New California Corridor Fast Chargers Installed

[geo]

Looks like the EA site in Willows along I-5 has finally gone live. This closes the last big gap on the way up to Oregon and beyond.

https://www.plugshare.com/location/180129

 

[geo]

On a side note, we're getting to the point where the state is almost covered. Yes, we could always use more chargers, but most of the big gaps are closed. I'm seeing just a few annoying gaps, mostly from chargers that have been installed, but not connected.

Barstow/Yermo has two that would be valuable on I-15
Greenfield/King City along 101
Willts further north on 101
EA sites along 395

I'm sure there's plenty more places that could use chargers. Personally, I'd love to see some up in Big Bear and Mammoth for skiing.

 

[swogee]

Another corridor that could use some DC fast chargers would be along SR-46/I-5 between Paso Robles and Bakersfield as well along SR-41 between Atascadero and Fresno. DC fast chargers along those routes would make going from Central Coast to Bakersfield or Yosemite more practical. At the minimum a large multi-charger site in King City (similar to what Tesla has) and Lost Hills would be great.

 

[miimura]

Another corridor that could use some DC fast chargers would be along SR-46/I-5 between Paso Robles and Bakersfield as well along SR-41 between Atascadero and Fresno. DC fast chargers along those routes would make going from Central Coast to Bakersfield or Yosemite more practical. At the minimum a large multi-charger site in King City (similar to what Tesla has) and Lost Hills would be great.

SR-41 has planned chargers between Paso Robles and Fresno from CalTrans and ChargePoint at Shandon, Kettleman, and Lemoore.

I am disappointed that the CalTrans plan has only resulted in the Camp Roberts chargers so far, and those don't have a reliable and strong grid connection yet. Thankfully, the Monterey ARD approved funds for those grid connections shortly after the Recargo stop work order was issued by the CEC.

King City and Lost Hills are good target locations for DCFCs. I think that the Greenfield EA site will be a good substitute for a multi-stall King City installation. ChargePoint has already installed a pair of stations in King City, but they're not online yet. The closest thing to Lost Hills is a ChargePoint site in Buttonwillow that has been sitting for many months with chargers installed but offline.

 

[asavage]

All this talk of King City, Paso Robles, etc. puts me in mind of my favorite Calif. highway: 198. Between 101 and I-5 (or at least Coalinga). Some truly beautiful country to drive through. I miss it. I used to drive it every December when I'd visit my father in LA. He passed in 2011, and I've not been through 198 since.

 

[geo]

I'd love to see more coverage in/around places like national parks and forests. I'd like to be able to get to places deeper in the mountains. Yosemite is getting reasonably well covered, but it would be nice to see more chargers in places like Sequoia, Big Sur, Mendocino, Klamath, Lassen. Even a couple of Level 2 chargers at a visitors center would help.

Of course, with a 200+ mile EV, getting into the mountains becomes much less of an issue than it is in a RAV4. I may have to finally trade up in the next year or two.

 

[geo]

Looks like the EA site in Mojave is up and running. Once they get Coso Junction going, the Eastern Sierras will be open.

https://www.plugshare.com/location/193083

The Chargepoint site in Yermo along I-15 is also showing up as open, but the Chargepoint app still doesn't list it. After almost a year, you'd expect it to be open, but who knows.

https://www.plugshare.com/location/180082

 

[miimura]

The Buttonwillow Chargepoint site is finally online and showing up on the network in the app. The site has three Express 200 (50kW) units.

Plugshare - Buttonwillow Starbucks & Subway

There is also a single ChargePoint Express 250 (62.5kW) unit at the top of the Grapevine in Lebec on Frazier Park Road.

Plugshare - Jack in the Box, Lebec, CA

 

[asavage]

Plugshare - Buttonwillow Starbucks & Subway

Per PlugShare:

• DCFC: $0.10/kWh + $0.25/Min
• L2: $0.20/kWh + $0.55/Min

.55/min for L2? Holy crap!

 

[geo]

I noticed a few of the "30 in 30" sites at highway rest stops have popped up as "under construction"

Boron, Bishop, Coso Junction.
https://www.plugshare.com/location/230126
https://www.plugshare.com/location/230128
https://www.plugshare.com/location/230127

Anyone remember how long it took for the units on the 101 to actually go live?

