Note: as of August 15, 2003 I no longer have an EV1, and I am no longer maintaining this list. Most of the EV1s were leased for 3 year terms, and GM has refused to renew them. So many of these sites are probably being taken out of service. The few that have been converted to small paddle inductive will continue to be useful for the small number of Toyota RAV4-EVs produced before Toyota also stopped EV production.
The list is sorted in order of increasing Thomas Brothers' map page and grid numbers.
I have included Mapblast and Yahoo maps where possible.
Except as otherwise indicated, all chargers are accessible and operating 24 hours/day.
Chargers marked as "Gen2+" have small paddles. An adapter is required for use with EV1s.
Chargers supplied with 240v generally charge about 15% faster than those supplied with 208v. For details, click here.
If you have any contributions, comments or corrections, please email me. I am especially interested in feedback from anyone who had trouble finding a charger using the instructions given here, or who can give better and/or simpler directions to a site.
Note to non-EV drivers: the verb "ice", as used in these listings,
is an acronym that stands for "internal combustion engine". To say "I got
iced" means that you arrived at a charger only to find an ordinary gasoline-powered
car (typically a big ugly sport-utility vehicle) parked there
illegally, blocking access to the charger. It's a serious, ongoing problem
at many charging sites.
| Name & Address | Thomas Bros Map page/grid | Lat/Long (WGS84) | Notes |
| Saturn
of West 78
2205 Vista Way Oceanside CA 92054 |
1106/F-G 2 | 33 10.927N*
117 20.306W +10m |
East gate now apparently open 24 hr |
| Texaco
Star Mart
221 N. Emerald Dr Vista CA 92083 |
1107/D1 | 33 11.4104N
117 16.7373W |
Permanently out of service |
| Costco
951 Palomar Airport Rd Carlsbad CA 92009 |
1126/J3 | 33 7.206N*
117 18.942W 22m |
Gen 2+ (small paddle) |
| Costco
725 Center Dr San Marcos CA 92069 |
1129/D1 | 33 8.220N*
117 7.537W 226m |
Gen 2+ (small paddle) |
| Saturn
of Escondido
859 N Broadway Escondido CA 92025 |
1129/H1 | 33 7.910N*
117 5.206W 33 7.897N* 117 5.187W 207m |
|
| San
Diego Wild Animal Park
15500 San Pasqual Valley Rd Escondido CA 92027 |
1130/J5 | 33 6.0454N
117 0.1240W |
Pay parking Gates closed at night |
| Scripps
Memorial Hospital Encinitas
354 Sante Fe Dr Encinitas CA 92024 |
1167/D1 | 33 2.210N*
117 17.020W 48m |
|
| Costco
12350 Carmel Mtn Rd San Diego CA 92128 (Rancho Bernardo) |
1170/A7 | 32 59.223N*
117 4.689W 225m |
Gen 2+ (small paddle); severe ICEing at busy times |
| Scripps
Green Hospital
10666 N Torrey Pines Rd La Jolla CA 92037 |
1207/J6 | 32 53.968N*
117 14.579W |
Charger no longer in employee gated parking garage |
| UCSD
Copy Center
201 University Center University of California, San Diego La Jolla CA |
1228/A2 | 32 52.686N*
117 14.199 115m |
Metered parking |
| UCSD
School of Medicine
Osler Lane University of California, San Diego La Jolla CA |
1228/A2 | 32 52.491N*
117 14.069W 109m |
Metered parking |
| Scripps
Memorial Hospital of La Jolla
9888 Genesee Ave La Jolla CA 92037 |
1228/B1 | 32 53.074N*
117 13.535W 119m |
Pay parking |
| UCSD
Thornton Hospital
Medical Center Drive University of California, San Diego La Jolla CA |
1228/B2 | 32 52.645N*
117 13.566W 103m |
Metered parking |
| Hyatt
Regency Hotel
3777 La Jolla Village Dr La Jolla CA 92122 |
1228/B3 | 32 52.283N*
117 13.529W 74m (garage entrance) |
Pay parking Severe, management-condoned ICEing |
| Costco Santee
101 Town Center Parkway Santee, California 92071 |
1231-C6 | 32 50.5128N*
116 59.274W 85m |
One Gen 2+ (small paddle) |
| Saturn
of Kearny Mesa
4525 Convoy St San Diego CA 92111 |
1249/B2 | 32 49.405N*
117 09.276W 130m (svc dept) 32 49.343N*
|
South charger has been removed |
| Saturn
of El Cajon
541 N Johnson Ave El Cajon CA 92020 |
1251/E4 | 32 48.088N*
116 58.216W 147m |
|
| Mission
Valley Center
1640 Camino Del Rio N San Diego CA 92108 |
1269/C2-3 | 32 46.095N*
117 08.919W 43m |
|
| Scripps
Mercy Hospital
4077 Fifth Ave San Diego CA 92103 (Hillcrest area) |
1269/A5 | 32 45.124N*
117 09.638W 134m |
Hillcrest area of San Diego
Pay parking One charger, frequently ICEd |
| Costco
8125 Fletcher Pkwy La Mesa CA 91941 |
1270/H1 | 32 46.428N*
117 01.431W +140m |
|
| Grossmont
Center
Grossmont Center Drive La Mesa CA 91941 |
1270/J1 | 32 46.742N*
117 0.812W 168m |
|
| San Diego Airport (Lindbergh Field)
3665 North Harbor Drive San Diego CA 92101 |
32 43.851N*
117 12.246W 6m (Terminal 2 west) 32 43.856N*
32 43.875N*
32 43.777N*
|
Four sites in short term parking lot
Pay parking |
|
| San
Diego County Administration Building
Pacific Coast Hwy & Grape St San Diego CA |
1288/J2 | 32 43.460N*
117 10.331W 7m |
Between airport and downtown
barriers up weekends, but not locked |
| Wells
Fargo Plaza
401 B St San Diego CA 92101 (downtown) |
1289/A3 | 32 43.003N
117 09.615W |
Expensive pay parking
only open weekdays until 7:30pm |
| Automotive
Museum
Balboa Park San Diego CA 92104 |
1289/B1 | 32 43.674N*
117 09.203W 137m |
Down - power turned off |
| San
Diego Convention Center
111 West Harbor Drive San Diego CA 92101 |
1289/A4 | 32 42.358N
117 9.718W |
Pay parking Downtown San Diego, on the waterfront Lots of construction in the area |
| Saturn
of National City
2202 National City Blvd National City CA 91950 |
1309/H3 | 32 39.778N
117 06.179W |
Lot gates closed at night |
| Costco
895 E. "H" St Chula Vista CA 91910 |
1310/J6 | 32 38.275N
117 01.404W |
GPS coordinates marked with an asterisk (*) were resurveyed after termination of GPS Selective Availability on May 1, 2000. I.e., these readings should be much more accurate.
Credits: Risa Baron of San Diego Gas & Electric commissioned Ted Walton to photograph every public charging site in SDG&E's territory. Many thanks to Risa for providing them to me. Michelle Thompson navigated and collected data on my North County tour. Cecil McLester contributed an entry. And Dave Kirkpatrick of Saturn of West 78 gave me their business hours and suggested some of the "things to do while you're waiting" at the various Saturn dealers.