Supercharger - Downtown Austin, TX

[Kcharwood]

Looks like the downtown location has been confirmed:

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/...nts-at-car-charging.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo

"near 10th and Guadalupe streets in downtown Austin, opening by the end of the year"

 

[Kcharwood]

Of course.... now I'm questioning it since it appears they are literally referencing the pin location on the Tesla Supercharger map? I'm now suspicious that they need to be fact checked....

 

[brkaus]

The article received it's suspected location "according to the Tesla website".

So, yah, probably not the exact final location.

And the restaurant thing... grasping at straws.

Heck, the article doesn't even mention that one nearly open that just had the transformer placed. Except, in the north loop neighborhood. Probably someones driveway

 

[arcus]

Seeing is believing

 

[Kcharwood]

The article received it's suspected location "according to the Tesla website".

So, yah, probably not the exact final location.

And the restaurant thing... grasping at straws.

Heck, the article doesn't even mention that one nearly open that just had the transformer placed. Except, in the north loop neighborhood. Probably someones driveway

Yep. Rushed to assume they had some breaking city news!

 

[brkaus]

Yep. Rushed to assume they had some breaking city news!

It really sheds light on some publications, doesn’t it. Easy to find the problems in areas that you know about. Makes you wonder about the quality of the stuff you don’t know about.

I’ve referenced info from that site before. Wonder if it was also bogus.

 

[buttershrimp]

I have it on good authority that the transformer has been placed! And by good authority, I mean @drew2017

 

[Kcharwood]

I have it on good authority that the transformer has been placed! And by good authority, I mean @drew2017

Just to be clear, we started this thread to track the second super charger location, which I now still believe is unknown

 

[Twiglett]

Still nothing on the permit site.
I’ll try increasing my search foo and try again

 

[ummgood]

If it is truly at 10th and Guadalupe I can at least pay my speeding tickets when I go to supercharge.

 

[Merenkov]

I visited the Tesla service center in north Austin the other day, and asked about the proposed downtown location. One of the folks there said they thought it would be down around the Second street district, near the new Torchy's. That is some seriously pricey land in that area, and seemed unlikely to me.

 

[mociaf9]

I visited the Tesla service center in north Austin the other day, and asked about the proposed downtown location. One of the folks there said they thought it would be down around the Second street district, near the new Torchy's. That is some seriously pricey land in that area, and seemed unlikely to me.

Tesla doesn't purchase the land to build the superchargers on. Most of the time, if they are paying anything at all to lease the parking stalls, they are charged a relatively small amount (compared to the "market" prices for a similar lease) because they are seen as bringing value/customers to the location host.

 

[ummgood]

I visited the Tesla service center in north Austin the other day, and asked about the proposed downtown location. One of the folks there said they thought it would be down around the Second street district, near the new Torchy's. That is some seriously pricey land in that area, and seemed unlikely to me.

Where the heck would they put them? I work down by there and I have no idea where they would go. The seaholm garage is already over capacity and I go in there a lot to go to Trader Joes and parking is a pain. It could be in the library I guess? The Northshore might have room but who knows. (Torchy's is in Northshore).

About the only place down here that has ample parking in my mind is either the Hyatt or Hooters just south of the lake. Those would both be a good location.

 

[brkaus]

I think downtown will become Barton square mall.

 

[ummgood]

I think downtown will become Barton square mall.

YES! I absolutely love this. How much do I love this? A LOT. We really need a fast charger down south.

 

[Twiglett]

YES! I absolutely love this. How much do I love this? A LOT. We really need a fast charger down south.

is it still Austin if its south of the river

 

[ummgood]

is it still Austin if its south of the river

I like it better down here than in S. Dallas which is what I call anything north of the river.

 

[ummgood]

Actually the more I think about this I think Barton Square mall would be a poor choice for a supercharger. Why you might ask? Because if you are travelling through Austin between Houston and maybe Fredericksburg it would really stink to have to get up into the mall parking lot. That is a pain the butt traffic area and the intersections to get into the mall would be difficult to navigate for someone outside the area. I also found when travelling long distance mall superchargers took me WAY more time because my wife and daughter turned it into a shopping trip. Plus I spent more because mall food is more expensive than the same restaurant free standing.

As an alternative I think either Target or Walmart parking lots would be better on the 290/Mopac intersection. Another option would be the Specs parking lot near Brodie or across the street in either strip mall. Either way I won't be complaining about a supercharger down here. I am just trying to think through what would be good for long distance travelers with food/shopping and also easy for locals and big enough parking lots where the edge of the lot doesn't get used much.

This brings up a good point... Wouldn't it be awesome if Tesla actually contacted local clubs to ask for options on where to put superchargers? I would think it would be helpful even though procuring land or space would drive the decision of course.

 

[Utexas98]

I agree with you in general. However, Barton Creek Mall just announced a major renovation. They might be inclined to add chargers to make you stay around longer.

 

[ummgood]

I agree with you in general. However, Barton Creek Mall just announced a major renovation. They might be inclined to add chargers to make you stay around longer.

Yeah still doesn't solve the access issues. The mall is really strange too because it has that perimeter road that has another half perimeter road. It is just confusing and isn't obvious where it is at from the main road. Plus getting the right exit, in traffic, to go the right direction is a pain.

On my road trip I found the mall stop we made was the least desirable. I preferred the strip mall locations that had a couple restaurant pads.