I bet these middle of nowhere destinations happen fast once construction starts.... can you imagine being stuck in pecos for the duration of construction if you live somewhere else?
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Supercharger - Fort Stockton, Texas
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Or, their hard fought for permit has an unusually short fuse on it....
Or, they want to finish it before the local dealers association finds out about it...
Or....the contractor is really hungry...
Or....?
Anyone know which utility's service area this is?
Or, they want to finish it before the local dealers association finds out about it...
Or....the contractor is really hungry...
Or....?
Anyone know which utility's service area this is?
They will shoot and miss...
To quote my wife, "It might open on a Friday, but it won't be this Friday."
If all goes smoothly, I'd say another 3 weeks. I don't expect it to go smoothly. I think just getting Tesla to send a tech out to Ozona after it was finished took over a month.
Three words that explain the speed of this contractor: "fixed cost project"
Well, I have to say that I have been nothing but impressed at how fast they have been working so far.
I remember some of the Kansas Superchargers being very quick.
Alphacrux
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Maybe Elon wants to announce a record number of superchargers at the q3 conference call.
I am also impressed. Often the last 10% of a construction project takes as long as the first 90%, however.
After construction is done, the utility has to install the transformer. They will do that in their own sweet time. I have seen it take a day, and I've seen it take a month. Then Tesla has to commission it, which in this case involves flying a tech into San Antonio and them driving to FS.
On the bright side, maybe they can fix Ozona on the way!
reddy
Active Member
The biggest time factor always seems to be the transformer. When you see a transformer and a meter, then you know you are close.
As a previously long-time Texan who had a close friend in Colorado, maybe the fact that Kimbal is in Boulder is precisely why Elon's been told to keep the Texas-Colorado routes as dry as possible. They didn't much care for Texans.. at least not back then.
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SW2Fiddler
We Are Cognitive Dissidents
How many Executive Escalation letters did you guys write, anyways? Maybe attentions were gotten.
tmoz
S85D, Y LR, ex Prius PiP
Not to throw a wet towel on the excitement, but it looks like Oct 14th is closer to reality. Final approvals can easily take a week.
tmoz
S85D, Y LR, ex Prius PiP
XHabjab
TSLA Bull
Debbie Downer here. There was an ugly site in Florida that was completely built except for the transformer and meter, which took several months to get turned on.
[Research ... research...]
Here it is...
Orlando
This one is not typical, but probably next to worst case (not counting Issaquah WA, which started construction, then everything backed out, time passes, then restarted).
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