Supercharger - Escanaba, MI

[tesrella]

Been waiting for this for past 3 yrs.

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[Tachyon]

Milwaukee—>GreenBay—->Esky—->Mackinaw city
Here we come

 

[corywright]

@corywright this charger appears to now be under construction, equipment was dropped off on site.

If all three V3 cabinets remain at this location, there will be a maximum of 12 pedestals, but we've been seeing equipment move back and forth between Marquette and Escanaba via that Penske rental truck, so take that information with a grain of salt. Previously this was cleared for 10 stations, so maybe they rounded up to 12.

To be honest, I'm not sure what those cabinets are. They don't look like any V3 cabinet shipments I've seen before, and the proportions look a little bit off for a V3 cabinet. Also, the pallets are different than what Tesla normally uses to ships V3 cabinets. Compare with these recent photos from other sites:

 

[mociaf9]

Do my eyes deceive me, or do I see 3 supercharger cabinets, 3x4=12 V3 stalls...!?

Yes, your eyes deceive you. Or rather, you can't yet tell the difference between power distribution cabinets (i.e. the switchgear) from supercharger cabinets--which aren't on site yet.

 

[waterskier2007]

I am fairly new to the site, but what's the criteria for updating something over on supercharge.info to "In Construction". I know there's a manual portion to it, so is it just a matter of time before that change is made? Sorry if that's a silly question.

 

[tesrella]

Yes, your eyes deceive you. Or rather, you can't yet tell the difference between power distribution cabinets (i.e. the switchgear) from supercharger cabinets--which aren't on site yet.

The switchgear box that's at Marquette looks nothing like this, though. The proportions to me look like cabinets.

 

[mociaf9]

The switchgear box that's at Marquette looks nothing like this, though. The proportions to me look like cabinets.

That's because it's using a different style enclosure from a different supplier. Tesla uses a couple of different ones on superchargers, I'm not sure why. Here, the three things you see are segments/panels of a single, larger cabinet that will be put together on the pad.

 

[DMC5180]

I'd say that after 1096 day's in PERMIT status, it would be reasonable to switch to "Construction" now that hardware is on site. Lets see the orange cone!

@corywright @Chuq @MarcoRP

 

[EML84]

Adding in a photo from the site in Esky taken earlier this morning. The asphalt has been dug up in locations and looks like clear signs that construction is under way!

 

[corywright]

Adding in a photo from the site in Esky taken earlier this morning. The asphalt has been dug up in locations and looks like clear signs that construction is under way!

Alrighty, 3 years + 1 day and ground has finally been broken. Let's give it a cone!

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Alrighty, 3 years + 1 day and ground has finally been broken. Let's give it a cone!

To be fair to Tesla on this one, you can really call it 2 years and 1 day given COVID.

 

[Griffey]

Supercharge.info is updated:

 

[AB3DC]

Finally!!! Thanks to everyone for the updates and the pictures. Keem 'em coming.
We need to do a UP Tesla meetup.

 

[tesrella]

Finally!!! Thanks to everyone for the updates and the pictures. Keem 'em coming.
We need to do a UP Tesla meetup.

Absolut!

 

[Tectonic]

Previously this was cleared for 10 stations, so maybe they rounded up to 12.

What do mean it was "cleared" for 10 stations? If they put in more than 8 stalls in Escanaba, I will look for pigs overhead!

 

[PLUS EV]

No real news to report. These pics were taken literally 5-10 minutes after @TMac5000 photo on Wednesday. My pics are a little more close up and have a better angle, so I figured I'd put them here just in case anyone wanted a better look.

 

[EML84]

A few more photos from Sunday afternoon (5/16) in Escanaba.

 

[tesrella]

Does this look indicative of 2x V3 cabinets as we've seen in Marquette, or 8 stalls total?

 

[mociaf9]

Does this look indicative of 2x V3 cabinets as we've seen in Marquette, or 8 stalls total?

Yes, the conduit layouts in the equipment area shows spots for 2 V3 supercharger cabinets, a switchgear, and the utility transformer. 8 is the expected number of stalls based on the 2 V3 cabinets.

 

[tesrella]

Roughly 2pm, May 18th 2021, picture posted on Facebook group