Supercharger - Hermosa Beach, CA (LIVE 9 Jun 2020, 20 V3 stalls)
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Some more progress this week in Hermosa. The mission essential task of getting this SC up and running continues. A big hole was dug up across the street and a few of the cabinets are now moved into place.
4SUPER9
Active Member
Yep, Ditch Witch have been around these parts for longer than I can remember. It's just a ditch digger. Well, probably a little more than that, I am sure.
Misterbee
Member
Checked the site yesterday. No crew present and no apparent progress to report since my 26 March post.
SilverSp33d3r
No Longer Silver
It’s a directional boring machine. Installs pipes below ground without damaging the surface.
smartypnz
Supporting Member
The only factor I want is a Supercharger in each direction from my house 200 miles away. And with a combination of charging speeds (so I can go eat, if necessary).
Still chugging away at these enormous pneumatic tubes!
TerranApart
Member
SCE is on point with their transformer installs. Did you see the KVA rating on the boilerplate sticker?
TaoJones
Beyond Driven
Long overdue. Redondo with all of 8 stalls went live almost 5 and a half years ago. Manhattan Beach is overrun and has been since day 1.
Ownership density has always driven urban installs.
Whining about “a 5th one in 2 miles” is somewhere between amusing and flat out wrong. Good luck getting from Hermosa to SpaceX or Hawthorne City Hall in less than an hour when traffic returns to normal.
In SoCal, and in particular in Los Angeles County, few residents, emphasis residents, describe travel in terms of distance. It’s all about time and time of day.
The other issue as noted above is garage ratio. It’s about as bad as it gets in the Beach Cities. Unlike Beverly Hills or the Valley, with a few exceptions that come to mind.
The best thing about both Hermosa and Manhattan Beach is that they are easily expandable to 40 stalls. Redondo (SC #2 in LA County) is SOL as they’re over capacity now that all 3 hotels are built. And I agree that SpaceX (Tesla Design Center) will likely restrict that location.
So that leaves the Torrance/Long Beach gap, El Segundo, and Marina del Rey insofar as the South Bay and adjacents north and south are concerned.
PS: Great pictures, Doug. I found out about this location from supercharge.info this past weekend, which, all things considered, is a tad embarrassing given that I’ve parked more than once right about where that center wire pull is now. Guess it’s been a few months. Heh.
Ownership density has always driven urban installs.
Whining about “a 5th one in 2 miles” is somewhere between amusing and flat out wrong. Good luck getting from Hermosa to SpaceX or Hawthorne City Hall in less than an hour when traffic returns to normal.
In SoCal, and in particular in Los Angeles County, few residents, emphasis residents, describe travel in terms of distance. It’s all about time and time of day.
The other issue as noted above is garage ratio. It’s about as bad as it gets in the Beach Cities. Unlike Beverly Hills or the Valley, with a few exceptions that come to mind.
The best thing about both Hermosa and Manhattan Beach is that they are easily expandable to 40 stalls. Redondo (SC #2 in LA County) is SOL as they’re over capacity now that all 3 hotels are built. And I agree that SpaceX (Tesla Design Center) will likely restrict that location.
So that leaves the Torrance/Long Beach gap, El Segundo, and Marina del Rey insofar as the South Bay and adjacents north and south are concerned.
PS: Great pictures, Doug. I found out about this location from supercharge.info this past weekend, which, all things considered, is a tad embarrassing given that I’ve parked more than once right about where that center wire pull is now. Guess it’s been a few months. Heh.
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smartypnz
Supporting Member
Not so sure... Fremont workers use the massive amount of HPWC's vs SpC's there. SpaceX likely same. Can't imagine going to work and having to worry about idling fees.
Is this what you are looking for? 2500 KVA
This week at the site, some of the pedestals were partially installed and covered up with black wrap. I'll try to get a picture later this weekend to show the progress.
