There is some construction activity at the parking lot of the Wegmans in Chestnut Hill. Not sure if it is related to Tesla but demand seems strong in the area.
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Supercharger - Chestnut Hill, MA - 200 Boylston St
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There are open permits for Wegmans store work but didnt see anything obvious that looks like any parking lot / EV charging work. Definitely could use more charging infrastructure in the area though
It could be that the parking lot isn't owned by Wegmans and is considered part of Chestnut Hill Square.
Is this cone-worthy? If so, how should we call this site?
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HankLloydRight
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Very interesting - that does look like it could be EV charging. Still don't see any open permits for the property. If convenient to get some closer images of the equipment boxed up at the site to see if it's Tesla or some other vendor would be critical to figure that out. The image does look potentially like charging posts (3x4 in the brown boxes) and possibly supercharger cabinet behind that. That and perhaps some closer images of the site work underway - that, in the pictures shared, is a bit hard to tell if it looks like typical supercharger work.
Note: if there haven't been additional details provided by then I may swing by this evening.
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Very good observation! Twelve stall v3 with universal v4 upgradable bases. Will update supercharge.info later.
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The new universal bases pictured first from Danvers, MA are larger and have a flat top with mounting bolts pre-installed. This allows current v3 charging posts to be installed, with an option for Tesla to return to the site in the future and replace the v3 with new v4 charging posts. That conversion also requires rewiring the posts. There is no requirement to change the supercharger cabinets to use the v4 charging posts. The v4 posts offer built-in CCS compatibility with magic dock plus longer cables, both needed/helpful for charging non-Teslas going forward. It's not clear yet when Tesla will increase the power output for v4 sites.
The original pre-cast v3 bases have a a rounded top as pictured in the second image from Hanover, MA.
The original pre-cast v3 bases have a a rounded top as pictured in the second image from Hanover, MA.
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chjch
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I already sent a request to the admins to do so last night. I'll start one later today if needed. Posts for the new site will be merged over to the new thread by the admins.
Awesome thanks for the knowledge drop. Any reason why you believe these will start with v3 pedestals instead of v4? Bit unfortunate that they need to rewire to go from v3 to v4, but obviously there is a good technical reason for it. Just too bad it's not backward compatible.
Doesn't look like all v4 is CCS / Magic Dock compatible. Sparks, NV just went live with v4 - https://x.com/superchargeinfo/status/1716497108235071818?s=20
Thanks again for the education.
Because the v3 charging posts are already on-site (the 3 brown boxes/pallets - they each contain 4 v3 charging posts).
I also asked myself the same question about pre-wiring for v4. Perhaps they will do that in some cases if they can, or after a certain milestone in the evolution of v4 rollout. For now it's in the very early stages and my guess is they're managing construction cost for current builds by not using the higher cost v4 required wiring.
And all v4 posts have MagicDock built-in. Tesla just isn't enabling the CCS non-Tesla charging initially. They did that in Europe with v4 posts at first too (non-Tesla charging that is - Tesla's use CCS there). New MagicDock sites in North America have initially been Tesla/NACS only at first with CCS enablement following at some point later. Not clear why - could be a seperate commissioning / testing process is currently employed perhaps even requiring non-Teslas to do that (vs. using a Tesla with a CCS adapter).
Still early days for both Magic Dock and v4 and I suspect we'll see changes in the rollout process as Tesla gets more data.
I also asked myself the same question about pre-wiring for v4. Perhaps they will do that in some cases if they can, or after a certain milestone in the evolution of v4 rollout. For now it's in the very early stages and my guess is they're managing construction cost for current builds by not using the higher cost v4 required wiring.
And all v4 posts have MagicDock built-in. Tesla just isn't enabling the CCS non-Tesla charging initially. They did that in Europe with v4 posts at first too (non-Tesla charging that is - Tesla's use CCS there). New MagicDock sites in North America have initially been Tesla/NACS only at first with CCS enablement following at some point later. Not clear why - could be a seperate commissioning / testing process is currently employed perhaps even requiring non-Teslas to do that (vs. using a Tesla with a CCS adapter).
Still early days for both Magic Dock and v4 and I suspect we'll see changes in the rollout process as Tesla gets more data.
Seems I wasn't missing anything in the permit searches... electrical permit just issued today!
Weird that Tesla calls this site Newton, MA - Florence St. The site isn't accessible from Florence St by car (locked gates) and the area is considered Chestnut Hill, just as the old site.
The fence was moved closer to the posts so the parking spots aren't blocked. The cabinets are still not on site and while a transformer already exists nearby, it is the one serving Wegmans and the base for the new one hasn't been cast yet.
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