Aeolus
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Need a chargepoint card, but it is free. Yes, it is in the big parking structure next to the.movie theatres.
Thanks! This is cool, because HB was outside of the LEAF round trip range, and now, it have become a doable easy trip... Yah! And if for some reason those chargers are down, there are other options... Plus up in Seal Beach too... Or the IKEA in Carson...Aeolus said:Need a chargepoint card, but it is free. Yes, it is in the big parking structure next to the.movie theatres.
If you are heading N/W from Huntington Beach, the Mitsubishi QC in Carson is about 2-3 miles north of the 405 (Valley View), then maybe 2 miles west on Katella back to the 605 (then either 405/91 if you are westbound).JimSouCal said:Aeolus said:This is cool, because HB was outside of the LEAF round trip range, and now, it have become a doable easy trip... Yah! And if for some reason those chargers are down, there are other options... Plus up in Seal Beach too... Or the IKEA in Carson...
PLEASE tell me the HB price structure is no where near what Seal Beach gouges. In order to shop Seal Beach (bought a Japanese fishing net / glass ball floatie decoration) we paid $6 to park ... then $2/hour for their L2. So by the time we'd shopped and ate lunch & returned to the plug, we paid well over $2/kwh. I wrote Seal Beach and explained how at that rate for juice, they're hampering EV infrastructure more than anything else - because I could have purchased the decoration on Ebay for the same price, ate at home, and been a few buck ahead by NOT supporting their business community. I fear it fell on deaf ears.Aeolus said:I charged today at one of two Coulomb stations at Bella Terra. Two J1772 Level 2 chargers close to the internal elevator shaft on the first floor. Signage not up yet, but stations are operating.
My contacts tell me that the stations at the Beach and at the City parking structure downtown may be operational this week. The stations at the City Hall are just getting their building permits now, so they will be installed a little later.
Thanks, Surf City!
hill said:PLEASE tell me the HB price structure is no where near what Seal Beach gouges.
PLEASE tell me the HB price structure is no where near what Seal Beach gouges. In order to shop Seal Beach (bought a Japanese fishing net / glass ball floatie decoration) we paid $6 to park ... then $2/hour for their L2
That tip is good to know. My understanding is it is a good idea to call Mitsubishi in advance prior to showing up..? And it is M-F business hours only?EricH said:If you are heading N/W from Huntington Beach, the Mitsubishi QC in Carson is about 2-3 miles north of the 405 (Valley View), then maybe 2 miles west on Katella back to the 605 (then either 405/91 if you are westbound).JimSouCal said:Aeolus said:This is cool, because HB was outside of the LEAF round trip range, and now, it have become a doable easy trip... Yah! And if for some reason those chargers are down, there are other options... Plus up in Seal Beach too... Or the IKEA in Carson...
JimSouCal said:That tip is good to know. My understanding is it is a good idea to call Mitsubishi in advance prior to showing up..? And it is M-F business hours only?EricH said:If you are heading N/W from Huntington Beach, the Mitsubishi QC in Carson is about 2-3 miles north of the 405 (Valley View), then maybe 2 miles west on Katella back to the 605 (then either 405/91 if you are westbound).
so was seal beach ... but what I meant was, after the freebie/into period is expired. Don't get me wrong ... I don't mind paying for an L2 charge if it's reasonable ... or even if it's on the pricey side ... but $2/kwh is beyond obscene. Definition of obscene: cheaper (and faster) to have AAA flatbed it home.Aeolus said:PLEASE tell me the HB price structure is no where near what Seal Beach gouges. In order to shop Seal Beach (bought a Japanese fishing net / glass ball floatie decoration) we paid $6 to park ... then $2/hour for their L2
Charging is free in HB for the first few years. . . . . . . . . . . snip . . .
Yep ... one thing that's easy ... filling the city coffers with cash from parking scofflawsEricH said:I tried the Main St structure last night - nice ChargePoint fixture with 2 L2 connections that looks like it will reach 4 parking spaces: one handicapped and three ICE'ed. I called the phone number posted in the lot and the fellow said they aren't finished installing them yet (which is rubbish - the station shows active on the ChargePoint app and I know what an active ChargePoint EVSE looks like when I see one) so the "EV Parking Only" signs aren't up yet.
So unless you have a handicap placard, or visit at a slow time, best to wait for the signage to go up. The attendant warned me not to use the handicap spot because the lot is patrolled regularly - this should help keep the spots ICE-free once the signs go up. . . . . . <snip> . . .
Sign was up at the Main St Promenade structure on/before June 16 (but sign only covers two of the three non-NC spaces that the cords will reach, and one of the two 'signed' spaces was ICE'd that night - Thank you Nissan Frontier 5U01140). So enforcement/compliance still needs some work...Aeolus said:Signage is finally up so that the new HB charging stations won't be ICEd as readily. Was at Pier Plaza the other night, and both spaces for charging were available.
Still not sure if the City Hall stations are open.
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