Rob Holloway
Member
My son works next to the super charger station. Reported that there were multiple Tesla personnel there yesterday. Still not live
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Supercharger - Novato, CA (LIVE 28 Mar 2020, 20 V2 stalls)
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Blu Zap
Grinning member
i went by today (1/31). Parked in an empty slot and plugged in to see if there was any juice. No luck.
dandrewk
Active Member
Probably waiting for the city to sign off on final permit and PG&E giving Permission to Operate (PTO).
Blu Zap
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Rob Holloway
Member
I checked in on Wednesday and the truck has not moved and nothing is happening. There was nobody around. I'd previously been told that it was coming on line last week. Interestingly, it's not even on the coming soon section of PluShare.
dandrewk
Active Member
It really looks like it's ready to go. I doubt that anything on Tesla's side is holding it back. They are just probably waiting for city and/or utility approval, or perhaps even the mall landlord.
Rob Holloway
Member
dandrewk
Active Member
Can't really compare the two, as the USA has building standards. I'm not surprised that it might take awhile to get final approval from the city. I'm pretty sure Novato has never had an EV station that is designed to provide 3 megawatts, especially in a busy shopping center.
Locate a charger | Electrify America
there are a bunch of Electrify AMerica chargers over at the Novato Faire Shopping Center. I dont know the total MW. This is more of just an FYI
dandrewk
Active Member
I go by there about every two weeks and try my luck. This is what it feels like:
Rob Holloway
Member
I was there yesterday at 11am and Tesla guys were working on some modifications. I had a chat with the lead engineer. They are very frustrated and lay the delay at the door of PG&E. Seems that PG&E take an age to respond and then ask for minor changes (that are not normal at any other installations) and then take an age to come by and check. They have no idea when this site will be live. Welcome to Novato 
goldengate
Member
dandrewk
Active Member
I was theorizing that Novato and several other new installations were being delayed by Tesla for a "big" PR release. We all know how Elon loves to make news. "Today Tesla is proud to announce 100 new Supercharger locations in the USA. This continues our commitment to (blah blah)..."
But PG&E incompetence makes more sense.
But PG&E incompetence makes more sense.
israndy
Supercharger Hunter
I cannot believe this place still hasn't opened. I just went to the new Berkeley, Emeryville and Oakland Superchargers that are also waiting for a transformer to be installed, but all of them are V3 superchargers. And the El Cerrito one is an Urban Supercharger so that leaves this one as the only unopened V2 around here.
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