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Go ahead and delete this. I've canceled the Service request and don't plan to follow up on it. I've been to the service center in Houston twice already and they have enver fixed anything, only consumed a lot of my workday time. I plan to just monitor closely and i don't know.. try to figure...

Has anyone suddenly Noticed their Score dropping like 30 points for Late Night Driving when your Sleeping? I've filed a Service Request, but couldn't believe the Trip data when I started looking into this, its happened Twice in a row now.

The lot continues to be busy, its easy to see it was a very good choice putting a 250 Kw Supercharger location here. In particular it acts like a show room for the gas / ice vehicle owners just a few feet away. They almost always have to end up staring at the front end of a row of various...

regarding the "Mud curbs" or "Flood curbs" .. however you want to think of them.. those are still Barracuda, or Alligators on your rims if you run into them, but they are on the far side of the lot from the actual Tesla Supercharger stalls. As long as you enter from the "Tesla" side of the lot...

Jan 31, 2023 here, we've had some cold snaps and rain. This site is constantly buzzing with Teslas charging, most slots are occupied during most parts of the day. If your from out of town, you may have to wait for a short bit, but there are additional parking spaces both in the Fuel lot where...

Yes Checked on my way home from work. The College Station Tesla Super Charger Destination is now in the Vehicle Navigation choices. I did not update the vehicle software. The Pre-conditioning battery for Charge is also working.

Learned many things in last couple of days. First the stall closest to the Tesla Controller Cabinets is for "Disabled user vehicles' only. Its only one stall, but instead of the red Tesla sign, there is a handicapped sign.. it looked so uniform like the others I missed it late at night and had...

Bingo - Tesla just updated its website for this Location as online And the Tesla App just started recognizing this as a valid Local destination for charging. I assume that means the "Pre-Conditioning Battery" option just went live as well.

Cool another tidbit of info. My Tesla app says the rate per kW/hr was 0.31 so this site is benefiting from the recent fall in Supercharger rates in Texas. Previously I had been paying 0.35 kW/hr when traveling I-45 .. and my total for the last 31 days is $89 (I drive a lot).. gosh.. in my...

It does not.. but my Tesla app now says there is an update for the app.. so I'm installing the Tesla app update now. Nopeity Nope.. even with the latest Tesla app update.. its still not showing as online. I guess this news is fairly fresh.

Another tidbit of information. Tesla Page for Superchargers still does not show this site as online. Still says 'Coming soon in 2023' and Navigation info in my Tesla has not updated yet to show it as a possible destination, so no 'Pre-Conditioning Battery' option available yet...

Nothing like the 250 kW Superchargers, that was about a 50% charge in about 20 minutes. Far far faster than at the 50 kW CCS1 Fast Charger I have been using. Of course it throttles back nearing 85% but it takes off like a rocket, ramping quickly. As fast as these charge I don't think there will...

Superchargers Engaged! Charging my car now.

I think brkaus suggested watching the manhole cover on the far side of the greenry for signs of disturbance. I could have tripped over the thing since the first time I walked over there I never noticed it. Its got dirt and caked on mud and stuff like someone stomped it closed with their muddy...

Nuthin scientific to this estimate.. but in the last few days.. I've run into a lot of quiet people surveying the Tesla Supercharger site.. and people in town are starting to mention it to me as a Tesla driver.. there is a lot of quiet "interest" From outside the town.. I'm getting a few...

All the power lines are underground in the HEB lots, there are no overhead lines. Nearest pole is on adjacent properties. The Tesla Controller box antenna is a Numb, not a dish.. no Starlink terminals in sight. The HEB Fuel Lot Gas pump area had a sat dish before the Tesla construction even had...

I do in the day time. But not after midnight, with the Fuel lot shutdown, and the lights turned off. I've seen other people looking around, but only in the day time. I went by there at lunchtime today and could read more of the badges on the Transformer, they say City of College Station all...

Its installed and looks like there is no work left to do. The conduits are all covered up and there are pieces of copper wire debris on the concrete platform in front of the door. I mean there might be work left to do inside the locked doors on the front of the transformer cabinet. I don't...

Transformer has arrived, and already been installed and hooked up. Pics and media to follow.

That would explain why the short conduit is Empty, and from earlier pictures the set that seemed to lead to the area in front of the old transformer. Ugh.. so; 1. Tesla needs to pass Electrical Inspection 2. More cable needs to be pulled through the empty conduit 3. A New transformer needs to...

Walk around video up.

That would explain the pad yes. Its poured now and hardened and much larger than I think of for any other reason than a New transformer in addition to the one they have already laid cables to connect. Its really Puzzling to me however why they dug an entire separate trench and laid three large...

I think I'll make a quick trip out there tonight. If the fence is down.. that could be a Big indicator of readiness. The transformer they hook up to is around the corner and it looked like it was hooked up. The lync pin was the Pedestal demarc on the other side of the Tesla Cabinets.. it was...

Tesla Supercharger page for this site has changed drastically. It now says in "general terms" Coming soon in 2023 I'd guess that means the timeline is out of their hands now and up to local variables. It could come online next week, or next year.. if its after Christmas.. I'd start thinking...

Looks like based on the Tesla Spools, Tesla Electrical Elves came out and did all the hard wiring up to a Demarc on the other side of the Tesla cabinets. They sort of Spooge Upwards out of the conduit pipe like a fountain.. and are covered in black plastic bags. From there another set of...

By Christmas would be very cool. I'll take any glimmer of hope.. what I worry about the most is the damaged Supercharger already on site delaying the roll out of the others. Since they are on site, I'm a little concerned there might be additional delays due to weather beyond their control. It...

