Harris Ranch is getting first battery swap station

[apacheguy]

Sign me up Tesla!

 

[JRP3]

"Logical Thought" had to chime in of course:

Mark B. Spiegel ‏@markbspiegel 3h3 hours ago @elonmusk Let's see if California sees through this tax-credit collection ploy. Politicians are dumb, but are THAT dumb? $TSLA
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[airj1012]

Battery Swap Pilot Program - Battery Swap Pilot Program | Blog | Tesla Motors

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

"Logical Thought" had to chime in of course:

I was trying to avoid naming names on the other thread. Had he known or cared about the new ZEV credit rules, he'd know that in order to gain significant credits people would have to use it in significant numbers, for a significant proportion of their miles and still the credits gained would be less than for HFCVs.

 

[kabirakhtar]

that's a great suggestion above, that this be payable via the Tesla app. maybe even simpler to pay / make a reservation all via the touchscreen.

actually, the touchscreen could work together with the GPS and the reservation system to advise drivers of any delays at the swap station. wishful thinking considering the speed of Tesla updates (the swap station going live comes 18 months after their first announcement), but it's still great news to see this actually starting to happen.

 

[Coiled]

Exciting stuff! Currently available only by invite *and* you still have to make an appointment. I hope they open it to the public by the time I get my S. This and the rumored Mojave supercharger will make the long Bay Area <--> Vegas trip much better.

 

[Calvin.K]

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"Good progress on battery swap station"

 

[Owner]

What can I say... right place right time. A zoomed in photo on my blog and more comments.

Battery Swap Beta | Tesla Owner

 

[Kalud]

What can I say... right place right time. A zoomed in photo on my blog and more comments.

Battery Swap Beta | Tesla Owner

Thanks for this!

 

[jldeshetler]

Took this last night thru open window. Looks like it can support 10 or 11 batteries at once.

 

[Owner]

Curious.... there are roll up doors on each side of the car entrance / exit points (north / south) . The east side has bathrooms.

So the west side is into the "control room / non-swap area". Was this window on this side? I didn't venture over there.

Took this last night thru open window. Looks like it can support 10 or 11 batteries at once.

 

[Sgt Barone]

Is there any Tesla branding or signage up at this station yet?

 

[Owner]

no. The superchargers are on the other side of the "driveway/road". The beta station is behind the gas station and not really obvious, so you'd have to "be in the know".

Is there any Tesla branding or signage up at this station yet?

 

[jldeshetler]

There are two small square windows on west side, one at 8' height and second at 2' height where the photo of control panels was taken at low angle. Both were left open with no glass or drapes.

No signage nor branding anywhere as of last night. There are just two Model S parked next to the swap station.

 

[tom66]

I would guess that those are not chargers but industrial PLCs and motor drives, for controlling the various servomechanisms in the swap station.

At a rough guide I'd say that set up of equipment costs AT LEAST $50,000.

 

[Kipernicus]

Hopefully the station will be fully automated. When do I really want the speed of a swap instead of waiting for the supercharger? Middle of the night. Would be costly to require a person to staff the swap station at all hours (or at least be on call).

 

[gaswalla]

The building now has a tesla logo and signage

 

[palmer_md]

The building now has a tesla logo and signage

That is more than I can say for the machine shop in Lathrop. Still incognito.

 

[apacheguy]

So this week is the official launch of the limited public beta, right? Has anyone received an invite?

 

[smartypnz]

Probably NDA's