Supercharger - Atascadero, CA - 900 El Camino Real (under construction Jun 2023)

[npardo]

Noticed on the Find Us page that Tesla is planning on opening another supercharger in Atascadero in Q2 2023.

My suspicion is that this is going to be at the Home Depot. This is the only location I've seen in town with active charging infrastructure being added.

Nothing Tesla branded yet, but pictures clearly suggest DCFC.

 

[goldengate]

Nice. The original Atascadero was looking old 4 years ago... can't imagine what it looks like now.

 

[npardo]

Nice. The original Atascadero was looking old 4 years ago... can't imagine what it looks like now.

It's still plugging along, but with only 8 v2 stalls, it's better avoided. Luckily there's another... 150 or so v3 stalls through this corridor now (Santa Maria to Paso Robles) so it's easily avoided.

 

[ninerbynature]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1631799117927022594

I also thought it may go at Home Depot, but it's being put at the SpringHill Suites Hotel instead

 

[STS-134]

Head scratcher. Wouldn't it be better to put it near the Starbucks across the street instead of near a hotel? I guess that hotel does have a restaurant but Starbucks is a better stop for 250 kW charging than a sit-down restaurant.

 

[ninerbynature]

Head scratcher. Wouldn't it be better to put it near the Starbucks across the street instead of near a hotel? I guess that hotel does have a restaurant but Starbucks is a better stop for 250 kW charging than a sit-down restaurant.

There are some odd locations getting chargers lately on the 101 lol. San Ardo, this one and the 2nd Paso Robles charger is going to be at Cool Hand Lukes

 

[Guacahummus]

So is the assumption that the pictures in the first post are not Supercharger related?

 

[ninerbynature]

So is the assumption that the pictures in the first post not Supercharger related?

Correct, they have been working on that area for quite a while. At one point, there was a substantial amount of full-size shipping containers. Not sure what they are doing.

 

[Mrbrock]

So is the assumption that the pictures in the first post are not Supercharger related?

No assumption considering the permit is out for corrections and hasn't been approved. Tesla (or their contractors) wouldn't dig under blacktop to run conduit without approval.

There are no obvious permits for that work in the home depot parking lot.

 

[npardo]

No assumption considering the permit is out for corrections and hasn't been approved. Tesla (or their contractors) wouldn't dig under blacktop to run conduit without approval.

There are no obvious permits for that work in the home depot parking lot.

Following up on this, I was actually back at the Home Depot today and it looks like the charging they are adding is just for their own equipment fleet. The fencing is down, lines are painted, and all they did was put up a 120V outlet in front of each spot with a sign saying "Spot reserved for Home Depot Equipment Rentals."

Glad to know I wasn't too far off with the address at least but I still would have preferred to see this somewhere like the Food4Less parking lot which has a ton of space and access to multiple businesses and food options.

 

[ninerbynature]

I scouted this location yesterday, no signs of any progress. No spray paint markers anywhere etc.

 

[Mrbrock]

I scouted this location yesterday, no signs of any progress. No spray paint markers anywhere etc.

Permit was approved 3/6/23 but has not been issued so unlikely a dig ticket has been filed as of yet.

eTRAKiT

permits.atascadero.org

 

[Bigtanuki]

Went by yesterday (6/16/23) for an update and found a section of the hotel parking in the NE corner fenced with equipment and concrete pre fab supercharger bases.

 

[Mrbrock]

Went by yesterday (6/16/23) for an update and found a section of the hotel parking in the NE corner fenced with equipment and concrete pre fab supercharger bases.

@bmah

 

[ninerbynature]

 

[Bigtanuki]

Progress!

 

[israndy]

Today

 

[electronhauler]

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Great Pic's. Unfortunately not much has changed. I went by there today around 7:00am and it still looks like that.

 

[cfouquet99]

Fences down as of 10/10/23.

 

[Limited]

Fences down as of 10/10/23.

It appears this will be another V4 site