Supercharger - Carlsbad, CA (2525 El Camino Real, permit expired)

[gaswalla]

We need someone to check out the location and confirm that equipment is on site with pics

 

[ecarfan]

This was posted in the thread about the 7710 El Camino Real Supercharger location, and I am quoting it here.

There are going to be two Tesla Supercharger locations in the Carlsbad area, both on the same street but 9.4 miles apart.

A) 2525 El Camino Real. The permit was finalized in April (see photo below). It will be located behind the Sears Auto Center on the north side of the Carlsbad Westfield Mall aka The Shoppes at Carlsbad. The area is currently fenced off and there is equipment already inside.

@Matt Pack if that is the case, please provide photos. Thank you for your post.

 

[bkp_duke]

We need someone to check out the location and confirm that equipment is on site with pics

Don't get your hopes up. The "cordoned off area" has been there forever. It was a staging ground for in-mall construction they were doing, and wasn't specific to Tesla. I've been to this location more than a dozen times, and there never was anything Tesla-specific there.

Basically, don't get your hopes up till you see some Tesla gear.

 

[PaulD]

We need someone to check out the location and confirm that equipment is on site with pics

Was just there. No indication that the construction equipment behind Sears is for a Tesla charging station. I wish there was. It just looks like staging for "in mall" construction

 

[N13MS]

Drove by this evening - there is no visible sign (yet) of Tesla building a Supercharger at the mall. There is plenty of parking lots space to build it, though. Just a matter of time...

 

[mikeyteh]

Apparently this supercharger is going to built after all?

You literally quoted the 7710 El Camino Real permit. From the 7710 El Camino Real thread. Why? That has no relevance to this thread and you've simply bumped a dead permit thread (this one).

 

[markb1]

You literally quoted the 7710 El Camino Real permit. From the 7710 El Camino Real thread. Why? That has no relevance to this thread and you've simply bumped a dead permit thread (this one).

TerranApart quoted a post that said the 2525 supercharger was going to be built, so it was on topic, even though that quoted post turned out to be wrong.

 

[USKiwi]

I stopped by the city office to check permit status for Shoppes supercharger. The permit is still not picked up by Tesla or it’s reps so no construction anytime in near future

 

[Cosmacelf]

I stopped by the city office to check permit status for Shoppes supercharger. The permit is still not picked up by Tesla or it’s reps so no construction anytime in near future

Do you mean, the permit is ready to go?

 

[USKiwi]

The city requested modifications to the plans months ago. Tesla never picked up the permit thus never made the changes. Permit expiration date passed in Aug. I was told it is sometimes possible to resurrect otherwise new application required.

 

[Cosmacelf]

Le sigh.

 

[ecarfan]

The city requested modifications to the plans months ago. Tesla never picked up the permit thus never made the changes. Permit expiration date passed in Aug. I was told it is sometimes possible to resurrect otherwise new application required.

Thanks for your report. Based on what you learned, I’ve changed the thread title.

 

[X-drvr]

Should probably remove entire thread and blue dot.

 

[RandyS]

As Dana Carvey says while channeling George W. Bush...

"Not gun' doit"

 

[4SUPER9]

@BlueShift , Looks like this site is officially dead.

 

[ecarfan]

Should probably remove entire thread and blue dot.

I’m keeping the thread in this forum, and open. We know that at one time Tesla was planning a Supercharger here. It is possible that in the future Tesla could revive the permit and move forward with construction.

 

[avesraggiana]

Looks like we’re going to have to endure the same agonising gestation, labour and birth process that we did just to get the under-utilized downtown San Diego supercharger up and running.

The opening of the downtown supercharger location was evidently so fraught and so painful that when it finally opened, Tesla planned a grand opening ceremony to congratulate themselves, and even sent one of their bigwigs to make an appearance. Where is that guy now, isn’t it his job to get the ball rolling on these supercharger construction projects?

 

[markb1]

Looks like we’re going to have to endure the same agonising gestation, labour and birth process that we did just to get the under-utilized downtown San Diego supercharger up and running.

The opening of the downtown supercharger location was evidently so fraught and so painful that when it finally opened, Tesla planned a grand opening ceremony to congratulate themselves, and even sent one of their bigwigs to make an appearance. Where is that guy now, isn’t it his job to get the ball rolling on these supercharger construction projects?

Guess you weren't around for the construction of the Qualcomm supercharger the San Juan Capistrano supercharger. Those were a lot worse than the downtown supercharger, as I remember it.

Anyway, the particular supercharger that is the subject of this thread is probably abandoned. The other Carlsbad supercharger appears to be nearing completion, though.

 

[avesraggiana]

Guess you weren't around for the construction of the Qualcomm supercharger the San Juan Capistrano supercharger. Those were a lot worse than the downtown supercharger, as I remember it.

Anyway, the particular supercharger that is the subject of this thread is probably abandoned. The other Carlsbad supercharger appears to be nearing completion, though.

No, I wasn't, having become a Tesla owner as recently as early 2017. In my experience the location that standard for supercharger installation is the San Clemente location. No fuss, no muss, and up and running in a matter of two months.

 

[X-drvr]

Looks like we’re going to have to endure the same agonising gestation, labour and birth process that we did just to get the under-utilized downtown San Diego supercharger up and running.

The opening of the downtown supercharger location was evidently so fraught and so painful that when it finally opened, Tesla planned a grand opening ceremony to congratulate themselves, and even sent one of their bigwigs to make an appearance. Where is that guy now, isn’t it his job to get the ball rolling on these supercharger construction projects?

Makes you wonder who the true bottleneck villains are