Harris Ranch is getting first battery swap station

[callmesam]

11/29 update. Looks like trenching has been done.

great picture ChriZ! Keep 'em coming.

 

[gaswalla]

wow!!! what a revealing and compelling photo!
Hard to still believe that this is just a car wash upgrade, anymore.

 

[BlueTan85]

wow!!! what a revealing and compelling photo!
Hard to still believe that this is just a car wash upgrade, anymore.

Not for me. When I see a Tesla press release announcing a Harris Ranch battery swap then I'll believe it. I see nothing so far that's anything but a car wash refurb.

 

[Tyl]

Great to see the construction is moving along. This site HAS been confirmed by Harris Ranch:frown: .... and the workers at the site... Hmm.. I wonder where BSS's in the southland will be?
...oops, I mean in /Southern California!

 

[ecarfan]

The community of Teslons (i dubb people who follow tesla)

"Teslons", is that a combination of Tesla and Elon?

My wife refers to me, and pretty much everyone on TMC, as "Teslots". But I think I like Teslons better

 

[miimura]

"Teslons", is that a combination of Tesla and Elon?

My wife refers to me, and pretty much everyone on TMC, as "Teslots". But I think I like Teslons better 

Ha! I like Teslots. I don't find the term zealot to be derogatory, but rather having extreme enthusiasm.

 

[GRA]

Ha! I like Teslots. I don't find the term zealot to be derogatory, but rather having extreme enthusiasm.

I take it you're unfamiliar with the origin of the term, then? "A member of an ancient Jewish sect aiming at a world Jewish theocracy and resisting the Romans until AD 70." Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealots_%28Judea%29

And then there was their (likely) splinter group, the Sicarii. Other than being on the opposite side, those guys could swap massacre tales of people they considered insufficiently orthodox with ISIS. They ended up at Masada - Masada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Let's hope that by "Teslots" she had some other word ending in "ots" in mind for the suffix than "zealots":wink:

 

[glhs272]

Better then Tesloids as Jack Rickard would say.

 

[JRP3]

And Petersen and most of the FUD crew at SA. I kind of liked the Tesloid moniker, I picture a Borg like Tesla Droid. Resistance is futile.

 

[nwdiver]

I was always fond if 'Musketeer' :smile:

 

[Kipernicus]

Teslons sounds a bit too close to Cylons for me

 

[FredTMC]

We could use an update/pix of car wash being transformed. If you are at Harris ranch...

Thx in advance!

 

[Owner]

I heard from a non-Tesla person who just happened to be there and talked to a construction guy who confirmed that this car was for a battery swap station.

So if you trust someone you don't know on the web who heard it from a friend - its true!

wow!!! what a revealing and compelling photo!
Hard to still believe that this is just a car wash upgrade, anymore.

 

[FredTMC]

I heard from a non-Tesla person who just happened to be there and talked to a construction guy who confirmed that this car was for a battery swap station.

So if you trust someone you don't know on the web who heard it from a friend - its true!

thx for this. Would be nice to see some significant positive news regarding TM.

 

[omarsultan]

Let's hope that by "Teslots" she had some other word ending in "ots" in mind for the suffix than "zealots":wink:

Ha - yeah, zealot was not the first "ots" word that sprung to mind for me.

 

[callmesam]

Just stopped by the presumed swap station. Talked to some Tesla Motors Employees while I was there. They confirmed we'd be getting some news after the new year. About 20 contractors (and 2 TM employees) on site. No machinery installed in "the pit". Pretty much the same as the pictures above, but the site was very busy.

 

[pgiralt]

Just stopped by the presumed swap station. Talked to some Tesla Motors Employees while I was there. They confirmed we'd be getting some news after the new year. About 20 contractors (and 2 TM employees) on site. No machinery installed in "the pit". Pretty much the same as the pictures above, but the site was very busy.

Actually there has been significant change since the last photos posted a few days ago - the "pit" is now filled in with the exception of the hole that looks Model S Battery-sized. I'm guessing the whole area below is hollow for all the machinery. Thanks for everyone who keeps taking photos periodically. It's great to watch this come together from afar.

 

[apacheguy]

Great info! Thanks for posting. I'd estimate by the end of January, but maybe I'm overly optimistic.

 

[callmesam]

Actually there has been significant change since the last photos posted a few days ago - the "pit" is now filled in with the exception of the hole that looks Model S Battery-sized. I'm guessing the whole area below is hollow for all the machinery. Thanks for everyone who keeps taking photos periodically. It's great to watch this come together from afar.

Good point. Looks like the floor is recovered, but the gap around the edge makes it moveable. Cool!

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Great info! Thanks for posting. I'd estimate by the end of January, but maybe I'm overly optimistic.

That "guess" is consistent with what I was told on site. Agree completely.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

I hope they make that entrance a bit wider. The MS is a wide beast.