Supercharger - Madison, WI - South Livingston

[rhummer]

WI power utility, MG&E is working with Tesla to construct a charging station that will include 8 Tesla v3 SuperChargers, and 7 DC Fast Chargers Chargers.

722 MAIN STREET (700 BLOCK OF EAST WASHINGTON AVENUE) MADISON, WI 53703

722 E. Main Street - Planning - DPCED - City of Madison, Wisconsin

From what I understand it should start construction sometime this spring/summer.

 

[MarcoRP]

Maybe I'm just crazy but I think they made a big mistake. The charging stall is positioned on the wrong side.

 

[allhands]

The charging stall is positioned on the wrong side.

I could be misunderstanding but I think those are just labels, not indications of the exact position of the chargers. Page 5 of the pdf of the site plan gives you a better idea of the layout. The main problems i see are:

1. The handicapped spot has the supercharger in the wrong position unless they block off the one spot next to it.

2. This is right next to the sylvee concert space so whenever there is a show people are going to try to park here so the charging spots will always be blocked then. The only way they could combat this is if they put up a gate with a code like they do in Vegas for the supercharger station next to the strip.

 

[emorog]

Maybe I'm just crazy but I think they made a big mistake. The charging stall is positioned on the wrong side.

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Yes, I agree. That southernmost charging station is unusable.

 

[mociaf9]

Maybe I'm just crazy but I think they made a big mistake. The charging stall is positioned on the wrong side.

Good catch. And no, you're not crazy. There was an error in those earlier plans. I called the design firm and spoke to the project contact, who told me it had already been caught and they've since updated and fixed the plans. The bottom space now has the charging post in the correct place at the other end of the stall (normal placement for a pull-in stall) and the rest of the posts are shifted one parking space over to where they should be.

 

[Paul Dix]

I'm excited it's next to the Sylvee as I go there for concerts and need to drive back to MKE. The Sylvee does have a few chargers in their current structure..

 

[patrick42h]

Huh. I heard about this site but I thought it was going to be level 2 charging stations for the power company employees.

 

[threeputts]

So is this going to be in addition to or in place of the Madison West location?

 

[rhummer]

So is this going to be in addition to or in place of the Madison West location?

In addition. This location is being handled by mg&e. The west side location is being handled by Tesla.

 

[DMC5180]

Nice to see MG&E being proactive.

 

[Jlescobar]

This is great news, both for the central Madison and West Madison electric/Tesla drivers. I been hoping Tesla would install some stalls in central Madison for the ease of charging instead of driving to the other side of town. Prime location as well.

 

[allhands]

How are they going to keep the chargers from being ICE'd during Sylvee concerts and soccer games?

 

[allhands]

Looks like the project is well underway!

I'm still wondering how they are going to keep the chargers from being ICE'd during Sylvee concerts and soccer games...

They should use a gate with a code like they do at some parking ramps with superchargers (like those in Chicago and Las Vegas).

 

[GeeDoes]

I agree it would be awesome if they could do a gate and pin! So excited to have more chargers especially V3 Supercharging!

 

[kgriffin]

Swung by the other side of the site last night and noticed that the barrier blocking the lot has project dates on it - starting June 1, project completion date in September.

Also: re: entry codes, think that would be harder here given that superchargers are only half of the site, not sure if that would cause problems with the 10 EA chargers.

 

[DMC5180]

Given this is Madison, I’m surprised the city hasn’t created an EV charging only city ordinance with fines attached for improper use.

On another note, this site is under construction generally speaking. The last update was a month ago. Is there a reason it hasn’t been pinned with a cone on Supercharge.info?
@mociaf9 @MarcoRP @corywright

 

[corywright]

Is there a reason it hasn’t been pinned with a cone on Supercharge.info?

I drove by this location last week to see if there was any Tesla hardware on site, but I didn't see anything specific to Tesla. Since this site will host other chargers as well I think we should wait until we see evidence that the Supercharger construction has started before changing the status on supercharge.info.

 

[DMC5180]

I drove by this location last week to see if there was any Tesla hardware on site, but I didn't see anything specific to Tesla. Since this site will host other chargers as well I think we should wait until we see evidence that the Supercharger construction has started before changing the status on supercharge.info.

Fair enough. I’m curious are you on whirlwind tour around the US? @corywright

 

[corywright]

I’m curious are you on whirlwind tour around the US? @corywright

I spent a little over two months tooling around out west - Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana - and then took my time coming home.

 

[DMC5180]

I spent a little over two months tooling around out west - Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana - and then took my time coming home.

I’m jealous. Unfortunately, I have to many anchored responsibilities to just pick up and leave like that.