Supercharger - New Springfield, OH - Mahoning Valley & Glacier Hills Service Plazas

[Bigriver]

I drove by in the west-bound direction today. The Superchargers are still behind the fence.

Thanks for the update. Traveling next weekend and have my fingers crossed they will be online then.

 

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Just went past and both sides are still fenced in.

 

[Crew Dragon]

Maybe Tesla and the Turnpike are planning on a big Thanksgiving surprise and they will open all six of the superchargers at once? Maybe?

 

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Maybe Tesla and the Turnpike are planning on a big Thanksgiving surprise and they will open all six of the superchargers at once? Maybe?

Just went past again and still closed. No Thanksgiving surprise....

 

[Bigriver]

December 6 westbound. Disappointed that I really couldn’t see any notable difference from a month ago. They didn’t meet Q3 and now Q4 is looking questionable.

 

[Crew Dragon]

I was hoping the pair of stations here, as well as the two other pairs in progress on the Ohio Turnpike, would be up and running for the Thanksgiving travel weekend, which has come and gone. Maybe a Tesla and the Turnpike will have a Christmas present for us this week? Maybe?

 

[Tezla041]

Unfortunately it’s not looking like these will be ready for Christmas. Here are shots of the westbound side on Saturday. Also a shot across the turnpike of the eastbound side.
Everything is still fenced in on both.

 

[DriveMe]

Westbound last night:

 

[Newscutter]

WTH is going on with these installations?? Geez. Bureaucracy getting the way of progress as usual, I presume.

 

[EngineOut]

Drove past yesterday (1/19) and still closed w/fencing up. Did see a mini-bulldozer working the gravel on the eastbound side but that was the only sign of progress.

 

[Crew Dragon]

So much for my Thanksgiving prediction!

 

[Big Earl]

So much for my Thanksgiving prediction!

Thanksgiving 2023 isn't outside the realm of possibility.

 

[Newscutter]

Well they updated the website to LOOK like they're still on schedule.... But halfway through Q1 and still crickets.

 

[Blue Stuff]

These seem to have been abandoned as even the temporary fence has fallen over in places. Obviously they need asphalt and a transformer. Notice the concrete is not finished but is already broken. At least there are two garbage cans.

Westbound today:

 

[DriveMe]

Are they waiting for Federal Funding or something?!!

 

[Newscutter]

These seem to have been abandoned as even the temporary fence has fallen over in places. Obviously they need asphalt and a transformer. Notice the concrete is not finished but is already broken. At least there are two garbage cans.

Westbound today:
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Looks like the far cabinet is leaning/settling and the near cabinet has a nice dent in it. So... was the construction company a mob front or something?? This disarray and abandoned in place forms looks like a check bounced or a contractor did. Either way, a disgraceful look for Tesla and the Ohio Turnpike.

 

[Crew Dragon]

@DriveMe Maybe the potential for federal grant money is slowing down the completion of the 6 installations along the Ohio Turnpike? There was great progress last year and then it really just started to drag.

 

[Big Earl]

What federal grand money? Superchargers don't qualify for NEVI as currently written - is there another funding program that I'm unaware of?

 

[DriveMe]

What federal grand money? Superchargers don't qualify for NEVI as currently written - is there another funding program that I'm unaware of?

With the Magic Dock they probably do.

 

[Big Earl]

With the Magic Dock they probably do.

They do not. For one, NEVI requires simultaneous 150 kW output across all stalls, which Superchargers can’t do in their current configuration. Achieving this would require double the number of power cabinets for the same number of stalls.