Supercharger - Colonial Heights, VA

[MarcoRP]

Permits have been issued for the Colonial Heights/South Chesterfield Supercharger!! 8 stalls will be built at the Wawa at 15840 Jefferson Davis Hwy and work will be done by LES.

Last I checked, no tickets have been filed on VA811 and no inspections have been reported.

 

[rypalmer]

Supercharge.info entry incorrectly showing as being in Canada.

 

[Jeremy3292]

Weird spot. Not Colonial Heights and very close to the other SC on Jeff Davis already,

@MarcoRP Can you please update the title of this thread to South Chesterfield instead of Colonial Heights? For those of us that know the area I think we should distinguish properly

 

[MarcoRP]

Supercharge.info entry incorrectly showing as being in Canada.

Corrected. @corywright could you move USA to the top of the list so that we don’t always have to scroll down?

 

[mociaf9]

Corrected. @corywright could you move USA to the top of the list so that we don’t always have to scroll down?

If it's a drop-down menu, you can try opening it and then hitting the U key. That may jump you all the way to the start of U-countries. Not a perfect solution, but it would save you a bunch of scrolling, so potentially helpful.

 

[corywright]

The Colonial Heights location is now under construction.

 

[Lanny]

Status of Colonial Heights, VA Supercharger as of Dec. 18, 2021.

 

[Spicyfurball]

Current state of site, they are actively working today.

 

[CapinWinky]

It looks like Tesla is now targeting locations based on actual car location and state of charge data as well as time added to trips for cars in transit. I don't think amenities top the list anymore. They may even be tracking locations of phones with the Tesla app to figure out where people spend their time. This charger is more convenient to I-95 than the Chester one and serves everyone that works in the Ruffin Mill industrial park. Food options are scarce around there, so Wawa is actually a popular lunch destination for several Tesla owners (myself included).

I'm just wondering where they are going to put the air compressor; I really hope they don't just go without after removing it to put in super chargers. I'd probably use the compressor more than a super charger to be honest.

Any update on progress? I haven't seen the transformer show up, but I haven't been in a few days.

 

[CapinWinky]

Still no sign of the transformer, nor a new location for the air compressor.

 

[corywright]

This site is still waiting for a transformer and meter, but otherwise it's cleaned up.

 

[CapinWinky]

Compressor is installed on the other side of the lot now. Still no transformer.

 

[Jeremy3292]

No one been by here lately?

 

[corywright]

No change as of April 6th.

 

[CapinWinky]

I go a few times a week for lunch and will definitely post when I see that big green box show up (750kVA, 480VAC 3-Phase output). The one at the Sheetz on Midlothian has been waiting for a transformer even longer. Maybe both will show up at the same time.

 

[Jeremy3292]

Crazy how long all 4 greater Richmond area new SuC's have been under construction. The new one in Piedmont near my house took only 3 weeks from construction start to being online.

 

[CapinWinky]

They pulled the supply lines from the utility (at the existing 150kVA transformer) through the conduit for the supercharger transformer. Given the risk of theft, I feel like that means the transformer is coming very soon.

They are wrist thick wires, so even aluminum would be a target of scrappers.

 

[CapinWinky]

They pulled the supply lines from the utility (at the existing 150kVA transformer) through the conduit for the supercharger transformer. Given the risk of theft, I feel like that means the transformer is coming very soon.

They are wrist thick wires, so even aluminum would be a target of scrappers.

I clearly overestimated the significance of this development and apparently the risk of scrappers in South Chesterfield too. Almost two weeks later and there is no development.

This feels like a stupid thing were they were waiting on inspection and the inspector failed them for having not pulled the supply lines and now they have to wait for a new inspection, but that is pure speculation.

 

[Lanny]

Photo from Sunday, April 24.

 

[CapinWinky]

Transformer is in!