John the construction manager brought his crew out for commissioning today.
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I had a great visit with them, and in the afternoon they gave my Model S the honor of first customer car to charge at this site!
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However, this evening it is not yet open to the public. They are still waiting for the green light from the electric company, which is expected within the coming day or two. Once that approval clears, Tesla should be able to activate the site remotely and be in business.
I learned a few interesting things. They are no longer placing the rubber bumpers, or wheel stops, that I've see at some other sites. Although this site has sign posts, there will be no signs. Apparently the TESLA VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY signs must go away as a result of the arrangements with other car makers that we've all heard about. The guys joked about those signs becoming collector items. I asked if there's going to be a new-and-different sign, but John thinks not, and they'll be coming up with some other approach.
I was also told that they've just begun construction on the Santo Supercharger.
And I brought around my Roadster just to show off a little. This was a big hit, as they hadn't even seen a Roadster "in the wild" before. John was unaware that they can't DC fast-charge, but of course that's why he'd never seen one show up at a Supercharger station.
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