Only Electrify America location within the area of Fairfield/Suisun. The next closest locations are Napa and Vacaville, neither of which are "close" by any means if you're running low.
The charging station is located inside the Walmart Supercenter parking lot. When you enter, make your first right. The charging stations are located in the PICKUP area to your right. It is easy to miss if you are not looking for them.
Usually, when I visit this location there is zero wait time. Spots are typically open and available for immediate use. The charging stations generally work without issue. Today was an anomaly. Between myself and another person charging, we were unsuccessful with three out of the five pumps available.
Charger 1: charged for 10% then stopped abruptly without reason or cause to.
Charger 2: the other person charging tried without any success.
Charger 3: I tried with zero success.
Charger 5: the other person charging was able to successfully charge on her first attempt using the mobile app.
Charger 4: I arrive to before her, but was unsuccessful after a couple attempts using the mobile app. The third attempt, the charging station did not even acknowledge I was plugged in. I decided to select the MEMBER tab on the charging screen, tap my Electrify America mobile wallet app onto the charging station and that activated charging. The charging station recognized I was plugged in and initiated the charging process.
In the event the charging station does not recognize your vehicle being plugged in, the mobile app will not work - make sure you downloaded the mobile app, tap the "member" tab on the charging station screen, tap your Electrify America mobile app on the charging station (where indicated) and hopefully this helps.
Drove over the bridge to beat traffic and arrived at 12%. Definitely not enough to get me back home and did not want to see if I could get to Napa or the Vacaville locations either.
Around 2:30PM, the station got busy - all charging stations were filled (not sure if anyone was successful charging on the ones that did not work for us) and there was one car waiting. read more