Also, EA's four chargers have gone live in Baker, making a total of 12 DCFCs for that town. Almost as many as Tesla.

 

[geo]

One more, not CEC, but definitely notable. The City of Pasadena has just opened a site with 20 CCS/Chademo 50kw chargers and 24 Superchargers. It is supposed to be the largest DCFC site in the US. Now we're talking.

https://www.plugshare.com/location/38377

 

[miimura]

Plugshare - Buttonwillow Starbucks & Subway

Per PlugShare:

• DCFC: $0.10/kWh + $0.25/Min
• L2: $0.20/kWh + $0.55/Min

.55/min for L2? Holy crap!

You are mistaken. The ChargePoint app shows the following:

DCFC: $0.25/kwh + $0.10/min
L2: $0.20/kWh + $0.55/hour

When I looked at the Plugshare this morning there was no price info. I added the above fees.

 

[asavage]

The above was a cut-n-paste from the PlugShare app, so it's the PlugShare app that's got it wrong.
[later]
It is, however, correct today Whew!

 

[miimura]

Looks like the EA site in Willows along I-5 has finally gone live. This closes the last big gap on the way up to Oregon and beyond.

https://www.plugshare.com/location/180129

The CEC funded EVgo site at the Black Bear Diner in Willows, CA is also open now. Two 50kW BTC Slim chargers, just like the ones installed in Williams, CA.

Plugshare - Black Bear Diner, Willows, CA

 

[miimura]

The CEC funded EVgo site in Woodland also opened last month.

Plugshare - County Fair Fashion Mall, Woodland, CA

 

[miimura]

The CEC funded ChargePoint site in Lakehead-Lakeshore is finally active in the ChargePoint app. This is the final site to open along the I-5 corridor in ChargePoint's 15-601 CEC grant.

Plugshare - Basshole Brews, Lakehead-Lakeshore, CA

In the 15-601 grant, EVgo still has 3 more sites to open (3 completed) and EV Connect still has 8 more to open (3 completed). Recargo failed to open any of their 15-601 sites along the 101 corridor before they were issued a stop-work order by the CEC for non-performance.

There are many more CEC funded sites coming that were part of the later 15-603 grant. In that grant group, Chargepoint has completed 19 sites and has 34 more sites remaining.

 

[geo]

The Electrify America site in Barstow looks like it might be open. The EA site has marked it as live and it is also live on Plugshare. Usually EA posts to Plugshare as well, but that hasn't happened. Surprised any progress is being made, considering the current situation.

https://www.plugshare.com/location/186195

If this is actually open, then Las Vegas is now a very easy trip (once we're free to move around again).

 

[miimura]

The Electrify America site in Barstow looks like it might be open. The EA site has marked it as live and it is also live on Plugshare. Usually EA posts to Plugshare as well, but that hasn't happened. Surprised any progress is being made, considering the current situation.

https://www.plugshare.com/location/186195

If this is actually open, then Las Vegas is now a very easy trip (once we're free to move around again).

Today, March 31, 2020, EA posted on the Plugshare listing that it is open.

 

[miimura]

The CEC funded EVgo site in Orland is now open. Four 50kW dual standard chargers and a dual 7.2kW L2 station.

Plugshare - Berry Patch Restaurant, Orland, CA

The CEC funded EVgo site in Yuba City is also open. Two 50kW dual standard chargers and a dual 7.2kW L2 station.

Plugshare - PetsMart Center, Yuba City, CA

This leaves only one more EVgo site left in their CEC grant - Corning, CA

EVconnect is not so far along with their grant sites. However, they did open one more. Two dual standard DCFCs and a dual head L2 station. Plugshare indicates the CCS is 350kW and CHAdeMO is 50kW.

Plugshare - Love's Travel Stop, Ripon, CA

 

[geo]

Looks like the Chargepoint site in Yermo along I-15 has finally gone live. The units had been installed almost 16 months before they got power.

https://www.plugshare.com/location/180082

With the addition of a few more non-CEC sites along I-15, the trip to Las Vegas is downright easy.