Supercharger - Federal Way, WA
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andrewFW
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All the stalls are in. "Tesla parking only" posts are in, but no signs yet. Cabinets are still in their packaging, uninstalled.
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2020 MYP, hitched & 1” UPP springs
As a resident of Tacoma - I’ll be up there just to investigate for sure. My sister lives up there in FW.
Drivesolo
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andrewFW
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Drivesolo
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I’m glad to see another Supercharger between Seattle and Tacoma. There’s definitely opportunities for at least a couple more. It would be great to have one somewhere up in the Burien area too, but I’m sure that will only come once the I-5 corridor is built out to cover vehicle capacity in the area.
^^^These pics are from Friday night.
There are 12 supercharger stalls (7 against one curb and 5 against the other) and 2 unfinished Clipper Creek stalls (near the pile of parking bumpers). I counted the parking bumpers and there are 14 of them so this adds up. As you can see one cabinet is up on the pad while two are just sitting in the parking lot. Unfortunately, it looks like those two were damaged somehow. Hopefully they are still functional and we won't have to wait for new ones. And of course we are also waiting for a transformer.
The good news here is there is a lot of different food options within walking distance. The bad news is I've been here twice so far (both times at night) and there are always lots of tweakers, car sleepers, homeless, etc. coming in and out of this parking lot. It's weird. I can't quite tell where they are coming from or where they are going or why this would be a good place to pull in and sleep. From the looks of it, some of these people are living in their cars (not that I am one to judge as I do the same from time to time!).
There are 12 supercharger stalls (7 against one curb and 5 against the other) and 2 unfinished Clipper Creek stalls (near the pile of parking bumpers). I counted the parking bumpers and there are 14 of them so this adds up. As you can see one cabinet is up on the pad while two are just sitting in the parking lot. Unfortunately, it looks like those two were damaged somehow. Hopefully they are still functional and we won't have to wait for new ones. And of course we are also waiting for a transformer.
The good news here is there is a lot of different food options within walking distance. The bad news is I've been here twice so far (both times at night) and there are always lots of tweakers, car sleepers, homeless, etc. coming in and out of this parking lot. It's weird. I can't quite tell where they are coming from or where they are going or why this would be a good place to pull in and sleep. From the looks of it, some of these people are living in their cars (not that I am one to judge as I do the same from time to time!).
Rippin1Gear
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andrewFW
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Bad news: they are damaged and we do have to wait for new ones.
Good news: the replacements are here!
I assume it was this truck that brought them. I must have gotten there right after they were unloaded.
Pics from maybe an hour ago.
ArmandRose
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Eager to see this one come online as this will be the closest one to me. I live in a condo complex so I don't have at home charging but that's not gonna stop me from getting my mY in the next couple of months. FedWay is a mixed bag FWIW. I think it will be a good place to charge up grab a quick bite and go. At night it seems much worse so something to think about.
RT 99 is notorious for wandering up to no goods. Not sure I’d want to stop there at night. None the less, it’s good to see another Supercharger south of Seattle.
andrewFW
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Still waiting for the transformer as of Dec 23rd, 2020.
andrewFW
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But! All the construction fencing is down, and the L2 chargers are installed (but inactive). There are four destination chargers, two with tesla handles, two with j1772. I plugged one into my spark to check, and learned both that they were not powered on and that the j1772 spots are very difficult to back out of due to cross traffic!