Ahh.. I think I understand the TMC forum a little bit better now. First here's that walk around video YT link The uploads of photos are I think connected with the Subscriptions which included Gallery space. There is a certain amount for no cost and more for different tiers of Subscription. I...

Thursday November 17, 2022 Around midnight Progress is a whole lot slower now. But we have had some rains and the temperature has turned decidedly colder. I was really worried they would miss the opportunity of the good weather, and they have.. now its just a long dreary descent into a harsh...

Monday November 10, 2022 Around midnight Construction Day 25 Looks like I won't be posting any more pictures for a while.. server is rejecting them again. Sorry to be gone .. i kind of caught covid at a Dallas Truck stop near Ennis.. and felt really bad.. been self isolating. Feeling better...

Monday November 6, 2022 After midnight Construction Day 21 Went by last night and saw progress, but also a couple problems. First the first set of four Tesla Superchargers is unboxed, but looks to have fallen against the fence and may have damaged one. You can click on a picture to see the...

Friday October 28, 2022 11:00 pm Construction Day 11 Looks like nothing happened today. It rained, the trench has some water in it and a few conduits look like they got tossed around by the wind. I took some pics but they really aren't worth posting. I'll be back on Sunday Nov 6, 2022 and...

Thursday October 27, 2022 10:30 pm Construction Day 10 We have signs of concrete forms being setup over where the Tesla Power Cabinets will go. Lots more PVC conduit, and some curved pieces of conduit. The back hoe and loader appear to be stowed for now, the entire length of the trench...

Wednesday October 26, 2022 8:30 pm Construction Day 9 More 3 inch PVC conduit arrived, its barely visible in the first pic in front of the brown cardboard boxes Mostly I saw they dug out more of the trench, and the dumpsters are now way over flowing with debris And re-discovered a 6 ft...

Tuesday October 25, 2022 9:30 pm Construction Day 8 Major Progress, but we just had a Bill Paxton, Hellen Hunt level Twister "Hail, Flash Flooding Green Lightning Storm" last night .. so I'm sure they had to stop work today to let it drain out.. or to pump it out. It looks good however, a...

Looks like I may have exceeded the servers capacity for uploading images. I have three more pics. One of the smaller transformer, close up. But there is a much larger transformer just behind this smaller one, next to the trash corral slightly off to the Left. Its kind of hidden in the bushes...

Friday October 21, 2022 9:30 pm Construction Day 4 (2) New earth movers arrived, looks like a backhoe and loader (bulldozer) to me No signs of tool use. It looks to me like they are still amassing tools before commencing work. The Mobile Mini in the back of the store might hold smaller...

Geography isn't the problem really.. its just all the paid parking. Every inch seems to suggest cost recovery. Even in that area its all marked paid parking spaces. I have to wonder what would make them give up that revenue for a public good. Any increase in the number of Superchargers would...

October 21, 2022 12:30 am Construction Day 3 (1) Outhouse, (2) demolition dumpsters arrived No sign of actual tool use yet. I assume the dumpsters are for collecting the pedestal dig tailings from the asphalt, and any debris when they make cuts in the asphalt to run electrical...

I still have not checked out the 175 Century location on the "possible" leaked Tesla future sites yet. I might do that tomorrow. I have reviewed all the Building permits for College Station going back to August.. i guess I could look further.. but found nothing. I'm thinking the location at...

WED 10/19 9:47 PM Went by this evening, no change, equipment and grounds don't look like they have been touched today. Did find some paper work on the equipment I could see through the fence confirming v3 Superchargers. the taller White canvas covered boxes are apparently the Cabinets, 1 to a...

Can't wait to see if these are the new Version 4 chargers Architectural symbol for v4 Charger terminals kind of looks like the v3 terminals, with the cable hook on the interior

Yeah "stall" could mean almost anything, could be its a generic [purpose] and "standard" is just any purpose other than "Tesla's" purpose. The diagram isn't a photograph, they could be using the charger symbols just as place holders, and they could be just like the ones we know and love. I'm...

The PDF drawing is vector based, so it can be "infinitely" zoomed in on. The annotation in the Upper Left of the Drawing says "Standard Stalls" but these are still oriented "sideways" and are "smaller" than I've seen before. I think we're gonna get to see something "fresh" out of Tesla that...

175 Century Square is over in the old married student / new retail district across from the Bonfire Memorial part of Campus. 1900 Texas Ave S is the HEB Fuel lot, which is currently under construction and has Tesla hardware on it. I haven't been checking on things every day, but now that I've...

That site plan is definitely the HEB Fuel lot. That area is blocked off by fences and the boxy equipment cabinet on the far right is already there. The still wrapped equipment has the words Tesla Energy on it. They are digging a trench in the greenspace to the lower left. This is just a...

Something worrisome was occurring out back of the HEB, this was around Midnight tonight. The Mobile Mini "shipping container" is parked up against some curb way such that there is a space just large enough for a car to hide behind. There was a car with headlights parked out there. It was...

October 19, 2022 12:30 am Construction fences are up and surrounding the parking lot spaces reserved for the construction. [/MEDIA]

Its the pattern of traffic in that area. Sure you can adapt, but its a different sort of "feel" the streets in that narrow area are about 5-10 miles per hour and each side of the road is basically a multistory building, kind of like downtown Manhattan, or St Louis. If that's what your used to...

College Station, TX (coming soon) 175 Century Square Dr College Station, TX 77840 That makes (a little) more sense, than just University and Texas Intersection, its about a Quarter mile or more down University in the backwaters of a new-ish shopping district behind a financial services...