Supercharger - Livermore, CA - Holmes St. (under construction 19 Sep 2023, 8 stalls)

[Videomatic3]

i dont believe i see a thread about this supercharger yet, but i was driving home today and i saw a gated area with what looked like tesla bags over cabinets for superchargers, so i had to turn around to check it out.

this is on holmes rd and concannon blvd next to the extreme pizza, across the street from lucky's

address for the extreme pizza is 1608 Holmes St, Livermore, CA 94550

 

[Big Earl]

Nice find! Thanks for the pics.

 

[sunnnv]

My first thought was: this is way, way off the beaten path.
But poking around on google maps (and sending in a location correction), this is actually a nice spot for locals and not so urgent travelers.
Extreme Pizza - one of my favs.
A nearby Lucky's as you said.
If one needs a hit of schadenfreude, watch people try and use the Electrify America charger in the Lucky's parking lot.
There's the Sunset Gardens Apartments diagonally across the intersection - a nice amenity for those folks.
A place to grab a quick charge before/after a game/event at the area high school.
A 24 hour 76 gas station a block away for when the Lucky's rolls up their sidewalk for the night.
Locations like these are another step in making EVs ubiquitous.

Thanks for taking the time to circle back and take some pics.

 

[Big Earl]

My first thought was: this is way, way off the beaten path.
But poking around on google maps (and sending in a location correction), this is actually a nice spot for locals and not so urgent travelers.
Extreme Pizza - one of my favs.
A nearby Lucky's as you said.
If one needs a hit of schadenfreude, watch people try and use the Electrify America charger in the Lucky's parking lot.
There's the Sunset Gardens Apartments diagonally across the intersection - a nice amenity for those folks.
A place to grab a quick charge before/after a game/event at the area high school.
A 24 hour 76 gas station a block away for when the Lucky's rolls up their sidewalk for the night.
Locations like these are another step in making EVs ubiquitous.

Thanks for taking the time to circle back and take some pics.

Thanks for sending that location correction to Google. I noticed it was off, as well.

 

[Videomatic3]

My first thought was: this is way, way off the beaten path.

yes and no. for those who drive through livermore from 84 its how i used to go home everyday before 84/680 was under construction making that exit a disaster, also the onramp from 84 to 580 is a disaster too, and with the superchargers being full during commute hour at the pm hours, itll be fine

 

[Watts_Up]

This seems to be a 8 stalls 250 kW, not using the pre-built 4-stalls, but just I guess from the above pictures from @Videomatic3.

Note: There is also in construction a 16 Stalls V3 supercharger about 5 miles east on Jack London Blvd near the El Charro Road 580 hwy exit.
But on the Tesla.com/findus map, there is only one future Supercharger opening in Q3 of 2023.

Also halfway between those two Supercharger locations on Stanley Blvd, there is a quite large Power Substation.
(If someone know something about the voltage and capacity of those two transformers, I would be interested knowing about).

 

[1100MCM]

This seems to be a 8 stalls 250 kW, not using the pre-built 4-stalls, but just I guess from the above pictures from @Videomatic3.

Note: There is also in construction a 16 Stalls V3 supercharger about 5 miles east on Jack London Blvd near the El Charro Road 580 hwy exit.
But on the Tesla.com/findus map, there is only one future Supercharger opening in Q3 of 2023.

Also halfway between those two Supercharger locations on Stanley Blvd, there is a quite large Power Substation.
(If someone know something about the voltage and capacity of those two transformers, I would be interested knowing about).

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There’s several substations and facilities on in the area but typical for the area is 115 kV/ 21kV substation transformers and sizing is typically about 75 MVA each.

 

[Mrbrock]

Just a confirmation of a permit at this site.

 

[Videomatic3]

just drove by today
dear tesla, i hate when the superchargers are placed like this, it makes it more difficult to backup with bikes on the back of the car, the cable barely reaches the car.

 

[vlee]

when the superchargers are placed like this, it makes it more difficult to backup with bikes on the back of the car, the cable barely reaches the car.

Is this one placed differently than normal superchargers?

 

[Videomatic3]

Is this one placed differently than normal superchargers?

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/attachments/1686762540427-png.946920/

take a look closely how some are rotated 90 degrees
its better when they dont block you from backing up
plus the cable reaches much farther

 

[vlee]

Oh I see, you want them to make them all pull-in spots instead of back-in spots.

 

[Videomatic3]

Oh I see, you want them to make them all pull-in spots instead of back-in spots.

everything in all the pictures are backin spots

a pull in spot would have the cable at the end of the parking spot
only reason i like those is if theres someone blocking the spot and not charging you can block them in and plug in still, and i have done this before. **** them

 

[Mrbrock]

Is this one placed differently than normal superchargers?

They want them placed on the parking lines at the back of the stall. This placement requires wider spots since the charge posts will be in each adjoining spot reducing the parking width a little.

As far as the cable reaching much farther, that only matters for CT and non Tesla vehicles. The pull in spot also solves the problem of bike racks on the back.

 

[pxx865]

When will this site be active? Still has yellow tape this morning

 

[Mrbrock]

When will this site be active? Still has yellow tape this morning

When? No one here knows. It will show up in the app when it is active. Unless you know someone on the Tesla team that provisions and activates sites or someone at pge who knows when transformers will be installed, there is no way to know.

 

[blackswan]

It's been more than 6 f'n months and not yet functional. I have to drive 15 more minutes just to charge. This would be a way easy stop for me

 

[bmah]

It's been more than 6 f'n months and not yet functional. I have to drive 15 more minutes just to charge. This would be a way easy stop for me

Some Superchargers have been "under construction" for much longer than this, unfortunately. Is charging at home or at work feasible for you?

Bruce.

 

[Videomatic3]

It's been more than 6 f'n months and not yet functional. I have to drive 15 more minutes just to charge. This would be a way easy stop for me

Companies making transformers are really far behind, or so I've been told and that's the holdup for most of the superchargers. Power companies.

 

[blackswan]

Companies making transformers are really far behind, or so I've been told and that's the holdup for most of the superchargers. Power companies.

Oh that makes sense