Any news/rumors of SoCal supercharger?

[metafor]

Indeed, although that location would be just dandy with me...

My last road-trip I ended up hobbling up from Paso Robles at 55mph, being passed by semis, barely making it to Gilroy, only to get the email about Atascadero being open not four days later... I have a hunch history will repeat itself...

LOL. The exact same thing happened to me. I went down to SD for the July 4th weekend and stopped by Santa Barbara along the way. The day I arrived in SD (July 3rd), I saw on Twitter that they had opened up the Supercharger in Atascadero and Buellton. Needless to say, I wouldn't have had to arrive at midnight in SB with 30 miles left if those SC's were online just 2 days earlier. Luckily, the Rabobank in SB had a Roadster charger I could use.

My recent road trip to Portland also ended just 1 day before the Woodburn SC went online.....

 

[markb1]

Still no building permit attached to this. I wonder what the delay is?

AC13-027 ARCHITECTURAL CNTRL Tesla Charging Stations at Union Bank 31971 CAMINO CAPISTRANO LS 08/02/2013

Looks like it was approved 8/8/13
Details - Project# AC13-027

Project Info Site Info Contacts (1) Inspections Conditions Reviews Project#: AC13-027 Type: ARCHITECTURAL CNTRL Subtype: COMMERCIAL Planner: Laura Stokes Status: APPROVED Applied Date: 8/2/2013 Approved Date: 8/8/2013 Closed Date: 8/8/2013 Expired Date: Description: Address: 31971 CAMINO CAPISTRANO Map View City, State, Zip: SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA, 92675 Assessor PIN or Tax Lot No.: 121-150-17 Subdivision: Tract: Block: Lot: 37 Sect-Twp-Rng: 0-0-0 Lot Size (SF): 35000

 

[hans]

Still no building permit attached to this. I wonder what the delay is?

Perhaps the build crew is busy working on the Gilroy expansion.

 

[FredTMC]

Still no building permit attached to this. I wonder what the delay is?

+1 Like watch paint dry. Zzzzz. I'm guessing this is very typical.

 

[markb1]

Perhaps the build crew is busy working on the Gilroy expansion.

You'd think the build crew being busy would not hold up the building permit, though.

 

[hans]

You'd think the build crew being busy would not hold up the building permit, though.

I don't know. Is it something they need to get far in advance, or does the build crew just go to city hall on the first day, pay the fee, get the stamp, and then start digging.

 

[Cosmacelf]

Geez - permit approved August 8th and still no work being done??

 

[jive_devil]

Well, the good news is that the Supercharger is right next to El Campeon, a pretty good Mexican watering hole by all means!

I bet I can pack on a full day's worth of calories faster in that joint than the supercharger could top off my battery.

 

[markb1]

Geez - permit approved August 8th and still no work being done??

There is no permit, yet. That's just a "project" that was approved on August 8th. I'm pretty sure there should be a building permit attached to it at some point. If you look at the CHAdeMO project in San Juan Capistrano (project #AC12-011), you'll see there's a building permit attached to it.

 

[apacheguy]

Perhaps they decided to reconsider the location. I, for one, believe a better choice would have been the section of Del Obispo Plaza that is adjacent to the 5 freeway. Not only is it closer to the freeway but it is also significantly less congested.

 

[Cosmacelf]

Well, further south would be nice...

 

[apacheguy]

Well, further south would be nice...

Yes. Originally I was thinking Oceanside, but the supercharger map makes it clear they chose San Juan. The only question now is: where in San Juan if not the Union Bank?

edit: one benefit of San Juan over Oceanside is it does allow people to stay on the 5 and make it to Tejon without stopping in Hawthorne.

 

[jive_devil]

Perhaps they decided to reconsider the location. I, for one, believe a better choice would have been the section of Del Obispo Plaza that is adjacent to the 5 freeway. Not only is it closer to the freeway but it is also significantly less congested.

I actually thought the better location would be in San Clemente - somewhere that's more readily accessible (i.e. no backtracking) for people traveling on both the 5 freeway or P.C.H.

 

[gaswalla]

Made a trip over to the union bank location today. No progress at all. The area is freeway close, but crowded with tourists. I would have chosen something a bit east of the 5 freeway. In terms of North - south, here or San Clemente would really be beneficial for Sd - LA trips.
With all the locals that have a ModelS, I'd suggest Tesla puts in the swapper here to still allow road trips, but discourage frugal locals.

 

[apacheguy]

So what's the hold up here? There's proof of a permit, so we can't blame the red tape. Are they having trouble finding a contractor to do the job?

I was hoping they had reconsidered the location, but I have seen several references recently to SJC that lead me to believe that is not the case.

 

[Hometheatremaven]

I have heard from a reliable source that construction is at least 1 month (or more?) away.

 

[markb1]

So what's the hold up here? There's proof of a permit, so we can't blame the red tape.

Actually, there's no building permit that I'm aware of. Just a "project", whatever that means. I'm pretty sure there needs to be a building permit attached to it, and there's not.

 

[Cosmacelf]

On another thread someone mentioned that some utility work seemed to be occurring about a block away by the train tracks, so maybe there is some electrical utility grid tie in work that needs to be completed.

 

[FredTMC]

There is now a permit "under review" for the union bank location on the San Juan cap permit site. Applied date is today.

Seven charging stations!

no idea how long they'll take to approve. Permit # b13-1085

 

[apacheguy]

Great news. 7 seems like an odd number (yes, I know it is literally odd) of chargers. Every SC can be split 60/60 between two charging bays so it seems like they should have done 8. Oh well, I was only expecting 4 to be honest so 7 comes as a nice surprise.