This site WAS turned on and lit up several weeks ago. Tesla may have been waiting until after the first of the new year to officially open it. As of 5pm pst today 1/1/16 the site is NOT LIVE! It's dark, no lights, locals HAVE NOT seen anyone around for weeks. Darn!!
It appears that the last hardware to go in is the electric utility's transformer. Once that's in, as a rule Tesla's contractor finishes up speedily, and the final city/county inspection is normally easy enough. I've been told that rural or small utility companies can't afford to keep big, expensive and rarely-asked-for transformers ready to go in a warehouse somewhere, so they place an order for one from a manufacturer like General Electric only when one is needed — but regrettably that can take weeks or even months. Anybody happen to notice if the transformer is in yet, or is it just an empty pad?
Transformer arrived yesterday and was or is being installed now. This should wrap up quickly. Getting info about this site isn't too easy lol.
Ok. Correction. Transformer arrived last week and they are still installing it today. Crews are currently at the site. Still no eta.
Any news on the HPWCs Tesla is installing there on what property they will be on? The RV park in town told me about them but wasn't sure who was involved. Am driving a Roadster from Reno to Las Vegas so am trying to plan my route. I have the Model S to Roadster CAN adapter from Henry Sharp (which is awesome by the way).
Ok. supercharger is DONE. So is the regular ev charger next to it (possibly chademo). Pics to come. Planning on driving here from Tahoe either tomorrow or Saturday. They r just waiting on some paperwork to label the supercharger officially open.
As soon as the Death Valley nut guy texts me pics ill post them. He said "DONE" and I will personally verify soon. Tesla is supposed to test it tomorrow.
Until the Tesla test is done, the Supercharger is usually not turned on and "open." OTOH, this site sounds like it is really close to being "open!"