Supercharger - Billings, MT - N. Frontage Rd. (LIVE 23 Aug 2023, 12 V3 stalls)

Mrbrock · Mar 28, 2023

Thanks to Marco sharing the Town Pump/Tesla agreement locations and @PLUS EV sharing them here, have been able to do some digging. Permit has been issued for 12 Prefab V3 (3 PSU) at the Pilot at 2711 N Frontage Road. They will be directly north of the northern most point of the building. Submitted 2/13, approved 2/15 and issued 2/17. Good work Billings!

I haven’t seen many plan drawings for PSU sites but this is the first I’ve noticed with the alternate stalls (V4) drawn as part of the PSU with full specs. Based on nomenclature, Tesla is on 3rd generation of PSU.

threeputts · Mar 29, 2023

Great location, right at the closest exit to the 90/94 intersection and ironically within site of an oil refinery.

M3BlueGeorgia · Mar 29, 2023

Yes the 4 V2 chargers at Billings were a substantially under-configured Supercharger installation.

ImScotty · Mar 29, 2023

M3BlueGeorgia said:
Yes the 4 V2 chargers at Billings were a substantially under-configured Supercharger installation.

It was perfect back in 2014. Nowadays it's a serious impedance to travel along I-90/94

ItsNotAboutTheMoney · Mar 29, 2023

Billings - N Frontage Rd, MT

Host Type: Gas Station
Host: Town Pump
Along Primary Interstates: I-90
Along US Numbered Highways (<=5mi): US-87, US-212
Along Auxiliary Interstates: None
Along State Routes: None

I-90

From: Billings, MT (v2) - 13.1 miles
To: Sheridan, WY (v2) - 123.8 miles
Diversion: 1.9 miles
From: Big Timber, MT (v2) - 86.5 miles
To: Gillette, WY (v2) - 225.7 miles

US-87

From: Sheridan, WY (v2) - 125.2 miles
To: Great Falls, MT - 235.2 miles
Diversion: 0.5 miles
From: Evansville, WY - 287.4 miles
To: End (US-2 Havre, MT) - 342.2 miles

US-212

From: Billings, MT (v2) - 13.1 miles
To: Watertown, SD - 619.9 miles
Diversion: 0.7 miles
From: Start (Yellowstone National Park, WY) - 134.2 miles
To: End (US-169 Eden Prairie, MN) - 815.4 miles

Pathetic Splitter! On I-90 Billings - N Frontage Rd, MT splits 136.2 miles, 13.1 miles from Billings, MT, 123.8 miles to Sheridan, WY.
It's currently the 12th largest Interstate gap.

Not only that, but it also helps reduce I-90/I-94 transition gap, being 139.3 miles to Miles City, MT, where Billings, MT is 151.7 miles.

It is also on US-87 and US-212.

threeputts · Apr 5, 2023

Shows up on Tesla's find us page

with a target opening in 2024

Mrbrock · Apr 7, 2023

threeputts said:
Shows up on Tesla's find us page with a target opening in 2024

Permit has been issued and expires in August 2023. This should be going before 2024.

Mrbrock · May 5, 2023

Dig ticket filed. Blackstone will be busy.

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ImScotty · May 12, 2023

Construction has started! @Big Earl

Mrbrock · May 12, 2023

ImScotty said:
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Construction has started! @Big Earl

Any Tesla equipment on site? With these being PSUs there would only be a switchgear cabinet.

ImScotty · May 13, 2023

Mrbrock said:
Any Tesla equipment on site? With these being PSUs there would only be a switchgear cabinet.

It's a very strange install for sure. Blackstone has prepped the site for the PSUs but doesn't have any equipment on site. I don't know that I've seen many V3 sites like this. Get's the theories in my brain going that this site could be waiting on Buffalo, NY to deliver the new V4 PSU...

Roger Harding · May 14, 2023

I went by there last night as well and there was no sign of any additional work. Is this crew also doing the supercharger in Laurel?

Mrbrock · May 14, 2023

ImScotty said:
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It's a very strange install for sure. Blackstone has prepped the site for the PSUs but doesn't have any equipment on site. I don't know that I've seen many V3 sites like this. Get's the theories in my brain going that this site could be waiting on Buffalo, NY to deliver the new V4 PSU...

This is what they have been doing for PSU. Look at posts 48 and 60 in this thread. They do the trenching for conduit and place the pad(s) for the switchgear and transformers then drop the PSUs on top. In the second picture I referenced of that thread, they have the PSUs on site but not placed yet. I doubt the first US V4 site will be in the middle of nowhere NV. Look for it to be around the Supercharger factory in NY, or maybe CA. And we will see a standalone V4 site before we see V4 PSUs.

Supercharger - McDermitt, NV

Hey, it's digging! :) Could go fast - this seems like the kind of place for a prefab installation. I think the fact that the switchgear cabinet has been installed before any other equipment means that it absolutely will be prefab.

teslamotorsclub.com

ImScotty · May 14, 2023

Roger Harding said:
I went by there last night as well and there was no sign of any additional work. Is this crew also doing the supercharger in Laurel?

Yep, same company and probably same team. Would be interesting to see if they have started the Laurel site as well.

ImScotty · May 14, 2023

Mrbrock said:
This is what they have been doing for PSU. Look at posts 48 and 60 in this thread. They do the trenching for conduit and place the pad(s) for the switchgear and transformers then drop the PSUs on top. In the second picture I referenced of that thread, they have the PSUs on site but not placed yet. I doubt the first US V4 site will be in the middle of nowhere NV. Look for it to be around the Supercharger factory in NY, or maybe CA. And we will see a standalone V4 site before we see V4 PSUs.

Supercharger - McDermitt, NV

Hey, it's digging! :) Could go fast - this seems like the kind of place for a prefab installation. I think the fact that the switchgear cabinet has been installed before any other equipment means that it absolutely will be prefab.

teslamotorsclub.com

Agreed, normally the PSU is on site and then craned into position after the trenching is completed, this is how they've been done since the beginning of PSU use. What I am saying is weird is there IS no switchgear or PSU on site currently. They have the pad ready but the PSU is nowhere to be found. So either the PSU and switchgear are late, or they're waiting on *something* to arrive. Does that mean V4 confirmed? Absolutely not, but it is something outside of the normal order of things.

Mrbrock · May 14, 2023

ImScotty said:
Agreed, normally the PSU is on site and then craned into position after the trenching is completed, this is how they've been done since the beginning of PSU use. What I am saying is weird is there IS no switchgear or PSU on site currently. They have the pad ready but the PSU is nowhere to be found. So either the PSU and switchgear are late, or they're waiting on *something* to arrive. Does that mean V4 confirmed? Absolutely not, but it is something outside of the normal order of things.

A couple of the recent northwest sites appear to have had all the dirt work complete and then everything gets craned directly from the truck to its final resting place. Makes way more sense to only need a crane for a couple hours than one day to unload and another to put in place. They may not even send them from NY until the site is confirmed to be ready.

Roger Harding · May 16, 2023

I drove through the lot today and still no hardware on site.

ImScotty · May 16, 2023

@Chuq @Big Earl @tes-s

Looks like construction has started on this project with the pad being built out and the trenching completed. Waiting on the PSU's to be installed and the transformer to be placed.

Mrbrock · May 17, 2023

Electrical Permit

Plans show 12 stalls but permit is for 1000A which should optimally support 8 V3.

Roger Harding · May 23, 2023

That was fast. I was here less than 24 hours ago.

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