Supercharger - Charlotte, NC - Providence Rd

[vanjwilson]

Stopped by this afternoon to check on the progress.

Doesn't look like anything new since Thursday. Maybe I didn't check all the angles, but I swear I could only count 11 stalls. There were some weird extra concrete slabs in the parking lot off to the left behind the fenced in area, though--not sure what those are for.

 

[basco15]

You are correct. It does appear that it is only 11!

Those concrete slabs are likely for the utility transformer.

 

[Big Earl]

It seems like there is space for twelve as long as they aren't skipping spots on that back row. In the picture above, I think two are hidden from view in the back row and another in the front row.

 

[dlorenz786]

Stopped by this afternoon to check on the progress.

Doesn't look like anything new since Thursday. Maybe I didn't check all the angles, but I swear I could only count 11 stalls. There were some weird extra concrete slabs in the parking lot off to the left behind the fenced in area, though--not sure what those are for.

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I visited the site today and agree with you - only 11 charging stations seen.

In my first post of this thread, you can clearly see a stack of 12 concrete-pedestal bases, ready for installation. Later pics show 11 erected stations and one base sitting on a pallet by itself. Later, that pallet is seen empty.

Could this location end up being the charge with the light brigade?

 

[vanjwilson]

I stopped by this afternoon, but there hasn't been much change since last week.

I can confirm that there are only 11 pedestals installed so far: a bank of 4 on the short last row of the parking lot, and then a row of 7 in the next longer row. None are numbered yet.

There are 8 parking spots in the longer row, and the last pedestal in that row is offset between the next to the last space and the last space, which is marked "Van Accessible-Designed for Disabled Access-Use Last". I think that means that the lines for those last two parkings spaces will be repainted to make one handicapped space with a walkway.

Aside from that, I did see the green transformer over at the back corner of the convenience store, but the trench to it is still partial open and it doesn't look like the conduits are connected to it yet. I didn't notice a meter anywhere.

 

[dlorenz786]

I stopped by this afternoon, but there hasn't been much change since last week.

I can confirm that there are only 11 pedestals installed so far: a bank of 4 on the short last row of the parking lot, and then a row of 7 in the next longer row. None are numbered yet.

There are 8 parking spots in the longer row, and the last pedestal in that row is offset between the next to the last space and the last space, which is marked "Van Accessible-Designed for Disabled Access-Use Last". I think that means that the lines for those last two parkings spaces will be repainted to make one handicapped space with a walkway.

Aside from that, I did see the green transformer over at the back corner of the convenience store, but the trench to it is still partial open and it doesn't look like the conduits are connected to it yet. I didn't notice a meter anywhere.

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I am not convinced that the green transformer in your third pic belongs to the SuC. It has weather-faded paint just like the old, nearby transformer between Fresh Market groceries and the adjacent Tuesday Morning store. I suspect that a new SuC transformer has yet to arrive on location.

 

[Reelknead1]

Quick update from this weekend. The transformer in the third picture is not the one for the supercharger. There is now a pad for a new transformer which is currently empty. That appears to be the limiting factor at this point. The cabinets and posts work looks complete and ready to go.

 

[vanjwilson]

The fence is down.

Unfortunately, there is still no transformer on that new concrete pad, no electric meter, and no numbers on the stall.

 

[vanjwilson]

Progress!

The new transformer for the supercharger is in. It's the richer green one in the picture below; the pale green one is the old transformer for the convenience store off to the left of that picture.

The meter on the new transformer is not energized yet, so I didn't bother plugging in.

Still no numbers on the stalls.

 

[letsgomets24]

Appears to be open on the App

 

[CorynNC]

Think it was just for a second

 

[Blue Tiki]

Looks like it's live.

 

[vanjwilson]

I charged here this morning.

It wasn't on the in-car nav yesterday, so with Hurricane Ian heading this way, I didn't want to risk the drive down last night.

It will wasn't in the nav this morning, but the phone app said 10 of 11 stalls available, so I figured it was worth checking out. When I got there, a white Model X was already charging.

The odd number of V3 stalls are number 1A–D, 2A–D, and 3A–C. One of the spaces is extra wide, with the standard Tesla "Handicapped Access—Use Last" type signage.

After I got back home later, I noticed this location had shown up in the nav, and with the same kind of time-of-day pricing that the Toringdon Way supercharger has. (It didn't show any pricing the few minutes I charged, so maybe it was still free while I was there, but I wouldn't count on that anymore.)

 

[Reelknead1]

Went by this afternoon and 5 cars were charging while Tesla Energy worked one of the stalls. Nav said that one stall was out of order which made sense given the Tesla guy. Same pricing as Toringdon but in a V3.

 

[Jeremy3292]

 

[BrownOuttaSpec]

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12 stalls listed on that page, but only 11 are physically there, right? oops, typo!

 

[vanjwilson]

12 stalls listed on that page, but only 11 are physically there, right? oops, typo!

That's right. I charged there the day after it opened, and I only saw 11 stalls, numbered 1A–1D, 2A–2D, and 3A–3C.

Maybe there is an outlier stall tucked somewhere in a corner of the parking lot, but if so, it is well hidden.

 

[Blue Tiki]

Looks like they adjusted it to 11 stalls. Nice to see off-peak pricing too!

 

[dlorenz786]

Today, I talked to the foreman at the ongoing Matthews, NC construction site. He also did this Providence Road site.
When I asked him about the 11 verses 12 pedestal mystery, he answered, "The property owner just didn't want to give up another parking space."

Ouch. Adding just more one charger could have been so "EV Peasey" too!

 

[SigNC]

more juice for those 11 stalls then