Yesterday, I queued to get done lots of chores, as one of
my twice weekly outings my VA hospital Dr. (she sez) 'You
need to get regular exercise'. The frequency of those
outings are to increase as now that September's NDEW
EVents are completed, I've re-contacted my realtor to
re-hook up with him and get back to my whole reason for
moving from Silicon_Valley-CA to become a Texan:
to buy a home so-as to live-out my last 10 good-years in
(a ~$200k 3+bed,2bath home here, would be ~2+M back there).
After I completed my tasks and before I headed back to my
rented room (I was feeling the exercise burn and old-man
arthritic pain only sleep would reduce), I swung by San
Antonio's (sa) newest public EVSE addition: a new Tesla
SuperEVSE site
https://www.plugshare.com/location/204964https://www.plugshare.com/location/204964
This puts sa on the superEVSE map as an in-route charging
destination, which also means we will see a whole lot more
Tesla EVs in this area :-)
The plugshare listing touts 10 stations, but 2 stations
are still wrapped in plastic, thus are not available/not-
powered on (perhaps this is for future growth?).
I found it interesting that it is located within a couple
blocks of my realtor's office. Some Tesla forum posts
questioned Tesla's site location choice. But, I feel it is
a worthy selection. There is ample food (restaurants),
drink (starbucks), shopping (plenty to do while the EV is
super-soaking-up high powered L3 juice).
The site is just off the I-10 Hwy & the neighborhood is
upscale (affluent, yuppie). So, I would feel safe anytime
during its 24hr access (though streets tend to roll-up
their sidewalks after hours in TX).
Unlike the Walmart e.america site I posted about
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/NDEW-updates-9-14-Austin-9-21-San-Antonio-vw-s-E-America-L3-EVSE-Walmart-tp4695078.html
which is Not as easily found just off I-35 Hwy, where you
have to zig &zag (counting the drinking/sleeping homeless
along side) the rough roads/streets. It too also has 24hr
access, but that area is definitely not a safe location
after hours.
This Tesla superEVSE is easy to spot as most of the stations
are in line with the street, see
https://s3.amazonaws.com/plugshare.production.photos/photos/485546.jpg
& the rest are on a back row with the utility power cabinets
https://s3.amazonaws.com/plugshare.production.photos/photos/485547.jpg
(note: the huge boulders placed in front of the power cabinets.
Rocks, boulders, stone work are all valued on this n.west sa
side of I-10 Hwy. Stone colors, light tan to reddish brown are
worn or used everywhere. Those boulders cost the shopping center
the superEVSE is located in, a large chunk of moola. They also
protect againt inebriated 4x4 monster ice attacks from hi-speed
bashing those cabinets).
In the 1st image link, I cane walked over to yak at the (red
on the left) Tesla-3 EV driver sitting while charging. He was
kind enough to share with me, that he was from San_Diego-CA and
was eco-touring, driving to FL using I-8 &I-10 Hwys.
In my trip to relocate to TX, I found parts of I-10 were
quite (teeth-chatteringly) rough on the suspension. So, I
slowed to 60mph in the right lane (on a Hwy with 70 &80+ mph
speed limits). It got better when I got near TX, but you need
to bring/have on you proof you are a citizen.us as there is
a check-point at El_Paso-TX.
The Tesla-3 driver said he was down to 35mi range (and
getting concerned) when he pulled &plugged in. He said his
infotainment screen was showing he was pulling 144kW into his
EV pack. Since is SOC was low, he would be drawing near
maximum charging current.
This tells me this was not your (old-school) 120KW superEVSE,
but a newer V2 touting 150kW capability (others please verify,
correct):
https://www.google.com/search?q=supercharger+v2
This isn't Tesla's latest. 250kW V3 is supposed to be coming:
https://www.google.com/search?q=supercharger+v3+250
?Is 250kW supercharging for the coming Tesla EVs with huge
kWh packs? Or, is this a keep up with the Jones' competition
of e.america's 350kW ccs ports at Walmarts?
(Am I the only one that thinks 350kW ccs ports is an
overkill-waste when no EV.us can use all 350kW?
By that time, another Tesla-3 driver came sauntering over to
also yak with us. He was a sa local so, he did't need a charge
(his EV was parked in a side ice-spot). He wanted know if
having access to the superEVSE was worth the effort &cost.
The S.Deigo driver expressed, for him (a road warrior) it was
great. I interjected with a question to know their EV experience
level. Neither knew of nor had used plugsahre.com . After
explaining it was much more up-to-date thus valuable than
chargpoint's wannbe site, plugshare and its apps, were a
valuable free tool for EV drivers to get the information they
need for long trips, etc.
I shared (IMO), knowing what his superEVSE options were would
be valuable to his future needs. That although charging at
home or rarely at the local sa utility's chargpoint L2 EVSE
suited his needs 99% of his time, that one or two times a
year when you need to go further, and faster means needing
superEVSE access. I used the analogy, 'what if on an airport
flying holiday, visiting family says, 'Ooh, an electric-car, let's
go to Dallas (5hrs 280mi), or Houston (4hrs 200mi),
New_Orleans_LA (8.5hrs 550mi) ...'.
You'll need to know about how to use the superEVSE network
to make it all (transparently) happen.
All that standing had my arthritis pain killing me, so I said
my goodbyes, and left the two to continue EV-driver
networking,sharing EV information. It seems at each
superEVSE site, there are EV drivers networking like this.
Some may find the spoken word easier than typing, &posting
to a forum.
[sidebar]
I had a successful and happy (but tiring) day. The only sad
(offt) part of the experience was, I was re-shown that my
body's warranty has expired (I'm old, near my life-span end).
I lost a front tooth (cracked in half). My smile now looks like
a really-old version of Alfred E. Neumann
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Alfred_E._Neumann.jpg/800px-Alfred_E._Neumann.jpg
So, now I'll also need to find a tooth-yanking dentist
https://www.odwyerpr.com/site_images/20190522145935_052219MAD.jpg
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search on "EVangel-about"
...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_E._Neuman
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