Supercharger - Markham - Markville, ON

[hnwa]

thought the chargers were supposed to be at warden and 7, is this their new location now?

 

[rypalmer]

thought the chargers were supposed to be at warden and 7, is this their new location now?

They drop these pins willy nilly while they finalize where to put Superchargers. We know the real location now because a construction site was discovered.

 

[EVAficionado]

Any ideas when the Square one SC location will be up and running?

Thank you SKHenry! Don't forget to come to the Tesla owners group meetings every month near Major Mac and the 400!

Hey - I'm a new owner too - can I get details on the owners meet?

 

[SmartElectric]

FLO app does not show this operational yet.
Whereas other FLO chargers in the area are listed on their in-app map, so these stations may not yet be online.

Also at CF Markville - a Flo site, now operational

 

[DMC-Orangeville]

Any ideas when the Square one SC location will be up and running?

Hey - I'm a new owner too - can I get details on the owners meet?

You can join here: Ontario Tesla Owners Club

 

[rpm001]

No fraud intentions at all! It's not even a ticket. It just looks like one. All it is is a note that explains the EV system and that EV owners, like ICE owners, need a space to charge and that a little courtesy would be in order, or something along those lines. Very friendly banter, just inform them, that's all!

Where do I get this?

 

[mrElbe]

You can get the ICEing Citation PDF here:

http://www.teslazoom.com/ICEing Citation.pdf

Print on yellow paper for full effect.

 

[wayner]

They drop these pins willy nilly while they finalize where to put Superchargers

Not really willy-nilly, they put them where the city name label is in Google Maps. Often this can be city hall, as is the case for the one in Toronto and Mississauga. Hwy 7 and Warden just happens to be where the Markham label is in Google Maps - it also happens to be the location of the Markham Town Hall.

 

[SmartElectric]

NEWS!

Overheard second hand.

1.
The Markham super charger construction is one of three ongoing and active with the same construction bid.
The other two are Etobicoke and Hamilton.

2.
The super charger cabinets for the Markham location are more kW than the previous deployments.
Expectation is quite a bit faster, like a 20 minute charge instead of 40 minutes.

3.
Constructor won bid for 3 locations.
The overall Tesla offer was for bids to cover hundreds of charging bays in Ontario across many sites.

 

[SmartElectric]

Progress.
Active site today.

Crew has split off a new area that connects towards the electricity poles at the Hwy 7 intersection.
Plastic conduit pipe is being laid in the ground.

Picture taken from Hwy 7 road side towards super charger pad being worked on.
To the right is the new fenced off area that looks to be dug up to run electricity from the poles to the pad.

 

[wayner]

The Markham super charger construction is one of three ongoing and active with the same construction bid.
The other two are Etobicoke and Hamilton.

So are you saying that contractors were asked to bid on a three site contract for Markham, Etobicoke and Hamilton?

If so, why would these three be grouped together, rather than Markham, Vaughan and Concord? And Etobicoke, Mississauga and Meadowvale? Could it be that Vauhgan, Mississauga and Meadowvale and Concord are not going to be done in 2017? The groupings that I suggest would make more sense geographically as you could easily zip back and forth between them during the day, but Markham, Etobicoke and Hamilton are not that close together given GTA traffic.

 

[SmartElectric]

My understanding is contractor bid for many sites, and only won the bid for a subset.

 

[wayner]

That makes sense.

 

[MarcoRP]

Progress.
Active site today.

Crew has split off a new area that connects towards the electricity poles at the Hwy 7 intersection.
Plastic conduit pipe is being laid in the ground.

Picture taken from Hwy 7 road side towards super charger pad being worked on.
To the right is the new fenced off area that looks to be dug up to run electricity from the poles to the pad.
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Don't you think you forgot something?

 

[MarcoRP]

Porta potty maybe...

 

[rpm001]

NEWS!
The super charger cabinets for the Markham location are more kW than the previous deployments.
Expectation is quite a bit faster, like a 20 minute charge instead of 40 minutes.

Hmm... My understanding is the model S can only handle up to 120kW, but that some SuC stalls are capable of delivering up to 145kW currently. Perhaps this is a new cabinet design to allow for fewer cabinets with less area required per stall. Since all indications are this is a 20 stall site, maybe they're using this new design.

Total speculation though.

 

[rpm001]

The Markham super charger construction is one of three ongoing and active with the same construction bid.
The other two are Etobicoke and Hamilton.

If these are "ongoing and active" has anyone seen spotted these anywhere??? Send a search party!

(I don't want to derail the thread, but will just share some thoughts. The Hamilton one would be a nice-to-have as it's a gateway to a few different paths. Of course with Woodstock and Grimsby it's not really necessary. Especially ranked against the need for Ottawa. But I'm not going to complain! The more the merrier! Really love the progress the last month!)

 

[wayner]

If these are "ongoing and active" has anyone seen spotted these anywhere??? Send a search party!

(I don't want to derail the thread, but will just share some thoughts. The Hamilton one would be a nice-to-have as it's a gateway to a few different paths. Of course with Woodstock and Grimsby it's not really necessary. Especially ranked against the need for Ottawa.

That can depend on where you are going. A trip from the east end of Toronto to Brantford could be dicey in cold weather and you wouldn't be near any SCs if you are taking the southern highways like the QEW or 403. It looks like the 407 corridor is starting to fill in nicely.

 

[SmartElectric]

Progress on a Saturday!
Conduit going in the ground.

Obviously, the parking will be challenging at this angle, especially backing up against gravity.

 

[SmartElectric]

The FLO charger parking spots 50m away are now blocked off by traffic cones.
Clearly those charging stations are not yet online.