Supercharger - Lone Tree, CO

[Solarman004]

We'll be stopping by tomorrow to take some pictures.

Take a cloth to wipe the snow off your lens!
This is great news. The current location does not have enough stalls for the amount of traffic they get.

 

[Mkorpal]

I was in the Tesla store in Park Meadows today and an employee told me they had already broken ground on a 10 spot supercharger right at the mall. He said it was by the Gazebo. I did not go look for it, but maybe someone can check it out to confirm.

The project must have started in the last few days.

I'm blanking on where the gazebo is.

 

[Barry]

May be a silly question, but do they have a model 3 on display yet?

 

[Zaxxon]

May be a silly question, but do they have a model 3 on display yet?

No, nor do they expect to for the next few months. When I've asked, they have said to expect an invite-to-reservation-holders roadshow well before store display units.

 

[HillCountryFun]

I'm blanking on where the gazebo is.

I have been watching for this for weeks, very glad to read this note!! I will be in the area tomorrow 10/10 and will check it out!!

 

[Barry]

I don't know where the gazebo is, either. About a year ago, somebody in the Tesla store told me they were going to build a new parking garage by Nordstroms and the chargers would go in there. I haven't been to Park Meadows in 6 months, so no idea what's going on in terms of construction.

 

[Mkorpal]

I don't know where the gazebo is, either. About a year ago, somebody in the Tesla store told me they were going to build a new parking garage by Nordstroms and the chargers would go in there. I haven't been to Park Meadows in 6 months, so no idea what's going on in terms of construction.

Naw, nothing about a new parking garage. I don't think a new one is all that necessary anyway. Only a few times around the Holiday season does the mall get busy enough that parking becomes an issue.

I did drive around the complex a few weeks ago just to take a look since I was hitting up Best Buy anyway to recycle some old electronics. There seem to have a few little projects going on, but nothing that was superchargy.

 

[MorrisonHiker]

I don't know where the gazebo is, either. About a year ago, somebody in the Tesla store told me they were going to build a new parking garage by Nordstroms and the chargers would go in there. I haven't been to Park Meadows in 6 months, so no idea what's going on in terms of construction.

Naw, nothing about a new parking garage. I don't think a new one is all that necessary anyway. Only a few times around the Holiday season does the mall get busy enough that parking becomes an issue.

I did drive around the complex a few weeks ago just to take a look since I was hitting up Best Buy anyway to recycle some old electronics. There seem to have a few little projects going on, but nothing that was superchargy.

Originally, it was supposed to be in the new parking garage by Nordstrom but the garage has been delayed. Tesla decided to put in the Supercharger in a different location, still at Park Meadows.

 

[MorrisonHiker]

We stopped by Park Meadows and found the construction location on the east side along Park Meadows Center Drive. It's close to Red Robin and straight out from Lyfe Kitchen. It looks like it will have 10 stalls.
@BlueShift , can you add the new Lone Tree location at 39.562743 -104.873447? Thanks!

 

[paulindenver]

@MorrisonHiker: thanks for following up on the tip I received yesterday from the store employees.

Looks like you braved the weather today to get some great pictures of the early work being done.

 

[MorrisonHiker]

@MorrisonHiker: thanks for following up on the tip I received yesterday from the store employees.

Looks like you braved the weather today to get some great pictures of the early work being done.

No problem. Sorry the pictures weren't better but there's not much to see just yet. Hopefully we'll be able to track down some of the other upcoming metro area locations in the coming months.

 

[mwoz]

Great find. This expansion is long overdue. I wonder if they will add a couple more HPWC to the existing charging area and continue to use it for the demo cars. Nothing worse then being on a road trip and pulling up to a full supercharger where 1/2 the stalls are occupied by demo cars.

 

[Barry]

And glad to see they picked spots spots AWAY from the stores.

 

[Armadillos]

Great find. This expansion is long overdue. I wonder if they will add a couple more HPWC to the existing charging area and continue to use it for the demo cars. Nothing worse then being on a road trip and pulling up to a full supercharger where 1/2 the stalls are occupied by demo cars.

From what I've heard from the store they plan on keeping the superchargers in the garage, but will be used for their demo cars only.

 

[mwoz]

That would be great if they keep the existing "temporary" superchargers!

 

[J3diMast3r]

Popular Tesla YouTuber, DÆrik, posted a video about this upcoming Supercharger yesterday!

 

[Windbourne]

Interesting.
I was under the impression that it would be outside of Nordstroms down by the other stop light.
Where they are putting it, has a LOT of traffic.

 

[Windbourne]

Great find. This expansion is long overdue. I wonder if they will add a couple more HPWC to the existing charging area and continue to use it for the demo cars. Nothing worse then being on a road trip and pulling up to a full supercharger where 1/2 the stalls are occupied by demo cars.

With Park meadows, it really is not the demo cars that are the issues but just several car owners who continue to ignore the money that they pay there.
1 guy told me that he had racked up a couple of hundred over a number of times and that the service center just wiped it all off.
He owns an early black model S, but still remains parked there for several hours at a time.

I was NOT happy to hear that.

That is why I have suggested to Elon/Twit that they do a progressive scale on this. And run it up to $1/minute or even $5 / minute.
With us getting notified by phone, there is NO reason why a regular owner ( barring medical ) to leave a car parked for 2-3 hours PAST being charged.

 

[NOLA_Mike]

That is why I have suggested to Elon/Twit that they do a progressive scale on this. And run it up to $1/minute or even $5 / minute.
With us getting notified by phone, there is NO reason why a regular owner ( barring medical ) to leave a car parked for 2-3 hours PAST being charged.

Even that won't help if the Service Center just wipes the charges away.

I have pulled in there as a long distance traveler needing a charge and experienced all the chargers occupied with no one around their vehicles. I made the mistake of skipping Colorado Springs with the intention of charging at Lone Tree and had to wait for a vehicle to move (and had someone else waiting behind me). Very frustrating knowing that it was most likely inconsiderate shoppers who just didn't give a rats behind that others might need the chargers. Turns out, it was also inconsiderate Tesla employees who had parked demo vehicles at the Superchargers and left them there long after they were finished charging.

All in all, just frustrating and I'm glad to see the additional chargers being constructed.

Mike

 

[Mkorpal]

Went by today. No picks, but it looked like they were getting some good work done, and it looked like equipment had shown up (just did a quick drive by so could be wrong on that last part).