EA in Baker was, I was lusting after the Tesla chargers there that are locked to Tesla only. In the AM, EA was a breeze with 12 of 12 operational stalls and 178kw charge rate. On the return leg, 6 of 12 chargers were offline, and there was a line of 12 people. But at 8% I was stuck. Was only feeding 70kw too, so it took me a full hour to get enough to get over the hill to Yermo's Tesla charger.
That sucks. When I was there a month or so ago, one stall was down and when I arrived there were two idle chargers. I charged from 34 - 90 % for 73 KWH in 44 minutes for an average of 99.55 W rate and it started a little over 180 KW. Of course it slowed way down at 80%. Yes, it would be VERY nice if the Baker SuperCharger was opened up to us.
I altered my plans based on how good the experience was in the morning. That f'ed me in the A on my return leg and added 2 hours at that single charging stop. Never again.
I also changed my plan on my desert trip, but I knew about the change two days before the trip. I had planned on using the EA charger at Fenner (on I-40), but in my bad timing, EA took that station down to replace the chargers two days before my trip. The change was to drive into Needles to charge at a SuperCharger. Cheapest price I have paid for fast charging too - $0.26 / KWH with a Tesla subscription.
That's also my observation - Tesla has FAR better availability and is always less expensive (comparing non-subscription prices). I did pay for an EA subscription for that one charge session (yes it paid for itself), but cancelled after the trip. I do use Tesla enough that I so far am maintaining a Tesla subscription.
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