Stopped by this morning. Crew was working with a mini bobcat. Looked like they were filling in the trench. Didn't stay long because the workers waved me away (I was in my car). It's a tight area. Not much space between where the superchargers will be located and the next "row" of parking for ICE cars.
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Supercharger - Gaithersburg, MD
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Here are some pictures from today, looks like it's progressing fairly quickly so far. The location is starting to grow on me, if you come in off 270/370, you can enter to the chargers without dealing with any of RIO's traffic, and the exit will be just about as easy.
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Another update,
Looks like continued good progress on site, especially considering the tight working environment. Here is a pic today, trenches done, concrete forms for the posts are almost done. -- Peter
Looks like continued good progress on site, especially considering the tight working environment. Here is a pic today, trenches done, concrete forms for the posts are almost done. -- Peter
Good eye. I wish I had noticed that at the time. "Oh yeah, then what are those?"
Edit: Technically, I only asked about the charger and switching cabinets, not the stalls, so maybe they were answering my question literally.
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Umm, those are the supercharger cabinets (notice the top heavy), not the car connections. They placed them there for convenience but once unpacked they will move to the pads with the electrical boxes.
MacGreiner
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Helpful hint: Take the immediate right when entering off of Washingtonian to stay on the ground level. It's really easy to miss.
As I have said before, this location has grown on me. I'm sure that there will be some ICEing issues, there always are. But, the pull in spots with the charging posts with make it a real pain to park in them, and help make it much more noticeable that it's not a normal spot.
The exact location that Tesla chose yields the easiest off-ramp to charger path for travelers (along with the charger to the on-ramp path) of almost the entire RIO complex, and will keep them out of the RIO traffic as much as possible. Below is the off-ramp to charger (Blue) and charger to on-ramp (Green). Note, about taking the second exit from the circle, this is Maryland so while you have the right of way, about every 10th driver doesn't remember that, or even look, so be ready with the horn and the brake when other traffic is coming into the circle as you roundabout. -- Peter
The exact location that Tesla chose yields the easiest off-ramp to charger path for travelers (along with the charger to the on-ramp path) of almost the entire RIO complex, and will keep them out of the RIO traffic as much as possible. Below is the off-ramp to charger (Blue) and charger to on-ramp (Green). Note, about taking the second exit from the circle, this is Maryland so while you have the right of way, about every 10th driver doesn't remember that, or even look, so be ready with the horn and the brake when other traffic is coming into the circle as you roundabout. -- Peter
True, I do think the pull-in spaces are a psychological ICE barrier, together with the color scheme and signage, so here's hoping it will be an issue that decreases with time.
Or the person in front you in the circle will stop unexpectedly to let the other traffic entering the circle go first.
Drove by there yesterday afternoon, all the charging pedestals were installed and more work was being done to fill everything in.
Here's a pic of the pedestals. They were working on the rebar for the charger/switch cabinet pad.
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Happens ALL THE TIME!Or the person in front you in the circle will stop unexpectedly to let the other traffic entering the circle go first.
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