Supercharger - Charlton, MA (I-90 westbound service plaza)

[eladts]

 

[tinkererguy]

Transformer has arrived, but still no power today.

 

[tinkererguy]

Notice that yellow label in the plastic bag says Ship Date 06/02/2021, so this Made In Mexico transformer seems to be a rather recent arrival.

 

[tinkererguy]

Depending on location, getting the electric utility to inspect, hook up, and turn on a completed SC can take longer than construction. Littleton got turned on almost immediately. Let's hope this is equally fast.

I'll be driving from CT to Cambridge MA and back this Thursday evening June 10th, so I'll try and stop by and check in on progress on both Charlton MA eastbound and westbound.

 

[tinkererguy]

Drove by last night (June 10) without exiting, but could see there’s was no power (no illumination of the Tesla logos).

 

[Tdreamer]

From this tweet

https://twitter.com/x/status/1404832586921295872

it looks like Tesla may be onsite today commissioning the site. Unsure about eastbound.

 

[Tdreamer]

Charlton WEST is live (4/8 stalls) @tes-s @MarcoRP

 

[MarcoRP]

Charlton WEST is live (4/8 stalls) @tes-s @MarcoRP View attachment 673669View attachment 673670View attachment 673671

Awesome!! Honestly I didn't think twice about that Tweet. I thought there was still a lot of work left to do. Good thing the team moves quickly!

 

[tinkererguy]

Such an important location for New Englanders!

Thu Jun 17 10:30pm, still 4 of 8 stalls available, tested one out briefly, got V3 speed (beyond 150kW).

@MarcoRP

https://twitter.com/x/status/1382803443291672577

 

[Johnny Vector]

Such an important location for New Englanders!

And for people who merely used to be New Englanders but still pass through there at least once a year!

 

[kayak1]

I stopped in today, still, only 4 stalls all were in use, luckelly I didn't need a charge.

The plaza had a lot going on with it being a busy Fathers days it was wall to wall cars. They also had the farmers market going on. It looks like the chargers are in the location that the famers market is normally, with the change they are all over the place.

 

[tinkererguy]

I stopped in today, still, only 4 stalls all were in use, luckelly I didn't need a charge.

The plaza had a lot going on with it being a busy Fathers days it was wall to wall cars. They also had the farmers market going on. It looks like the chargers are in the location that the famers market is normally, with the change they are all over the place.

 

[tinkererguy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1408916838449287170

 

[tinkererguy]

 

[tinkererguy]

Supercharging went well, fastest I’ve seen on SR+ (passing 150kW). Note, 4 stalls are covered/not operational. This doesn’t match on screen stalls-in-use count. We had 3 Teslas charging concurrently: onscreen it said 3 of 8 stalls available, but really there was only 1 of 4 stalls available.

Also, family noticed a sudden ~15% drop off in speed when adjacent spot started charging, not something normally seen with V3.

 

[tinkererguy]

 

[tinkererguy]

Nerd stats on the charging session. Note, SR+ doesn’t do full V3 speeds.

 

[chjch]

Such an important location for New Englanders!

Thu Jun 17 10:30pm, still 4 of 8 stalls available, tested one out briefly, got V3 speed (beyond 150kW).

@MarcoRP View attachment 674640View attachment 674641View attachment 674642

https://twitter.com/x/status/1382803443291672577

The Hollies!

 

[tinkererguy]

The Hollies!

Good eye, it’s a good tune!

 

[mcot222]

Charlton Eastbound is open as well. Charged there last night and got close to the full 250. Love these locations, so much better than getting off at Auburn or elsewhere in CT.