Supercharger - Ontario, OR

[SWUtah]

I’ll be happy when this one’s online, at least if It’s accessibility is decent. I don’t particularly like the access to the Twin Falls & even the Boise SCs & Baker OR to the new Heyburn ID is out of range (285 mi + elevation gain) for my AWD LR M3. Heyburn to Ontario & the return would work really well for me.

 

[wycolo]

Ontario to Burley (212 mi) would allow one to bypass Boise entirely by going 95 & 78 to Hammet where I84 would resume. Just for the sheer joy of completely avoiding a metropolis.
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[Rocky_H]

Ontario to Burley (212 mi) would allow one to bypass Boise entirely by going 95 & 78 to Hammet where I84 would resume. Just for the sheer joy of completely avoiding a metropolis.
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It's just Boise, not Los Angeles. We don't have gridlock that needs to be avoided. You just sail on through, and the Boise Supercharger is so close it's actually visible from the interstate itself. I don't see any point in making things harder by trying to skip it.

 

[IdaX]

It's just Boise, not Los Angeles. We don't have gridlock that needs to be avoided. You just sail on through

Yeah, I guess that Boise is a “metropolis” if you’re from Wyoming, but for everyone else...

 

[dgpcolorado]

It's just Boise, not Los Angeles. We don't have gridlock that needs to be avoided. You just sail on through, and the Boise Supercharger is so close it's actually visible from the interstate itself. I don't see any point in making things harder by trying to skip it.

The Boise Supercharger Station is so close to the freeway that it is the noisiest Supercharger Station that I visit!

Agree that traffic on I-84 through Boise is no big deal.

 

[jay-bay]

Drove by today and now there is mounds of dirt/gravel lying on concrete. Seems like it's taken a step backwards from any progress.

 

[IdaX]

Oh no! Sounds like it was more than just waiting on an inspection -- it must have failed the inspection somehow. Thanks for the update and pics.

 

[RocketMan88]

No updates on the permit... Perhaps there is a delay before updates make it online though

 

[BrianDunning]

JFC

 

[wycolo]

> It's just Boise, not Los Angeles. [Rocky_H]

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you *just don't wanna deal with Boise*.

 

[PLUS EV]

I too have had a strange ability to hit Boise at rush hour. It probably only costs me 10-15 minutes each time but there's something much more aggravating about hitting a slowdown there. Probably because when I drive through Seattle, Bay Area, LA, etc. I'm expecting bad traffic, but it always seems to catch me off guard in Boise.

 

[yagerd]

We just went by the Ontario Supercharger, we always wondered where the transformer was.. I guess this the answer is, we were waiting on a transformer.

 

[jay-bay]

Stopped by here yesterday and talked to the guys that were moving the dirt and gravel around. I asked them when it was going to be completed and they said the electrician will come out next week and test it. I asked what was taking so long to complete it and they said COVID-19.

Meh...

 

[yagerd]

Monday they indicated that they were going to cut-over power to the supercharger transformer. They dug a big hole, exposed the underground cables, then parked the backhoe over the hole, like a big yellow bird brooding some eggs. That was Monday -now it is Wednesday and the have not came back.

 

[Weatherbyman]

View attachment 573067 Monday they indicated that they were going to cut-over power to the supercharger transformer. They dug a big hole, exposed the underground cables, then parked the backhoe over the hole, like a big yellow bird brooding some eggs. That was Monday -now it is Wednesday and the have not came back.

Finish work around supercharger like car bumper and area around chargers filled. backhoe still over hole.

 

[RocketMan88]

tested yesterday, plugged-in but no juice. Giant mountain of dirt blocking half the stalls, no updates on the permit. Sorry no pix.

 

[yagerd]

tested yesterday, plugged-in but no juice. Giant mountain of dirt blocking half the stalls, no updates on the permit. Sorry no pix.

They dug a hole /exposed the under ground high voltage cables/ then covered the hole with sheets of partial boards. that was on Aug 4th.
I am guessing they needed a custom high voltage underground vault built.

 

[goneskiian]

No meter. Not a good sign.

 

[yagerd]

no change

 

[yagerd]

No meter but there is locks on the switch box and the transformer