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Title: Planning 1st 250mi trip in North/Central CA...
Post by: nnelson65 on May 31, 2018, 10:41:20 AM
...and I was hoping to get some advice on two items:

1). I'm totally new to J charging: what's the most versatile/convenient charging network to have between SF and Carmel?

2). Anyone have suggestions for a good place to buddy charge somewhere around Santa Cruz (maybe as far south as Watsonville)?

Thanks in advance!

-Nate
Title: Re: Planning 1st 250mi trip in North/Central CA...
Post by: ElectricZen on May 31, 2018, 10:51:47 AM
1. Charge point.

2.  Watsonville has two chargepoint stations at the county government buildings.  Looks like a semacharge is more central.  But Santa Cruz is Terry's neck of the woods and will have first hand use of most of these chargers.  You could drop Terry a line directly, I'm sure he won't mind.  BTW, just check Plug share website or app.

Hope that helps!

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Title: Re: Planning 1st 250mi trip in North/Central CA...
Post by: Erasmo on May 31, 2018, 11:05:08 AM
Nate, what charging equipment do you have?
Title: Re: Planning 1st 250mi trip in North/Central CA...
Post by: nnelson65 on May 31, 2018, 11:09:34 AM
1. Charge point.

2.  Watsonville has two chargepoint stations at the county government buildings.  Looks like a semacharge is more central.  But Santa Cruz is Terry's neck of the woods and will have first hand use of most of these chargers.  You could drop Terry a line directly, I'm sure he won't mind.  BTW, just check Plug share website or app.

Hope that helps!

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Thanks!  That's super helpful :)
Title: Re: Planning 1st 250mi trip in North/Central CA...
Post by: nnelson65 on May 31, 2018, 11:12:45 AM
Nate, what charging equipment do you have?

On the way from SF to Carmel, I'll be relying on another rider to buddy charge me with a double-J Diginow setup.  On the way back to SF, I'll be charging with my own 6.6kW single-J Diginow (with Tesla and J- input options).  ;D
Title: Re: Planning 1st 250mi trip in North/Central CA...
Post by: RickSteeb on June 06, 2018, 12:33:28 AM
Nate, what charging equipment do you have?

On the way from SF to Carmel, I'll be relying on another rider to buddy charge me with a double-J Diginow setup.  On the way back to SF, I'll be charging with my own 6.6kW single-J Diginow (with Tesla and J- input options).  ;D

Heh, sounds like my TBD upcoming trip from San Jose to Carmel for a beta test installation...  My dilemma is whether to ride there at 50MPH with a full-charge start, or strap on the ElCons & take the freeway!
Title: Re: Planning 1st 250mi trip in North/Central CA...
Post by: MVetter on June 06, 2018, 10:11:50 AM
Hold on you two; don't worry your pretty little heads. There's plenty of charging to go around for everyone  ;)
Title: Re: Planning 1st 250mi trip in North/Central CA...
Post by: KrazyEd on June 06, 2018, 11:46:05 PM
ChargePoint and Plugshare apps should show you pretty much everything you need. There is another that I found recently called GreenLots.
I believe that they are building a bunch of stations across the country but they seem to have a pretty good map showing other chargers
and who runs them. If in Santa Cruz, just take it for a visit back home to the factory
Title: Re: Planning 1st 250mi trip in North/Central CA...
Post by: nnelson65 on June 07, 2018, 01:59:00 AM
Hold on you two; don't worry your pretty little heads. There's plenty of charging to go around for everyone  ;)

Yes, Brandon sent me a pic of the charging potential last night :)