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Supercharger - Manteca, CA (LIVE 12 Feb 2015, expanded 12 Dec 2017, 20 V2 stalls)

liuping

Active Member
Jul 23, 2013
2,241
895
San Diego
I have good news to report. They have started construction at the site at the orchard valley mall. The site is the same one that the Manteca planners approved. It is just west of the bass pro shops store on the outer perimeter road of the mall. Access is very easy from the entrance just east if bass pro. No need to get mixed up with shopper traffic if you go around on the east perimeter.
That is great news!

I'd pretty much given up on Manteca after Tesla cancelled it post permit approval. Trips to Tahoe will soon be much easier. :)
 

gregincal

Active Member
Oct 26, 2012
3,763
2,294
Santa Cruz, CA
Right now now all they have done is put up a fence around the site of about 10 parking spaces and they began digging and forming up an area for the transformer and the power electronics. Looks like they just started so I'm not sure how long it takes to build one. I would guess a couple of months but really have no idea.

How long it takes depends on lots of factors (like PGE hookup and final permits). Atascadero was finished in 3 weeks, San Juan Capistrano took about 6 months. Glad it looks like it's starting.
 

ecarfan

Well-Known Member
Sep 21, 2013
19,186
13,841
San Mateo, CA
"Coming soon" Supercharger in the Manteca CA area

@palmer_md, impressive detective work but...what makes you certain this is a Supercharger site?

Given that Tesla reportedly withdrew their Manteca permit for that site, have they applied again and been approved and no one picked up on that?

I very much want your report to be true as I will use a Manteca Supercharger several times a year for trips to the Yosemite area.
 

palmer_md

Member
Sep 26, 2012
800
247
Hermosa Beach, CA
@palmer_md, impressive detective work but...what makes you certain this is a Supercharger site?

To be honest there is not anything that says "hey I'm a Tesla supercharger location", but what else could they possibly be building at this site that has had approval from the Manteca planning board, and then they only fence off about 10 parking spaces and set up some forms to pour a small concrete pad for what looks like a transformer? I can't imagine what else they could possibly want to build in that location that is that small.

The real tell tale sign will be when they next dig the trench from the hole in the ground where the pad is to be located into the parking spaces. If that happens next, then that should satisfy most doubters.

For now I guess you will just have to trust my intuition (heck, I did post the first picture of a Tesla charging at a Supercharger back in Sept, 23 2012 Confirmed supercharger location in Folsom CA - Page 2 - link goes to MyNissanLeaf site where I posted the image on a Sept 23 posting)
 

ecarfan

Well-Known Member
Sep 21, 2013
19,186
13,841
San Mateo, CA
"Coming soon" Supercharger in the Manteca CA area

@palmer_md, again, I hope your intuition is correct, and thanks for your report. As you say, in the near future -- hopefully -- it will become clear if that site is for an SC or something else. I probably won't be traveling through that area until next spring.
 

Tyl

Member
Jun 26, 2013
966
489
Phoenix East Valley
Thank goodness you own a camera and know how to use it!!! It amazes me how many tesla motors club members go to a supercharger site and don't take pictures!! I've even been quilty of it, go figure!! So thank you for posting a photo of what looks to be the beginning of a supercharger site! Keep your camera with you. We are always looking forward to photos!!


I have good news to report. They have started construction at the site at the orchard valley mall. The site is the same one that the Manteca planners approved. It is just west of the bass pro shops store on the outer perimeter road of the mall. Access is very easy from the entrance just east if bass pro. No need to get mixed up with shopper traffic if you go around on the east perimeter.

Right now now all they have done is put up a fence around the site of about 10 parking spaces and they began digging and forming up an area for the transformer and the power electronics. Looks like they just started so I'm not sure how long it takes to build one. I would guess a couple of months but really have no idea.
 

JohnEC

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Jun 12, 2012
113
46
Concord, Ca
Drove over there earlier this evening to check out the site. Not much has changed. Still no evidence to support or disprove the super charger theory.

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mesalum

Member
Sep 6, 2014
104
10
Wilton, CA
I take delivery at the factory Dec 12 and I plan to drive by here and check it out on my way home to Wilton, CA. I will take pictures and post.
 

realeezz

Member
Mar 9, 2013
5
0
Stockton
The Mateca project has begun, we stop by to see the progress, they were boring for electrical system when we were there. I understand it take about 6 weeks to complete, so sometime the end January would not be to far off.
 

SFOTurtle

Active Member
Jan 21, 2013
1,076
74
Los Altos, CA
Stopped by a few minutes ago. Workers are there and digging Saturday morning. Looks like they are digging trenches for the conduit. No Tesla crates yet.

Thanks for the update and for everyone else who has been taking a peek to report on what now looks almost certain to be a Supercharger installation in progress. Keep the updates coming!
 

jjkroll

Member
Nov 6, 2013
48
3
California, Central Valley
No work this morning. The trenches are done and I would be incredibly surprised if it is anything but a supercharger. Big rectangular hole in the corner of the parking lot connected to a long narrow trench running along the back of about 8 parking spaces. Looks like the connection to utilities is about 100 yards to the east along the loop road.
 

liuping

Active Member
Jul 23, 2013
2,241
895
San Diego
No work this morning. The trenches are done and I would be incredibly surprised if it is anything but a supercharger. Big rectangular hole in the corner of the parking lot connected to a long narrow trench running along the back of about 8 parking spaces. Looks like the connection to utilities is about 100 yards to the east along the loop road.
Thanks for the update. That definitely sounds like SuperChargers. Tahoe trips from SoCal will be so much easier. I can't wait.
 

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