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Tesla fires up supercharger station in Oxnard

Tesla Motors has announced the opening of a new supercharger station in Oxnard, making it possible for Los Angeles residents to drive to Santa Barbara and back in one of its electric cars, the company says, with a 30-minute stop for refueling. Here, a Tesla Model S is plugged in inside the company's Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, showroom.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
By Charles Fleming
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At last! You can drive your Tesla to Santa Barbara and back, and you have another great reason to stop on the way in Oxnard.

Tesla Motors announced it has opened a new Southern California supercharging station, at Oxnard’s Collection at River Park shopping center, on Park View Court.

The station is Tesla’s latest addition to a charging network that also includes superchargers in Hawthorne to the south, Tejon Ranch and Solvang to the north and Barstow to the east.

The superchargers allow a Tesla vehicle to charge to full capacity in about 30 minutes.

The company also has a network of non-superchargers throughout Southern California, though charging through those stations takes longer.

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Charles Fleming

Charles Fleming writes about automobiles and motorcycles for the Los Angeles Times’ Business section. He also writes the urban hiking column LA Walks. A former staff writer for Newsweek, Variety and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, he is the author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller “High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess,” the New York Times bestseller “My Lobotomy,” and “Secret Stairs, A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles” and its sequel, “Secret Walks: A Walking Guide to the Hidden Trails of Los Angeles.”

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