Hoping there's some movement on this sooner than later seeing as the current Colorado Springs charger is closing this month.
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Supercharger - Colorado Springs, CO - Forest Bluffs
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dbldwn02
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Yea, Monument is getting busier by the week. It's too small and one charger is barely usable. After Springs closes, I'm guessing we'll see a noticeable increase at Monument. It's hard to skip that one in colder months or if you have an older car.
Schmeltz318
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Swung by the site today and there’s definitely activity going on. Workers were there but I didn’t want to photograph them. Looked like conduit work going on. Lots of Tesla branded boxes delivered as well. I think the status on supercharger.info can be updated to ‘construction’ if anyone knows the right person to tag.
JamesEarl15
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Schmeltz318
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Now the biggest mystery is.. if these are infact V4… will the chargers be in the center of the parking spots? With the new tall dispenser as seen in the Netherlands?
DeepBlueMN
2019 AWD Model 3
Probably not, but the nearby locals just need to watch for what kind of prefab pedestal bases show up (the existing V3 bases are pretty obvious). With charging cabinets showing up on site already, this will not be a prefab 4 unit based site. But, it could be a Magic Dock site.
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DeepBlueMN
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JamesEarl15
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They are definitely V3. Tesla has already announced that V4 superchargers wont come no time soon. I could see them around Q3-Q4 once production starts with Cybertruck. Keep in mind the V3 can max out at 324 per Elon so there's that.
dbldwn02
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Sooo....maybe Magic Dock/CCS included??? Gonna suck when cars/trucks are blocking multiple stalls.
JamesEarl15
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Could be. I only see the Magic Dock on the West and East coast. Nothing in the middle yet
DeepBlueMN
2019 AWD Model 3
This would not be a great site for Magic Dock. Maybe once the city is well covered by superchargers, but not now.
Based on the date on the charger pylon box, I would highly doubt that this site is Magic Dock. Just a guess, but I am going on the record with my prediction.
JamesEarl15
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This would not be a great site for Magic Dock. Maybe once the city is well covered by superchargers, but not now.
Based on the date on the charger pylon box, I would highly doubt that this site is Magic Dock. Just a guess, but I am going on the record with my prediction.
You're probably right. I dont see magic dock in the springs first before Denver but you never know these days. All the Springs needs now is a SuC south of downtown and it should be covered pretty well then.
Stopped by tonight and the chargers are installed. Opening has to be pretty soon.
dbldwn02
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I only brought up magic dock since it's a new install and would be easier/cheaper to add it now versus retrofitting later. Personally I'm hoping it doesn't and I have a non Tesla EV. I'd feel like a complete DB if I was blocking two or more spots. They really need to figure that out.
Their solution to the problem seems to be V4 charging pedestals, which have longer cables and, at least in the case of the single open site in Europe, are centered in the parking spot. I think they're going through validation with that site right now, and we'll start seeing them get installed in the US soon. Tesla will likely also continue adding MagicDocks to V3 sites, but I think the focus will be on V4 since it also supports 1,000 volts.
dbldwn02
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Just to be clear, while the V4 posts they put in support 1000 volts, the charger they are hooked to are still V3, and are only rated to 500v. We haven't seen a V4 charger that supports greater than 500 volts yet.
JamesEarl15
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