Supercharger - El Centro, CA (8 V2 stalls)

[Tyl]

3451 S Dogwood Ave Ste #100 El Centro CA 92243 is the address for the Mall office. I have calls in for an update. I will probably get a response on Monday. Not even security knew anything about any Supercharger construction anywhere around the mall today when I called. I kinda think it was the 'weekend' crew!

 

[Tyl]

Plans are still at The City of El Centro CA. {They may be waiting to be picked up [the permit] by the contractor} Mall management does not have a date when construction will begin or any other new information. Yikes! So I guess a long delay, maybe by December 31st 2014. That is "soon" in the language of Tesla, although "soon" has sometimes meant years in the language of Tesla also!!
i.e. Tesla's center console, Chademo adapter etc!

 

[Bound466]

Thanks Tyl for the update.. Anxious to see construction start there.

 

[tamman34]

please open before end of September so you can be #67 or #68 for me.

 

[Sgt Barone]

Just checked the status of the permit, and it looks like it passed through at least one part of the planning review just a few days ago on September 17, but is still in review with the building application review and "COMM Plan Review for Fees," which all seem to be run by the same person. It appears that the permit is actively being looked at now. So, it looks like a little progress is finally happening.

 

[alan_cb]

I'm a resident of a small town called Heber, which is about 2.55 miles away south from the confirmed location of the El Centro Supercharger. Here's an update of the construction progress. There's been some activity going on around the south-end of the Sears parking lot:

 

[Monsoon]

Thanks for the update and pictures. I wish they had started sooner -- I'd love to use this location in two weeks, but alas, we'll take a different route from Phoenix to San Diego.

 

[alan_cb]

A correction to my post above: Since Sears faces west, it should say "west-end of the Sears parking lot."

 

[alan_cb]

You are welcome. I like the fact that El Centro is getting a Supercharger, and that I will be able to see the Tesla emblem around the Imperial Valley.

 

[cpa]

Thank you, Alan_cb, for being our stringer for the El Centro location! But I am not holding my breath for completion before the end of 2014, since IID apparently is still delaying Indio.....

 

[Bound466]

Thanks alan_cb for the recon. I hope this is it finally. I've been waiting for a while to get this in. When it opens, we'll have to do a bbq for the crew with carne asada from the nearby Kennedy's market. The best in the world, hands-down!!!

 

[ron8853]

You are welcome. I like the fact that El Centro is getting a Supercharger, and that I will be able to see the Tesla emblem around the Imperial Valley.

Thanks Alan....been waiting quite awhile for this one. Just curious--is this the same power company as Indio?

 

[cpa]

Quite likely, Ron8853. Imperial Irrigation District covers all of Imperial County and some of Riverside County. There is a map on the California utility grid website (or some such, I don't recall off the top of my head,) that shows all the electric utilities in the state. It is possible that El Centro has its own municipal electric utility, but I don't know without looking at that chart.

 

[Lloyd]

http://www.energy.ca.gov/maps/serviceareas/Electric_Service_Areas_Detail.pdf

 

[Tyl]

The construction of The Future Tesla supercharging station HAS NOT STARTED. The trailers etc. belong to the tenants of the mall and are used for storage. This confirmed to me today by mall manage management! I'm sure construction will begin this year but it HAS NOT STARTED YET.

 

[cpa]

Hats off to Lloyd of San Luis who was able to corral that map! Yes, El Centro as well as Indio are within the boundaries of the Imperial Irrigation District. Perhaps Tesla as well as IID have learned a thing or two about the necessity of having all the pieces ready and available for a smooth construction and installation!

 

[Sgt Barone]

I just emailed the person working on this permit to check on its status and will report back here when I get a reply.

 

[Sgt Barone]

It looks like all 4 parts of the permit were approved today! I'm not really sure what the next step is, but it's great to see progress.

 

[Tyl]

Construction of the supercharger at the mall in El Centro CA will begin later today or tomorrow!!!!! The Imperial water district will be supplying the transformer without delay once the pad is ready. The projects final reviews are complete. The plan is to have it completed by early December at the latest!

 

[callmesam]

Construction of the supercharger at the mall in El Centro CA will begin later today or tomorrow!!!!! The Imperial water district will be supplying the transformer without delay once the pad is ready. The projects final reviews are complete. The plan is to have it completed by early December at the latest!

Thanks for the update.