When that will be completed is unknown.ĮA needs to up its game if it’s to appeal to drivers when there’s a choice of charging stops as now at Coso Junction. The gas station that was there has been leveled and they’ve started construction on a new building. South of Coso Junction rest area signposted Take Cinder Road turn right onto Fossil Falls Access Road to the trailhead One. Lakes formed from melting glaciers, one of which was the ancient Owens Lake. There are no services or shade at EA’s Coso Junction station. The dark lava called basalt is a result of many volcanic eruptions from the Coso Mountain range dating back to over 440,000 years. They returned the station to service the next day. It was a welcome contrast to the EA station.Ī few days EA took the station offline. Yet the Caltrans station was easy to use and started charging at 43 kW immediately. By now it was a good 104 F (40 C)-a relatively cool day on the Mojave Desert. On the return trip I didn’t even bother stopping at the EA station and pulled up to the single kiosk at the Caltrans rest stop. By now I’d wasted a good 10-15 minutes futzing around so I just bit the bullet and charged for the amount we needed to drive to Horseshoe Meadows at 10,000 feet and return. So I moved to the third one and it dispensed only 30 kW. It didn’t work at all and that was a bad sign. I unwisely disconnected and move to the next kiosk. The first kiosk was dispensing only 40 kW to our Bolt that was capable of taking 55 kW. On Wednesday 28 July we did get our charge but it took longer than it needed. Coso Store and Gas Station are right across from the rest area. We non-Tesla EV drivers are thankful that EA put a station there, but it needs to work reliably for us to depend on it.
See Electrify America EV Charging Payment SNAFU.Ĭoso Junction is an important charge stop on US 395 up the East Side of the Sierra Nevada. Two stations with a total of five charging kiosks will provide redundancy at an important waypoint on the route to Mammoth.
We’re wary of that EA station after our experience there in the summer of 2020. CalTrans Coso Junction rest area is near the Electrify America station. Fortunately, there’s now a Caltrans’ station at the rest area nearby so there’s some redundancy. While we’ve had no problems with Electrify America stations elsewhere, their Coso Junction station continues to give us trouble.
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