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Supercharger - El Paso, Tx
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avesraggiana
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It's only about 3 hours longer through Childress and Sweetwater...
For me, I need Fort Stockton.
Thanks, folks! This is exciting! It looks like the supercharger cabinets and distribution centers will be in the linear arrangement used when space is limited. Watch for a transformer vault or pad in that corner, which will have conduit running to the distribution centers tucked furthest back in the corner. Then wait for the big green transformer.....hopefully not too long.
Tyl
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Great to have this location under construction! Awesome to have photos as well. Thanks for updating this location. I was surprised to see it so far along. I agree with so many others that Deming NM, Willcox AZ, and Benson AZ are necessary to close the southern I-10 travel route. Elon..... make it so!
Jeff Hudson
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If I read the orientation of this Supercharger location correctly from the photos the GPS location coordinate detail needs to be updated to
31.883930,-106.583650
31.883930,-106.583650
Update...
I spoke with a manager from Rudy's this morning. He said the installers are waiting on approval regarding the city permits and the work done so far. As soon as the permits are signed, they will be able to finish the installation. He's been told the charging station might be running next week.
I spoke with a manager from Rudy's this morning. He said the installers are waiting on approval regarding the city permits and the work done so far. As soon as the permits are signed, they will be able to finish the installation. He's been told the charging station might be running next week.
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Tyl
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The photo update is great, thank you. There is still a lot of work to be done, a lot! This site probably won't open until May. May is a longer wait than we may wish, however it is just the reality of a concrete pour and set up, installing the utility cabinets, superchargers, the wait for the utility transformer to arrive on site and get wired up, stall striping, cleanup, Tesla checking and verifying etc.. Permits will have to be signed off along the way and all that just takes time, and more time. Think sometime in May for the first supercharge. Keep the photos coming. It's great to watch the site progress from afar through excellent photo journalism!
Totally agree. That site is probably two months from opening. It just doesn't go that way. If there is no transformer that adds a month. Figure two weeks for Tesla to figure out how to get a Tech with a Tesla there. Sometimes that is a month for remote areas. It took a month for the inspection and commissioning at Van Horn. They can't easily get there because there is a hole in the chain at Fort Stockton/Pecos.
mckemie
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mckemie
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Tyl
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The large concrete interconnection box will have the utility transformer placed on top of it. The pad, with opening, will be moved forward on top of the interconnection box once the board is moved. The opening will allow cables to route between the utility transformer and the distribution cabinets {gray not shown> unless they are now white < next to the boxed superchargers} and the main electrical line feeding the transformer. Good progress so far. The supercharging pedestals look wired up from pedestals to our cars but will still need electrical from the superchargers {still in boxes} themselves and, of course, the superchargers need the feed from the distribution cabinets. The photos are helpful in watching this site come along. We have all been waiting years and years for I-10 and I-40 to transcontinental. El Paso West is another link in the network. Three more to close I-10. Willcox AZ, Deming NM, Fort Stockton TX. I wish we had solid information on these other locations as well.
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avesraggiana
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Almost. There’s still that stretch through New Mexico, between El Paso TX and Casa Grande AZ that any Tesla will find daunting, if not impossible.
It's about a 1600 ft elevation drop and should be fairly warm so I wouldn't hesitate to make that leg in an 85+. The bigger issue is getting to the El Paso supercharger. Would require arranging a slow charge somewhere between Tucson and Cruces or possibly just driving waaaaay under the speed limit from ABQ to El Paso. Both of those issues increase variance and slow you down to the point where it might not even be faster than just taking the all supercharger route through Childress.
Thanks for the update! No transformer yet. I'll start getting excited when it shows up.
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