Supercharger - Greenbrae, CA (LIVE 16 Dec 2020, 14 urban stalls)

[goldengate]

More Tesla love coming to Marin County! This will be a nice addition to central Marin and should alleviate the crowding at the Corte Madera supercharger.

Email from Larkspur planning department below. (Please note that Greenbrae is a subset of Larkspur)

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Yes, a permit was issued to TESLA late December 2019 for a vehicle charging station at Bon Air.

Thank you.



NATHALIE BAMATTER|PERMIT TECHNICIAN

City of Larkspur | 400 Magnolia Ave | Larkspur, CA 94939"

 

[Merrill]

More Tesla love coming to Marin County! This will be a nice addition to central Marin and should alleviate the crowding at the Corte Madera supercharger.

Email from Larkspur planning department below. (Please note that Greenbrae is a subset of Larkspur)

"
Yes, a permit was issued to TESLA late December 2019 for a vehicle charging station at Bon Air.

Thank you.



NATHALIE BAMATTER|PERMIT TECHNICIAN

City of Larkspur | 400 Magnolia Ave | Larkspur, CA 94939"

Very nice

 

[goldengate]

The Bon Aire Shopping Center is located on Sir Francis Drake Blvd close to the intersection of 101. I've sent an email to the planner asking for location of the SC's within the center, but I assume they will be on the side or in the back.

 

[ecarfan]

Good news indeed. However that parking lot is very busy. I work in that area regularly and glance over at that shopping center lot as I drive by, it’s often packed. Hope that Tesla can carve out a good location.

 

[goldengate]

The planner responded that the Supercharger will be behind the CVS along the fence that divides the shopping center from the residential community behind it. Access should be very easy from 101 and you won't need to drive through the congested part of the shopping center. Should be much easier than Corte Madera.

 

[israndy]

But will it open before Marin City?

 

[tungholio]

Construction has largely wrapped on this project. Hurricane fencing is still up and around the chargers but they look like they're ready to go!

There are 14 total stalls. One group of 8 and another group of 6, with one stall marked as "van accessible". Signage shows a 30 minute charging limit. Be prepared to go over an incredibly tall and annoying speed bump to get to the second group of 8 stalls.

No ETA from management as to when they'll open, other than "spring."

PS - My wife owns Victoria Bakery in the Bon Air shopping center. Stop by and say hello!

 

[goldengate]

Thanks for the photo! I kept meaning to go over there to see if construction had begun but the COVID-19 thing has kept me close to home. Those look like urban superchargers?

 

[MarkoC]

Those look like urban superchargers?

Yes they are.

 

[MarcoRP]

Here’s an update on Greenbrae by Tesla Owners North Bay on Twitter:

 

[israndy]

Is there a transformer? Has it got power?

 

[goldengate]

Impressed to drive by at 9 am on Memorial Day to see them working with a big crew...looks like maybe transformer installation? Huge cabling being run. Guys were on top of some big green piece of equipment (transformer?) behind the green screen. Sorry photos are crappy - I don't want people taking photos of me while I'm working so I tried to be respectful of the workers and not get out of the car and start interviewing them...though it was tempting.... Bottom line is I think we will see this one opening soon!

 

[Wilber]

Goldengate - you beat me by an hour! when i stopped by at 10 am i asked one of the guys when they will be ready, and of course he said "Soon!"

 

[goldengate]

Ha ha of course! I've been reading these forums for 2 years now and I can't ever remember an installer saying anything specific about the timeline. In this case, PG&E permitting, it does appear to be soon. Could you tell what they were doing? Their faces said "Oh, there's another guy in a Tesla slowing down watching us" when I went by.... haha

 

[smartypnz]

Ha ha of course! I've been reading these forums for 2 years now and I can't ever remember an installer saying anything specific about the timeline. In this case, PG&E permitting, it does appear to be soon. Could you tell what they were doing? Their faces said "Oh, there's another guy in a Tesla slowing down watching us" when I went by.... haha

"Two weeks" standard contractor reply.

 

[Wilber]

Sorry Goldengate. I am pretty clueless about this electrical stuff. all i remember is that one of the other guys was on top of something about 6 feet tall working on stuff. I think there were 4 workers in total. I didnt want to bug the guy i talked to about what exactly they were doing. maybe next time i will!

 

[goldengate]

I say let them work... when it's done it's done... he was standing on that when I went by too....

 

[Wilber]

I stopped by around 930 AM today, May 27. Things look pretty much the same. Altho the fencing is slightly revised. I took a bunch of pix but only a couple got saved cause my icloud was full! So, below is the best one. Shows four guys on top of that structure with a bunch of white rectangles sticking up from it.

 

[goldengate]

I think that thing on they are working on is a new Space-X booster rocket? Or a transformer? I'm sure someone who watches these installations closely will be able to tell. Thanks for checking on it... those speed bumps back there are epic aren't they??

 

[Wilber]

Those speed bumps are the type i wish were on my street! Speaking of SpaceX. Since their mission is delayed til Saturday, perhaps the completion of these chargers will happen Saturday. we can hope!