to 50 kW or lower, even though the v1.0 chargers are supposed to support up to 130 kW. I am finding that Tesla’s specs on their cars are a bit flexible when it comes to charging and range.
There are a lot of local chargers now. When I purchased the Model S in late 2016, there was only two supercharger sites on this map: Fountain Valley (lower left) and Main Place Mall in Santa Ana (not marked due to weird zoom). All the chargers were full 24/7 because there were only Model S/X available, and most included free lifetime supercharging. Now that Model 3/Y have to pay for supercharging, hopefully the new chargers will not be too full since most people should charge at home.
Since I need to drive down that way to get labs done for UCLA, I think I will leave 30 minutes early and stop by the new supercharger and see if my old Model S can charge faster than 50 kW. I have not driven the car outside of Los Angeles and Orange counties since charging is a bit slow. If I can charge fast on the new v2.0 chargers, I will feel better with longer road trips.
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My friend sent me this photo of the Harris Ranch supercharger along the I-5 freeway. This site gets a lot of traffic since it is about midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area. Tesla is going to build out the largest supercharger site with over 100 chargers. Assuming they are all v2.0, that means a maximum power draw of 100 x 250 kW or 25 MW. That is crazy! He also said they were putting in solar panels. That probably will not be enough to power even one charger.
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Well, these are not 250 kW chargers. Usually they have a small tag on the top of the charger that says 250 kW. These do not. I am getting about 35 kW which is terrible.
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I mentioned above that any new Tesla Supercharger site in Irvine will be packed since it seems every household has one. This is especially true in a shopping plaza with Asian stores. Well, here is the map from Bestla (a new Tesla app I purchased for $10). As you can see, the Heritage Plaza Supercharger I went to this morning is completely full, and the next closest site only has two stalls free; I believe this is the one by Honda Center/Anaheim Stadium. Tesla made an error offering unlimited free Supercharging for the old Model S/X. You never give Asians free shit because it will come back and bite you in the ass.
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