Well, obviously, a lot of people do, or it wouldn't be such a nightmare. Depending on where you're going, it's the way to go.
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Supercharger - Fountain Valley (LIVE 28 Aug 2015, Expanded 27 Oct 2017, 16 stalls)
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Well, obviously, a lot of people do, or it wouldn't be such a nightmare. Depending on where you're going, it's the way to go.
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There's also Fry's electronics across Ellis where techies can easily spend hours while car is charging.
The 405 can be a nightmare too. I frequently take the 5 but time my travels so as to avoid rush hour. The only slow spot is near the Valley View exit due to all that construction. Once that clears up things should be a lot better.
I have to say I've taken the 5 all different hours and always bottlenecks up in LA numerous times and numerous spots. Never worth the hassle for us. 405 slows down by LAX and that is usually it.
EldestOyster
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...which is why we often get off the freeway at Euclid. As a result, I know the way to where the Superchargers are going. And we happen to have family in Fountain Valley (maybe Bonnie and I are related?) so that would be very convenient...someday...when the Model 3 becomes available.
It's faster (3-4 weeks) for smaller sites in rural areas, but the biggest uncertainty is the time from completion of construction to transformer installation and hooking up to the grid.
Latest photos at the FV SC. The pedestal footings are mostly complete, being backfilled with soil. Conduit installations for the chargers near finished. The big cement block footing for the utility power transformer is now in place. Photos were taken Thursday 7/16 at about 6PM. Much progress this week. (I could use a little advice on how to put some white space between the photos, so it's clear where one ends and the next begins, and also how to select and upload a block of photos. Tks in advance.)
dauger
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I stopped by Friday (7/17/15) afternoon, and I think progress this week is respectable. I count eight black-bagged supercharger "dispenser"s.
In the corner where the line of 2 and 6 stalls meet there is a bunch of conduit is sticking out. Also note that the trenches are refilled.
In the corner where the line of 2 and 6 stalls meet there is a bunch of conduit is sticking out. Also note that the trenches are refilled.
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Cottonwood
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Thanks for the Pictures!
Just put a blank line between the picture meta tags. For example, the above quote of your post has
"[ATT.CH=CONFIG]87806[/ATT.CH][ATT.CH=CONFIG]87807[/ATT.CH]"
replaced with
"[ATT.CH=CONFIG]87806[/ATT.CH]
[ATT.CH=CONFIG]87807[/ATT.CH]"
[ATT.CH=CONFIG]87807[/ATT.CH]"
to put a blank line between the photos.
"ATTACH" is replaced with "ATT.CH" in my description to avoid invocation of the metatag.
I hope this is not another design flaw but I don't see how a car can back up to the charger furthest right on the top picture posted. It looks like a car has to back in but there is no room to the right of that last charger pedestal! Hope I am wrong about this or there will only be 7 functional chargers!
Notice that the distribution centers are on pallets, so that is not their final location.
Great photos, wnb, my friend. To get them, somehow you are penetrating the perimeter formed by the fence. I am sure you are careful.
How far does the distribution HV have to be extended to reach the new transformer? At Victoria Gardens, Ranch Cucamonga, the HV had to be extended about 100 yards, which was quite a big deal in itself, but probably at this location the distance will be much less.
The I15 and the San Fernando Valley also are waiting for Tesla's love to reach them. Whenever I plot a trial route north or north west from Claremont with less than 80% charge, the car includes Culver City SC in the route, which is completely out of the way with tons of extra traffic. For an actual trip I would have no trouble reaching Oxnard SC, Tejon Ranch SC, or Mojave SC with 90% initial charge from my HPWC.
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Having grown up in IE and SGV, it used to always irritate me when people would say "The Valley"... You mean we didn't live in Valleys? ;-)
It's that local bias thing... At least Rancho Cucamonga is up and running. Besides, SCs are for long distance driving
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