Supercharger - Hartford, CT - Leibert Road

[tinkererguy]

FWIW, the Hadley Supercharger (also at a Pride gas station) opened several weeks (months? I forget) before the store.

That is a very interesting bit of information, thanks for sharing it!

 

[tanker5]

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Not working yet. Seems to be powered up (SC button open charge door) but will not charge. Checked two and no go. There were pride staff there working inside but still in the construction phase.

This is good news and could be a sign that it is getting close.

 

[MarcoRP]

True for stations currently in construction. Not quite true overall. Incline Village, NV took 448 days to come online.

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Now it is true overall, at 449 days under construction, making it the longest ever in North America. MMWAHAHAH!!!

 

[theflyer]

Now it is true overall, at 449 days under construction, making it the longest ever in North America. MMWAHAHAH!!!

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Your tweet about this fact sure went viral. What are the engagement metrics on that tweet looking like?

 

[MarcoRP]

Your tweet about this fact sure went viral. What are the engagement metrics on that tweet looking like?

So far, the tweet got 8000 views and 1300 interactions, mostly thanks to Third Row for retweeting it.

 

[tinkererguy]

Here's @MarcoRP's tweet that got retweeted by @thirdrowtesla
MarcoRP on Twitter

 

[tinkererguy]

Stopped by today, Saturday May 16 2020. Gorgeous weather and this site has nicely maintained landscaping too. The electric meter is on.
But alas, still no Supercharging.

The Tesla logos are not illuminated, so my attempt at plugging in and charging was futile. I'm not claiming it shows as an active Supercharger on the in-car navigation, I was just trying as an experiment, in case it had been activated recently by some miracle.

 

[jlv1]

I just noticed this location isn't even on the Tesla's 'findus' maps.

 

[RCFLMA]

Stopped by earlier this week. No sign of life or any progress.
Curiously, they have a big billboard for fireworks which would go great with the hydrogen,,,

 

[venezing]

Stopped by yesterday and tried plugging in, no power. A lot of the grass is overgrown, the pavement near some of the gas pumps doesn't seem to be finished and the it doesn't look like the inside of the station has been touched. Attached are some pics I've taken of the Supercharger.

Cannot wait until these open up!

 

[jmanning]

I heard that Tesla or the local power suppliers are working on a new plan.....keep it between us though.....they build out a Supercharger in a location, everything is done, the lines, the stalls, the power supply, and THEY DON'T PUT IT ONLINE....brilliant right....it will be like a historical landmark that millions from around the world will come and visit in due time....old people will wave their canes and tell their grand children "I remember when that was put in !!" The goal is to hold the WORLD RECORD for holding out and Connecticut is SO PROUD of their record of 574 days of a beautifully build Supercharger that people from around the globe and come and admire, as long as they don't want to use it for any actual purpose.......Good luck to all those other states trying to work on this plan !!!!!

 

[mociaf9]

The goal is to hold the WORLD RECORD for holding out and Connecticut is SO PROUD of their record of 574 days of a beautifully build Supercharger that people from around the globe and come and admire, as long as they don't want to use it for any actual purpose

It's not even close to a world record. It'll have to settle for the North American record. There are currently 3 sites in the UK that have it beat by more than 500 days or 700 days and are also still accruing days.

Todays rankings:

1. (tie) Brighthouse Northbound & Southbound, UK -- 1265 days in construction
2. Fleet Southbound, UK -- 1081 days in construction
3. Hartford - Leibert Rd, CT -- 574 days in construction

 

[tinkererguy]

See also new tweet with more info:
https://twitter.com/yesssla1/status/1304044948233359360

 

[tinkererguy]

I stopped by yesterday, Sep 13 2020, and still 0 on the meter, and no power to the stalls. Given how aggressive the recent V3 roll-out has been, this V2 "new" deployment is looking even more odd.

All that aside, some progress was noticed, with the fencing that was blocking physical access to the stalls now gone.

 

[tinkererguy]

Gloomy dark day today when I was driving by, so it was easy to spot that the Tesla logo on the stalls weren’t lit up, so still no service.

 

[M3BruNE]

From Mayors Office: "This project began years ago, before Mayor Bronin took office. Pride approached the City to buy 11 parcels of land to develop their station, completed the purchase in 2015.

They set out to do their construction, then learned that a small portion of the land they intended to develop on – not sold to them by the City, was owned by someone else. It took them a long time to buy that property from that owner, who was reluctant to sell it. That sale was completed in 2019.

State law requires Pride to hire an engineer and monitor the work and then certify to the City that the work was done appropriately. They did not. And that decision led to a variety of issues and delays.

Mayors office says it is a forward-thinking project, and they hope it succeeds. Hartford officials have met with Pride many times over the years to explain exactly what they need to do to abide by State and local law.

Regarding current status: Pride began pulling permits for the project in 2015, and they’ve done a great deal of construction. They have been seeking to open the station partially as they continue work on the rest of the project. In January 2020, building dept approved that plan, but only if they completed the lighting and submitted an application for full compliance with the site plan. Only this past Monday Sept, 28, 2020 Pride began pulling permits for the lighting. The city planners office told Pride in May, July, and August that they needed to finish some things. City did not receive a response to the last email from August.

They need to meet these requirements for Tesla & Liquide to operate.

 

[tinkererguy]

Great update to help set the record straight, thank you @M3BruNE!
Thank you for the tweet, and all your hard work, @MarcoRP!
https://twitter.com/MontrealTesla/status/1321205992282038275

 

[tinkererguy]

Great update to help set the record straight, thank you @M3BruNE!
Thank you for the tweet, and all your hard work, @MarcoRP!
https://twitter.com/MontrealTesla/status/1321205992282038275

Seems the tweet image is not embedded/renders, so here's a copy of what @MarcoRP posted:

 

[MarcoRP]

Seems the tweet image is not embedded/renders, so here's a copy of what @MarcoRP posted:
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The Tweet is a photo of @M3BruNE’s post

 

[tanker5]

Showed up in my nav this evening. Haven't gone to the site to verify, but figured I would share.