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Supercharger - Hooksett NH Rest Areas
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Why is there such a pessimistic feeling here? I have written references to tesla charging from the DOT official. That combined with verbal confirmations from contractors plus the evolidence on the plans makes this pretty solid. I can understand tesla not "counting their chickens" as it were, but this seems about as solid as an AWD model S....
I'm sorry for being pessimistic. I don't think the evidence we have is solid enough to call it "pretty solid." In addition to your emailed references to Tesla charging from a DOT official, we also have this from a DOT official:
The best evidence we have is from Todd's conversations with contractors, depending on how good those sources are. While the contractors may be right, I wonder if they have any information on how soon it might happen. Were they electrical, concrete?
I'm trying to think positive...
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I consider my source to be quite reliable. I also have a second source that I'm not at will to discuss. All of the conduit runs for the superchargers happen outside the curb, so as long as the location is at the edge of the parking lot, no pavement will need to be disturbed. Tesla's contractor will pour the concrete pads for the electrical equipment and the stanchions after the conduits are in place. Since the subcontractor who does this work for Tesla is usually not from the neighborhood, they prefer to do everything at one time.
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I hope you are right but with Ski Season < 90 days away, i am not holding my breath for this SC to be ready in time for the 2014-15 ski season
No obvious signs of anything at either rest area this weekend, but I pass through Hooksett twice a week, so I will keep a lookout.
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Once Tesla's contractor gets started, things should progress quickly. They've probably been waiting for other site contractors to get finished first. If this was a preexisting site, Tesla would have finished up some time ago.
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I heard this site should be up and running by the New Year. That would be awesome!
PS - will be north and south
PS - will be north and south
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It is so wonderful that SuperChargers are planned and coming to the upper New England states!
Thanks to all involved.
Thanks to all involved.
This is amazing. The one location that I have been waiting for. See you all there this ski season!
Very exciting. With Hookset opening, I can visit my son at Dartmouth. With Auburn opening, I can visit my daughter at Yale. Yeah hey!
I assume you're a shut-in otherwise with those tuition payments :biggrin:
Quick Hooksett update-
Northbound is mostly finished. Yesterday they were paving the new (-er) parking lot where the old liquor store was. They have re-opened the rest area to trucks (there are a few spaces, but with 2 big truckstops nearby, they probably don't need many). I did not look inside to see if any progress had been made on the restaurant. Still no obvious signs of charging stations.
Southbound is at least a month behind. No work on the restaurant or convenience store yet. The steel for the gas station canopy looks complete (one end is where the old liquor store used to be and had to wait for the store to be demoed and the rest of the site prep). Again, still no obvious signs of charging stations.
Since the gate was open, I drove around the back of the southbound station (ignoring the "authorized vehicles only" sign) to take a closer look at the crates to see if any had Tesla logos. No such luck. I also explored the back lot of the northbound rest stop (off of 3A), but saw nothing interesting there, either.
So, in short, Northbound is nearing completion, southbound is a least a month behind, and no signs of any charging facilities.
Northbound is mostly finished. Yesterday they were paving the new (-er) parking lot where the old liquor store was. They have re-opened the rest area to trucks (there are a few spaces, but with 2 big truckstops nearby, they probably don't need many). I did not look inside to see if any progress had been made on the restaurant. Still no obvious signs of charging stations.
Southbound is at least a month behind. No work on the restaurant or convenience store yet. The steel for the gas station canopy looks complete (one end is where the old liquor store used to be and had to wait for the store to be demoed and the rest of the site prep). Again, still no obvious signs of charging stations.
Since the gate was open, I drove around the back of the southbound station (ignoring the "authorized vehicles only" sign) to take a closer look at the crates to see if any had Tesla logos. No such luck. I also explored the back lot of the northbound rest stop (off of 3A), but saw nothing interesting there, either.
So, in short, Northbound is nearing completion, southbound is a least a month behind, and no signs of any charging facilities.
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