The trenches are filled in with cement and conduit; I suspect the station will be done by Oct 10.
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Supercharger - Chestnut Hill, MA
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Giant piles of dirt on site, but there are also wood forms for the curbs for the supercharger stands.
I stand by my Oct 10 timeline. I decline to say which year.
I stand by my Oct 10 timeline. I decline to say which year.
eladts
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Can you please set the discussion link in supercharge.info to this thread? The one currently there is in the wrong forum and seems abandoned.
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Chuq
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The giant piles of dirt are gone and the footings for the chargers are done. I expect sometime in the next 3 weeks, well before the initial deadline of Oct 10 2020, this station will be online.
Found the Tesla plans through the earlier Newton permit link: http://apps.newtonma.gov/apps/test/p/18060751/Plans.pdf. Fun reading if you really want to know the details of how a supercharger is connected.
Looks like 8 standard V2 150 kW pedestals, in a nice little isolated parking area:
Looks like 8 standard V2 150 kW pedestals, in a nice little isolated parking area:
eladts
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I assumed it will be urban, just like the superchargers in Boston and Cambridge. There goes my plan to shop at Wegmans while charging at this supercharger. Also, I'm surprised Tesla actually calls this location Chestnut Hill instead of Newton.
I assume they're just following the retail lead - you've got "The shops at Chestnut Hill" on one side and "The Street Chestnut Hill" on the other. Even the Wegmans across the street uses a Chestnut Hill address. Heck - condos in that area use Chestnut Hill even if you can't even see the hill!
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eladts
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Swung by today for pictures to share with the rest of the community.
So fun fact I learned after not understanding what the heck Chestnut Hill is and trying to (after many years of living locally to it). It is a village. A village typically does not mean much. Or sometimes it does. They can have their own Zip. The Village of Chestnut Hill spans 3 cities (Boston, Brookline, and Newton) as well as 3 counties (the only village to do both those things). It has its own Zip Code, and can be used as an address.
So essentially it is a micro county with no actual authority or reason to exist. If your write Chestnut Hill as your address, which is standard when you live there, that could literally mean 1 of 3 cities. Basically it's nonsense. So it fits right in at Massachusetts
That being said I love the area so much and want to buy there but pricing is too insane for what your get ...
jlv1
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From page 6 of the PDF, the elevation view makes it clear it will be eight V2 (150kW) units.
So essentially it is a micro county with no actual authority or reason to exist. If your write Chestnut Hill as your address, which is standard when you live there, that could literally mean 1 of 3 cities. Basically it's nonsense. So it fits right in at Massachusetts
Indeed, though Villages are mostly a Newton thing (they have 13 of them, apparently). My favorite is 'Waban', which, when pronounced with a good Boston accent, is indistinguishable from 'Woburn'.
Nahhhh they are so different...
"Woo-bahn" vs "Waa-bahn"
Nope you are right lol.
I never understood the Newton villages. Lived there and around for many years. Need to find a good article on the full history of why ...
Whoa. Flashback to the announcements while riding the D Green Line from "Rivahside" to "Fenway Pahk!"
ATMs??? That’s a new idea. No, those are the Supercharger cabinets. One cabinets powers 2 stalls.I just stopped by today and took photos too. Anybody know what those 4 white boxes are that look a little like ATMs? They obviously are not the bollards. Part of the charging hardware?
Each of those cabinets contains a bunch of chargers running in parallel, those are actually what dumps power in the car. I can't speak for newer revisions of the cabinets, but back in the day each of them contained 12 of the same chargers used in Model S. (Back in the single/dual 40/80 amp charging days). Those chargers inside the cabinets can fail individually from time to time, but the supercharger will continue to operate at reduced power output until Tesla comes and fixes them. It's one of the pain points that can cause slow supercharging.
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