I have spent the last hour circling every parking lot within a half mile of exit 194 off of I-10.
The short answer... I found nothing.
The long answer... I went to the DQ lot first. There is plenty of room for a charging area, but no Tesla crates and no pavement markings, survey flags, or anything. Since the Chevron was mentioned, I went there next. They have Blink charging stations there already (2 level 2, 2 Chademo), but nothing new. I went across the street to the Burger King... Nothing there (lot is probably too small). circled Cracker Barrel... Nothing. Went to the other side of the Interstate and circled Culver's (I do this at least once a week, and believe me, if I ever find anything you guys will be the next to know) and again, found nothing. I agree with rsanchez in that the Culver's lot is small, frequently full, and I cannot imagine where they would put the sizable charging cabinets as there is no open space big enough for them on Culver's property. I went across the highway to the Promenade Mall area where most of the restaurants are. I circled the areas of Olive Garden, Mimi's Café, In-and-Out, Subway, Chick-Fil-A, Krispy-Crème, Rubio's (and maybe a couple others) and again I see no evidence of any activity, markings or equipment crates. The only construction in the area is in the Sam's Club parking lot, but is not in a good parking area and appears to be drainage related.
In my mind, the best place to put one in that area is in the parking lot near the Subway. It is plenty large, seldom crowded, and appears to have good power nearby (it is on the other side of the highway from Culvers). It is more or less central to the establishments just mentioned, and is only a hundred yards or so from the highway. There is shopping nearby, but a little further walk.
I am very happy to check out rumors, so if anyone hears anything, feel free to PM me as TYL did so it sends a message to my phone, and I will check it out as quickly as I can.
Here's hoping something turns up soon!!
