There has been nothing done on this one. The location is directly across from the King Soopers pickup spots so I'm staring at that lot every other week. I still think it's a bad location not just because I have a wall connector in my garage. It's over a mile from i25 and to get to that part of the parking lot you have to go through the neighborhood or across the front of the King Soopers which with the number of senior citizens in the neighborhood that parking lot is always an adventure.
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Supercharger - Denver, CO - University Hills
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Yeah, since they painted the lines and installed the transformer, we haven't seen any progress here. Maybe they changed their minds and decided to focus more on adding them at Kum & Go locations around town.
I’m really wondering if the transformer replacement was just something they needed to do for the stores. The corner of the lot was notorious for people car camping especially after the Cameron Motel and Rockies Inn closed down in the last few years. They seemed to have cleaned it out since they replaced the transformer and repainted the lot.
I check that permit nearly every day and gave up on driving by. Maybe next quarter!
It's possible but you never know. Some locations are built in a matter of weeks. Others take years. While this location has had "permit" status for 307 days so far, there are many locations with much longer permit statuses. Think of how those in Sydney must feel, having waited over 1296 days so far!
There is still a "Denver, CO - East" location on Tesla's map for Q2 2021. If they aren't going to build at University Hills, maybe they will continue the pattern of working with Kum & Go. The Kum & Go at 3253 S Parker Road, Denver, CO 80014 would be a possibility. I remember @sdoorex thought the Parker Road location could be a possibility as well. He posted in another thread about finding information concerning CCS chargers being installed at other Kum & Go locations around town but I can't remember if the S Parker Road location was on the list. There's also a Kum & Go on S. Santa Fe, close to I-25 just south of Denver, but I don't think that would count as a possible "east" location.
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There are two Kum & Go's getting CCS chargers under the Colorado Energy Office EV Fast Charging Plaza grant program. The funds are going to National Car Charging for both.
3253 S. Parker Road, Denver, CO 80814
18465 W. Colfax Ave, Golden, CO 80401
Interestingly, Galloway that applied for the permit for this University Hills location and is also who is building the Westminster Supercharger, are in charge of building the QuikTrip at 40th and Central Park which is going to have a massive number of parking spots (46) for a typical gas station/convenience store. The entire site development plan has not yet been posted for public viewing because it's still in the planning process with Denver.
3253 S. Parker Road, Denver, CO 80814
18465 W. Colfax Ave, Golden, CO 80401
Interestingly, Galloway that applied for the permit for this University Hills location and is also who is building the Westminster Supercharger, are in charge of building the QuikTrip at 40th and Central Park which is going to have a massive number of parking spots (46) for a typical gas station/convenience store. The entire site development plan has not yet been posted for public viewing because it's still in the planning process with Denver.
QuickTrip! I remember them when growing up in Kansas and Missouri. I guess they are finally expanding to Colorado.
That is a suspiciously large number of parking spots. We've scoped out Northfield (north of I-70) many times over the years, thinking it would be a better spot than the current Denver location close to Pena. We'll have to keep our eyes open as that could be the possible Denver, CO - East location.
They're targeting 50-70 stores for the metro so they are expanding indeed! The first two are the aforementioned one on 40th and also one in Parker at the old lumber yard near downtown.
Edit: This would definitely be more convenient than current Airport location for I-70 users and is well located for those bypassing downtown via 225/270. I thought that was a suspiciously high number of parking spaces to NOT have EV charging.
This discussion got me thinking. It seems that those two Kum & Go CCS chargers will be the first ChargePoint Express Plus chargers in Colorado because they specifically mention 400 kW and 200 kW modular chargers whereas the other CEO sites have all used the ChargePoint Express 250 which is only capable of 125 kW when paired.
Still no movement on the permit at the city. It’s been a few months since I’ve stopped by the location but there had not been any work done there at that time.
Ref the Kum & Go at 3253 South Parker Road: I lived just east of there for 20 years, and my son has lived in my old home for 10, so for 30 years we have regularly traversed the Parker Road, I-225 area and the constant heavy traffic will make getting in and out very challenging.
Traffic jams are a given every afternoon during rush hour, but it might work out to charge while waiting for the flow to subside, IF you can get to the chargers.
Happy to hear it is planned for 2nd qtr 21, where ever the Denver East Supercharger ends up, as we have 4 Teslas in the family and the CyberTrucks on order.
Traffic jams are a given every afternoon during rush hour, but it might work out to charge while waiting for the flow to subside, IF you can get to the chargers.
Happy to hear it is planned for 2nd qtr 21, where ever the Denver East Supercharger ends up, as we have 4 Teslas in the family and the CyberTrucks on order.
I wouldn’t call this proof of construction since there is no equipment on site, but pulling out of King Soopers this morning I noticed there is concrete work being done in the area previously identified as the SC location. You can’t tell from the picture but the construction is only six spaces. I’ll ride by later in the week to see if there is something more definitive and get a better picture.
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This looks promising. Do check back in a few days for a progress update. A couple of pictures of their work from better angles will help determine if this is indeed the long awaited Supercharger site.
Dang, you beat me to posting! I was there earlier today and saw the same progress.
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Possible bad news: I stopped by today and asked some of the construction workers about the project. They told me it is not an EV charging project. Now, I would not necessarily take that as gospel because there are a number of construction projects in the immediate vicinity and the guys with whom I spoke were on a break, so it is possible there was a miscommunication of some kind. But between the lack of permit progress mentioned above and this tidbit, I would say this is most likely not the long-awaited U Hills Supercharger.
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