Supercharger - Lost Hills, CA (LIVE 22 Nov 2023, 20 V3 stalls)

[Dihewidd]

I drove by to check the progress last week (May 25). As previous poster said, stalls are completed and bagged, no sign of work going on. Lost Hills will be a very important charger because of the improvements CalTrans is doing to Hwy 46 (Paso Robles --> I-5).

By my estimate, CalTrans is about 16 months away from completing the bridges and road widening necessary to replace the 2-lane highway with 2 lanes in each direction, shoulders, and center dividers/buffers, and higher speed limits. About 80% of the work has been completed over the past several years, with only a few miles remaining to be done, they are however the hilliest, so we shall see how that goes!

 

[DoItDiff]

Still awaiting the transformer; still just a hole in the ground (picture from August 4th). Tesla continues to project (hope?) that this site will be operational this quarter. We'll see if PG&E makes that happen.

 

[Dihewidd]

This epicly long wait remains a huge bummer. Lol.

 

[Losthillsguy]

The bad news is nothing has happened here for one year... and when things lay stagnate they become a magnet for vandalism. There are signs of that happening.

The good news is there are permanent locations for trash cans!!

 

[Losthillsguy]

 

[manuel garcia]

PG&E on site today. Coming on soon?

 

[manuel garcia]

More pics

 

[Mrbrock]

PG&E on site today. Coming on soon?

Yes, looks like they are prepping for a transformer pad and transformer.

 

[DoItDiff]

No transformer or transformer pad, but progress (pix from yesterday). Long trenching, apparently to get power to the transformer location. The existing trench runs from the transformer location across the Denny's parking towards the gas station, then ~90º degrees to run along the side of the convenience store, and then 90º to run along the back of the convenience store and gas station. The sidewalk and Aloma Street have been cut but not yet trenched. (Last picture is looking back from the steel plate and future trench.) So there are trenches to be dug, and conduits, vaults, and conductors to be installed, before power would be available to a future transformer. But nice to see progress by PG&E after ~14 months of nothing.

 

[60Viking]

I guesstimate another 4-6 months, esp. with the rainy (hopefully) season coming. Based on my daily observation of an SC station 0.3 miles from my home that opened earlier this year in a supermarket/restaurants parking lot.

 

[1100MCM]

As of yesterday, there should be a transformer there now. Would love a confirmation from eyes on the ground. Assuming nothing else holding it up, the opening should be imminent.

 

[1100MCM]

Right on schedule! @bmah @corywright @Guacahummus

 

[Hell on wheels]

Moderator note: Merged this post from a new thread. As a general rule it's good to check for the existence of existing, relevant threads on a topic before starting a new thread.

Finally Lost Hills supercharger is online while driving to LA

 

[Young]

Taken today

 

[BigDaddyKevin]

this location is always packed now especially holidays