Supercharger - Franklin Park, PA

[Newscutter]

Could be anything.

 

[timk225]

I cruised by the Ross Park Mall today to visit the Tesla Store in the mall. While there, I talked to one of the employees, and he mentioned 6 new superchargers being put in at a nearby Sheetz. So having nothing better to do, I hopped in my '11 Challenger R/T and rolled up the road about 9 miles to go see it. It's about 1/4 mile west of the Route 79 / Route 910 intersection.

Sure enough, they were being built. I asked the workers if they had plans to build more at other Sheetz stores closer to Pittsburgh, but being workers, they didn't know much.

Here are some photos, lots of big power cables and liquid cooling hoses!

Google maps:

Google Maps

 

[Newscutter]

Appears one of the Supercharger cabinets was damaged during shipping (possibly) as they have quite deliberately not connected one.

So unclear if that means they'll power it up with just the six stalls that are connected or if they will wait until they can power all eight.

At least one appears to be a pull-in, but you'd definitely be unhooking a trailer as it would be blocking traffic.

Edited to add pics, courtesy Curtis

 

[Mirlen]

Edited to add pics, courtesy Curtis

Pics missing...

 

[Newscutter]

Pics missing...

Ugh. Visible to me, but I think that's because Google is being clever.

Try link to album here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/lhuiP4usk5oYLHq73

 

[Mirlen]

Ugh. Visible to me, but I think that's because Google is being clever.

Ok, fine, here!

 

[pakman00]

Nice... I'm getting spoiled here. Two superchargers and a service center within 10 min of our house. Our home charger should suffice for our daily needs, but nice to know this one is being built on top of the existing Cranberry one. And with Tesla filling in some of the gaps around Western PA/OH/WV area, it looks like all our regional and beyond travel plans are covered.

 

[SandManEV]

Hi everyone! I can confirm that this location IS working!!! I am charging right now but it is not on the Tesla onboard map. I would post a pic but camera on this phone is broken. Again, this super charger IS working!

 

[SandManEV]

Was able to grab a couple of pictures showing that this IS working right now. Big thank you to the white 80D at the Hyatt Southside who mentioned this to me earlier today!

 

[Quick2Judge]

Could be anything.

 

[Newscutter]

Stopped by a quick lunch as a "thanks" to my local Sheetz.

Didn't really need a charge (probably at about 70% when I plugged in) so never topped 50kw. I'll run down the battery one of these weeks and then plug in with a low SOC and see what kind of power I can get.

THANK YOU SHEETZ

AND NO, that's not ICEing. The truck belonged to a Mennonite (possibly) contractor who was working on landscaping or something around the cabinets.

 

[CranberryKid]

Not all of the chargers are on yet (3 is still off) which is probably why it's not yet listed in maps. 1 was on and gave me high 70s kW.

 

[pakman00]

Had a chance to swing by yesterday evening as I was in the neighborhood. Didn't need a charge so didn't test the actual superchargers. It was prime early evening rush hour and the Sheetz was busy and all the parking spots looked pretty crowded. I could see some ICE's jealously looking at all those unused parking spots right in front (I mean supercharger spots)...

 

[alawson999]

I have some good news

I dropped by one the way home tonight, and

TA DAH

It's working

Screen shot of my 70D Charging - just to see if it was operational.

Everything looks finished to me, but it doesn't yet show up on Tesla's charge map.

Charge Em Up!

 

[Newscutter]

Others in our local group and I have been reliably hitting this Supercharger so while it's not "officially" on the nav yet (that I know of), I think it's probably safe to call open @BlueShift And-- it's not said often enough, I'm sure: THANK YOU for the excellent resource you provide with supercharge.info.

 

[PLUS EV]

I just charged here successfully. Not sure why it is still a construction cone. Everything appears to be working normally.

Also I believe the Nav said the town was Sewickley. Not sure what the official address is but we need to decide on one name. Very confusing with Wexford, Franklin Park and Sewickley all being used.

 

[Half Dollar Bill]

It looks like THIS is the 1000th site on supercharge.info!

 

[TrackVisions]

Regarding the naming controversy, the local municipality is Franklin Park Borough. The Sheetz mailing address is Sewickley, PA. The nearest Interstate 79 exit #73 is named Wexford which is an unincorporated community, including Franklin Park. Wexford, PA Wiki I agree that it is confusing and am curious as to see the official name from Tesla.

I've been using this for several weeks now, glad to see that it's 1000 according to Supercharge.info!

 

[Newscutter]

Bingo. Nailed it.

Like many Western PA locations, this patch of land has many claimants and the OFFICIAL name will have little relevance to folks who live here (most likely).

Also curious to see what Tesla decides to call it... but too much to hope for "Wexford n'at" on the navigation??

 

[Lanny]

Stopped by here with @Thinkje on Sunday and seemed to be working fine. One of the stalls is reserved for ADA only. The same spot is also designated as Tesla charging only. Four of the stalls have signs designating them as 15 minute General Parking allowed.

This is one of the Sheetz with a lounge area with sofas, tables and WiFi. Nice.