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Supercharger - Champaign, IL
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bjwModelS
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I understood what you meant, my "what!?" Was out of shock. We took the wife's vehicle today but parked on the SE side of Meijers. Had no clue this was happening so soon. I will swing by tomorrow and get some pics.
Cottonwood
Roadster#433, Model S#S37
Can you post a photo before I get my hopes up too much...
An address would be nice as well.
bjwModelS
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Awesome!!! When I decided on the 70D instead of the 85D it was mostly based on the prospect of a supercharger happening in Champaign, the one missing link for my travels. And now it is... on Prospect Ave. Haha
Glad I won't have to drive at/below the speed limit + draft to make it from NE Indy to Springfield, or do the long redirects via Lafayette/Bloomington anymore.
Thanks for sharing the pic! Even if it's not yours.
This makes it look completely done... can anybody local comment on what appears to be remaining, construction-wise?Thanks for sharing the pic! Even if it's not yours.
No problem John. I'm going to swing by there later and get some more pics.
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Awesome!!! When I decided on the 70D instead of the 85D it was mostly based on the prospect of a supercharger happening in Champaign, the one missing link for my travels. And now it is... on Prospect Ave. Haha
Traveling from Mahomet to Indy in the P85 left me with range anxiety. I can't imagine Springfield, or Normal to Indy. That's pushing it for sure. I also like my climate control too much. I have a trip to South FL planned in a few weeks so this is going to be interesting to say the least.
Had a few minutes so I took a trip to Meijer to see the Superchargers. 8 stalls in all, and it looks like the only thing left is to run the giant power cables (see pics) and an inspection. Ameren Power was actually at the intersection working on power lines so I imagine it won't be much longer at all.
While taking pics, an older gentleman in a Ford pickup with a John Deere hat, looked like a farmer, asks me, "what the he_l are those!?!?" I laughed a bit and we talked for a few minutes while I explained the system out to him. Real nice guy, but that initial sentence still has me laughing.
While taking pics, an older gentleman in a Ford pickup with a John Deere hat, looked like a farmer, asks me, "what the he_l are those!?!?" I laughed a bit and we talked for a few minutes while I explained the system out to him. Real nice guy, but that initial sentence still has me laughing.
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Looks like perhaps the next step is to pour the transformer pad and then get the transformer installed. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable (@Cottonwood?) can confirm that.
Concur. I see the 4 Supercharger cabinets and the high-voltage distribution center, but no feed transformer.
Ok, I must have gotten lucky on that one. Damn, I should have bought a lottery ticket that day.
My lucky #13 post was correct about Meijers. Meijers is being smart on this and seems to be jumping on the Superchargers when they can. It makes sense. The Meijers Champaign location is great for I57 and I74 travelers. Glad it's happening.
IANAEC, but the pictures indeed look like a trench across and the big corner space will be where the pad goes, and then there will be a run from there perpendicular, to where the metal fencing is, then will run along the road where the flags are. If someone can check out the area and follow the trenching to and along the road (if that's the case) it might be clearer whether there would be any other work to do, like running conduit across the road.
So, while the Supercharger area itself appears to be done, it looks, unfortunately, like the utility side will take a while.
it appears that Ameren was running the electrical to the intersection, and possibly north down Prospect Ave towards Interstate Dr. There were Ameren trucks at Interstate Dr and at the Meijers intersection.
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I will check periodically on the progress as well. It would be nice to learn an opening date so we can arrange a get together.
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