Supercharger - El Paso, TX - Eastlake Blvd

[Guacahummus]

Filing for Superchargers located at 12161 E Lake Eastlake Blvd, El Paso, TX 79928.

https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2023006233

@corywright @Big Earl @Chuq

 

[Studerisms]

The road is Eastlake, not E Lake.

 

[Tyl]

The address is of a Starbucks. Google doesn’t show too much extra parking to become a supercharger site. I happen to be in the immediate area and will check it out tomorrow morning and try to identify exactly where it will be located. Photos? ….. of course. Eastlake Blvd is a 2 year old road cut into expanding new developments in the upper Valley, Horizon area. Easy I-10 on and off ramps. Places to eat/shop right nearby. The entire area is exploding with growth…. a huge brand new Amazon distribution center and multiple warehouses and businesses going in.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

That's a (pathetic) splitter!

I-10 El Paso, TX to Van Horn, TX is 130.5 miles and #17 (should maybe be #18) on the list of Interstate gaps.
This would split it 28 miles from El Paso, TX and 103.3 miles to Van Horn, TX. Still leaves a gap of over 100 miles, sadly, but definitely a substantial improvement for charging both from the gap reduction and being a V3 instead of the V2 at El Paso, TX.

 

[Tyl]

12161 Eastlake Blvd may go straight back from Eastlake Blvd. The other buildings each have their own addresses. My car is parked where I think they may go. … or possibly —- back to back in the stalls in front of my car. Starbucks is busy and doesn’t look like it can accommodate a supercharger. Here are a few photos of the area as of this morning. —another thought, they could be built from the ground up next to Starbucks in a currently vacant lot….but that would change the address.

 

[Tyl]

A few more photos slow 5g

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

El Paso - Eastlake Blvd, TX

Host Type: Restaurant
Host: Starbucks
Along Primary Interstates: I-10
Along US Numbered Highways (<=5mi): None
Along Auxiliary Interstates: None

I-10

From: El Paso, TX (v2) - 28 miles
To: Van Horn, TX (v2) - 103.3 miles
Diversion: 0.8 miles
From: Las Cruces, NM - 61.9 miles (Permit)
To: Van Horn - W Broadway St, TX - 103.6 miles (Permit)

From: Deming, NM (v2) - 118 miles
To: Fort Stockton, TX (v2) - 223.9 miles

Splitter! On I-10, Splits 103.5 miles, 28 miles from El Paso, TX, 103.3 miles to Van Horn, TX.

 

[Studerisms]

The other EPT location will probably be permanently shut down as TxDOT has plans to acquire that property for a road project at Artcraft and I-10. Telsa could relocate it across I-10 to the West Towne Marketplace. However, with the new location in Las Cruces, they may not have to although there are a lot of Teslas on the west side (including the showroom) that could benefit from the station being relocated in the vicinity.

Meanwhile, an I-10 expansion project is continuing in East El Paso. One lane is being added to each side of the highway on a 2½-mile stretch from Eastlake to Horizon boulevards. The $18 million project, being done by International Eagle Enterprises, an El Paso contractor, began in January and is expected to be completed in early 2023.

from El Paso Times

 

[Studerisms]

The other EPT location will probably be permanently shut down as TxDOT has plans to acquire that property for a road project at Artcraft and I-10. Telsa could relocate it across I-10 to the West Towne Marketplace. However, with the new location in Las Cruces, they may not have to although there are a lot of Teslas on the west side (including the showroom) that could benefit from the station being relocated in the vicinity.


from El Paso Times

Looks like I quoted the wrong paragraph from the article in my post above. The project mentioned below is the one that will most likely result in the current station being removed/relocated.

Also, the Artcraft Road interchange on I-10 in West El Paso is to be rebuilt in the future. That $193.5 million project is scheduled to go out for bids in 2024, TXDOT officials said.

 

[Mateo459]

12161 Eastlake Blvd may go straight back from Eastlake Blvd. The other buildings each have their own addresses. My car is parked where I think they may go. … or possibly —- back to back in the stalls in front of my car. Starbucks is busy and doesn’t look like it can accommodate a supercharger. Here are a few photos of the area as of this morning. —another thought, they could be built from the ground up next to Starbucks in a currently vacant lot….but that would change the address.

The vacant lot you're referring to next to the Starbucks is the site of a future Chick Fil-A. The Starbucks parking is too small to accommodate the Supercharger.
It may end up just being in a parking space in the same Eastlake Marketplace.

 

[Guacahummus]

Action	Status	Date	Building Number	Building Type	Project Name	Description
		04/18/2023	2304TMP-173760	Commercial Tenant Improvement	Tesla, Inc.	20 Supercharges in surface parking lot

I wasn't able to click into the permit or see an address on it.

 

[Mateo459]

Action	Status	Date	Building Number	Building Type	Project Name	Description
		04/18/2023	2304TMP-173760	Commercial Tenant Improvement	Tesla, Inc.	20 Supercharges in surface parking lot

I wasn't able to click into the permit or see an address on it.

I don't even see that in the TDLR Project Search, could it be construction starting soon? It's been a while since the first permit.

 

[Mateo459]

I don't even see that in the TDLR Project Search, could it be construction starting soon? It's been a while since the first permit.

Woops, I didn't realize El Paso had an Accela access.
I'll keep an eye on it, if anything I'll drive around the area looking for construction.

 

[Guacahummus]

2 PSUs only. I haven't found a permit on accela for this site yet. The Desert Blvd got one real quick after the TDLR permit was filed, but it may be that this one is lower priority.

 

[Mateo459]

El Paso Eastlake Supercharger construction has been going on for a while, no green transformer yet. Weird I didn’t see the electrical permits for this spot. 8 stalls in front of that Starbucks mentioned a while back.

 

[AudreyHTX1]

This is nice! It’s just before the 375 loop. I much prefer using the 375 loop to go around El Paso. You avoid a lot of traffic and it’s quite scenic crossing the Franklin mountains.

 

[Tyl]

Hey!

The suns up. They are in the Starbucks parking lot right behind the photographer. Careful backing in because the lot is busy with Starbucks drive thru customers as well.

Pictures!

 

[Limited]

Still bagged today on my drive by

 

[Tyl]

Bagged it is!

Photos.

 

[AudreyHTX1]

I suppose the transformer goes behind that concrete wall?

They also have to remove that big construction container.

Waiting on transformer is my guess.