Eugene/Springfield Supercharger

[PhilBa]

As far as I can tell, it's for job creation. Still, their gas prices aren't any higher than in Washington.

I lived in Portland 30-ish years ago and there was a campaign to allow drivers to gas up their own cars. It went down to defeat 60-40 or some such. The commercials were incredibly stupid. One showed an old lady squirting gas all over herself and the wretchedly looking at the camera. But, clearly effective.

Is it really about job creation? I'm pretty sure those guys get minimum wage and there is very high turnover.

I assume there is no law regarding EVSEs though I could see the same people making ads showing some old lady electrocuting herself... Don't let this to happen to your sweet old grandma.

 

[dirkhh]

I lived in Portland 30-ish years ago and there was a campaign to allow drivers to gas up their own cars. It went down to defeat 60-40 or some such. The commercials were incredibly stupid. One showed an old lady squirting gas all over herself and the wretchedly looking at the camera. But, clearly effective.

Is it really about job creation? I'm pretty sure those guys get minimum wage and there is very high turnover.

I assume there is no law regarding EVSEs though I could see the same people making ads showing some old lady electrocuting herself... Don't let this to happen to your sweet old grandma.

No such laws for charging your car. And interestingly enough, the law is only about gasoline, not diesel. So you can fill your TDI but not your gas guzzler

 

[rongon]

Lyon,
Congrats on the new little girl!
Wait until she realizes she has 2 big brothers to boss around and "protect" her. She will be princess of almost everything in the realm. :wink:
Did you get the rear facing seat option with your MS or will the car seats all fit? Post a picture so I can show my daughter, I'm trying to convince her a model X should be their next car.
I noticed your res # is the 100 off from our vin.

 

[nleggatt]

Anyone know if Eugene is turned on yet?

 

[merlynhough]

Anyone know if Eugene is turned on yet?

I plan to check it tomorrow (Monday).

 

[Lyon]

Lyon,
Congrats on the new little girl!
Wait until she realizes she has 2 big brothers to boss around and "protect" her. She will be princess of almost everything in the realm. :wink:
Did you get the rear facing seat option with your MS or will the car seats all fit? Post a picture so I can show my daughter, I'm trying to convince her a model X should be their next car.
I noticed your res # is the 100 off from our vin.

Thanks! I do have the rear-facing seats so I can get all three kids in. The back seat isn't wide enough for three kid's seats so I put the boys in the trunk and the little girl in the middle of the rear seat. We also have an X reservation for my wife. I don't really know how but my Model S reservation number was almost in the 6000s but I got VIN 2595... I guess I ordered the car they wanted to make early.

Interestingly we discovered that the Model S was more comfortable for the five of us plus my inlays (7 total) than our giant Suburban. This is because we would have to cram two adults in the rear of the suburban with a kid in a booster seat where they could simply sit on either side of baby in the Model S.

 

[Sgt Barone]

Any updates on Eugene?

 

[andyrebele]

Any updates on Eugene?

two more days of electrical work, according to contractors on site today 3pm

 

[Lyon]

Any updates on Eugene?

Apparently SUB (Springfield Utility Board) was on site today working to extend infrastructure in order to hook up power to the site. Expect power up at the end of the week.

 

[merlynhough]

Apparently SUB (Springfield Utility Board) was on site today working to extend infrastructure in order to hook up power to the site. Expect power up at the end of the week.

 

[andyrebele]

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Those are the same guys I saw. They said they were running wires from the charger stacks to the stalls, and installing a transformer.

 

[Sgt Barone]

Any updates on Eugene today?

 

[Sgt Barone]

Has Eugene been turned on today? It's the final one to be listed on the Tesla site!

 

[Lyon]

Has Eugene been turned on today? It's the final one to be listed on the Tesla site!

Sitting in front of it now. The big green transformer looks to be installed but the parking spots are still coned off. Also, pressing the button on the charge handle didn't cause my charge port to open so I'm assuming power is available but the system isn't turned on yet. I imagine this place is just an inspection and trial run away from being open to the public. No, I didn't try plugging my car in; they're still pretty obviously not interested in it being used (cones) and I'm not all that keen on using my model s as a guinea pig.

 

[Sgt Barone]

Thanks for the update!

 

[Lyon]

I spoke with the techs from SUB who were on site this morning. They should have their part done today which means ADK just needs to go turn it on/finalize their part of the project. They're predicting that it'll be live tomorrow.

 

[100thMonkey]

things seemed to get stymied for a while later this summer and then all of a sudden it sounds like the whole I-5 corridor is about to be lit up. i've been waiting and watching for so long I feel like I lost site of just how incredible this is going to be! can't wait to drive all the way to the family in CA on super chargers, in a single day. After watching so many companies stumble trying to crack the code of EV charging, it's awe inspiring to see that this time its for real!

 

[Sgt Barone]

things seemed to get stymied for a while later this summer and then all of a sudden it sounds like the whole I-5 corridor is about to be lit up. i've been waiting and watching for so long I feel like I lost site of just how incredible this is going to be! can't wait to drive all the way to the family in CA on super chargers, in a single day. After watching so many companies stumble trying to crack the code of EV charging, it's awe inspiring to see that this time its for real!

Agreed. This is an exciting time indeed.

 

[TsRocket]

things seemed to get stymied for a while later this summer and then all of a sudden it sounds like the whole I-5 corridor is about to be lit up. i've been waiting and watching for so long I feel like I lost site of just how incredible this is going to be! can't wait to drive all the way to the family in CA on super chargers, in a single day. After watching so many companies stumble trying to crack the code of EV charging, it's awe inspiring to see that this time its for real!

Agree, totally, leave tuesday for southern CA. Please be online for me!

 

[Puyallup Bill]

I used to make an annual trip to Visalia CA. Two days with an overnight at Red Bluff or Redding.

Guess the only change now will be where I RON - probably Mt. Shasta. Corning is a bit far, at least for me.