Supercharger - Buena Park, CA - Beach Boulevard (LIVE 17 Jun 2020, 24 urban stalls)

[fritter63]

Had planned to stop here on Friday on our way to Disneyland and "top off" before valet parking so that we didn't vampire drain too much. Only after Tejon did I realize it said "temp closed" (I had been using Abetterrouteplanner.com). Had I realized that, I would have pushed through to Santa Clarita and topped off there before heading down.

Turns out, that 2 hours of 10 MPH stop and go traffic on I-5 allowed us to arrive with 40% SOC, and sentry mode only ate up 20 miles on us. So it turned out ok!

 

[Dandufrenger]

A Ranger told me today that the Superchargers in Buena Park are still waiting on work to get electricity to them.

 

[Rogster]

Unbeliveable. Almost 5 months. Still not opeational. Who is dragging their feet ?

 

[Kevy Baby]

Unbeliveable. Almost 5 months. Still not opeational. Who is dragging their feet ?

Not sure if you heard about it, but there is a pandemic right now. This is far from an essential need.

 

[David99]

Not sure if you heard about it, but there is a pandemic right now. This is far from an essential need.

The entire site is ready. There is no work left to do. There is some bureaucratic or permitting issue. The hold up has nothing to do with the virus. The station has been sitting there for months before corona started.

 

[Kevy Baby]

The entire site is ready. There is no work left to do. There is some bureaucratic or permitting issue. The hold up has nothing to do with the virus. The station has been sitting there for months before corona started.

And where are the people who would be processing permits?

That's right: they're out. Because of Covid-19.

 

[Kevy Baby]

Wow - two disagrees in one day. I'm on a roll.

Please tell me how I am wrong?

 

[Doug Martoccia]

Wow - two disagrees in one day. I'm on a roll.

Please tell me how I am wrong?

Disagreed because construction is considered essential by nearly all Governments and citizens. Without these essential services, the nation would ground to a halt.

https://covid19.ca.gov/img/EssentialCriticalInfrastructureWorkers.pdf

 

[Limited]

Has anyone spotted a transformer at this site?

 

[David99]

If it wasn't done Tesla would not have placed the pin on the navigation system and marked it 'temporarily closed'. It is all done and ready. Someone just needs to flip a switch, but isn't allowed to (for some non technical/physical reason). This has absolutely nothing to do with the pandemic as it's been like this long before.

 

[smartypnz]

Are permit inspections considered essential?

 

[David99]

Are permit inspections considered essential?

Don't know for sure but being a fundamental part of the construction, I would assume so. I know building inspectors that do work right now.

 

[BM3B]

I stopped by yesterday and confirmed that the site is still offline. The rightmost (south?) charger was unwrapped and the cone was missing, but it was not powered. I cleaned the handle and plugged in to check.

this one is puzzling

 

[David99]

Just went live.
Some stalls are still taped off but I'm charging.

 

[taronwalton1]

Just went live.
Some stalls are still taped off but I'm charging. View attachment 552976

take a picture of you charging

 

[David99]

They just forgot to take the tape off.

 

[Chuq]

After inadvertently marking this as active on supercharge.info the first time around, I'm over-cautious about doing it again... my minimum standard is at least the tape being gone!

 

[David99]

Just took the liberty to take the cones away. Security showed up less then a minute later but he was cool. He was excited that it finally works. He said so many people came and tried over the last weeks.

 

[taronwalton1]

Just took the liberty to take the cones away. Security showed up less then a minute later but he was cool. He was excited that it finally works. He said so many people came and tried over the last weeks. View attachment 552978

take one more pic in the car so we see the charging screen

 

[David99]