Supercharger - Richmond, CA - Pierce Street (LIVE May 30 2020, 16 V3 stalls)

[PedramGh]

Hi Folks!

So when I opened the thread for El Cerrito location, I challenged myself to discover the Berkeley location too. When I was commenting on the thread, I suggested that 99 Ranch Market Parking can be a good potential location for Berkeley Supercharger!!

The reason was the the strategic location, relatively quiet parking area, access to highway, and, the fact that while I was deliberately visiting that area to see if any construction is in progress, I noticed that an area upon entry of the parking lot has been fenced.

A week ago no activities had been started but the setup was the familiar setup.

I could wait!! But now for me, the wait is over as I can see that Supercharger bases have been delivered and PVC Pipes are in location to start the process of cutting and cabling. Two zones have been covered which I believe one is for equipment and the transformers and the other one is the location for actual chargers on border of parking lot. If you look at the concrete bases, you can see the familiar Tesla barcode attached to one of the bases which is completely familiar with similar bases on similar posts.

I can see 16 bases. So I believe there will be 16 stalls for either V2 or more likely V3 Superchargers. The location itself is on border of Richmond Annex and more inside Albany than Berkeley itself. Accessible to Highway 80 Service Road. In the neighborhood, there is a shopping mall called Pacific East Mall, 99 Ranch Market, and Costco is pretty close but not in walking distance.

 

[PedramGh]

Map...

 

[israndy]

Congrats again, dude! Did you name this thread or was it renamed "Supercharger - Berkeley (Possibly under construction Dec 2019, Probably 16 stalls)" by the moderators?

I ask because I flagged the El Cerrito thread you started as not needing the word 'possibly' after the Tesla hardware showed up. Since you say you found the Tesla logo on the bases (and they certainly look like the V3 oval bases vs the traditional V2 rectangular bases) we should flag this one as not needing that word too.

 

[PedramGh]

Well! I took the side of caution. Now I can't figure out how to edit it! Though the date of the marker on one of the bases is in December but I also think, February 2020 is a better construction month!.

 

[gnguyen]

That’s literally less than a mile away from the El Cerrito supercharger.

And technically the address registers as Richmond, and could be called Albany. Nevertheless, a great find!

 

[PedramGh]

Yeah I live in Berkeley... The cities are pretty small with no boundaries. That area is on edge of "Albany" and "Richmond Annex" but not "Richmond". Further inside, the neighbor city is El Cerrito...
Tesla preferred to call it Berkeley apparently:

Berkeley, CA | Tesla

 

[PedramGh]

I feel safe to say this Supercharger and El Cerrito Plaza Super charger are probably the closest superchargers ever! Not only in America but probably anywhere...

It kinda reminds me of Apple Berkeley and Apple Emeryville which are having the same title. This shows how dense the area is. I am quite surprised we did not have too many Superchargers in the East Bay so far.

I believe the main barrier had been planning/licensing which is really lengthy in Bay Area.

 

[MarcoRP]

Hi Folks!

So when I opened the thread for El Cerrito location, I challenged myself to discover the Berkeley location too. When I was commenting on the thread, I suggested that 99 Ranch Market Parking can be a good potential location for Berkeley Supercharger!!

The reason was the the strategic location, relatively quiet parking area, access to highway, and, the fact that while I was deliberately visiting that area to see if any construction is in progress, I noticed that an area upon entry of the parking lot has been fenced.

A week ago no activities had been started but the setup was the familiar setup.

I could wait!! But now for me, the wait is over as I can see that Supercharger bases have been delivered and PVC Pipes are in location to start the process of cutting and cabling. Two zones have been covered which I believe one is for equipment and the transformers and the other one is the location for actual chargers on border of parking lot. If you look at the concrete bases, you can see the familiar Tesla barcode attached to one of the bases which is completely familiar with similar bases on similar posts.

I can see 16 bases. So I believe there will be 16 stalls for either V2 or more likely V3 Superchargers. The location itself is on border of Richmond Annex and more inside Albany than Berkeley itself. Accessible to Highway 80 Service Road. In the neighborhood, there is a shopping mall called Pacific East Mall, 99 Ranch Market, and Costco is pretty close but not in walking distance.


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Probably V3.

Great find and will add on Supercharge Info now!

 

[bmah]

Well! I took the side of caution. Now I can't figure out how to edit it! Though the date of the marker on one of the bases is in December but I also think, February 2020 is a better construction month!.

Edited thread title (it requires moderator privileges, that's why you can't do it yourself).

My wife and I discussed this for awhile since we're familiar with the area...we agree it seems really odd to call it Berkeley, as someone else noted this is really Richmond. However there's already a Richmond, CA Supercharger, and in any case Tesla has a history of naming some Superchargers oddly. Shrug.

Nice find in any case!

Bruce.

 

[israndy]

I used to live in El Sobrante on the backside of the Berkeley hills near the reservoir and was shocked to learn when I wanted to talk to the local police that technically I lived in Richmond. It probably would take the Richmond cops 30 minutes to get there. So when they open one in ACTUAL Berkeley, let's call it the El Sobrante Supercharger!

 

[eladts]

I feel safe to say this Supercharger and El Cerrito Plaza Super charger are probably the closest superchargers ever! Not only in America but probably anywhere...

It kinda reminds me of Apple Berkeley and Apple Emeryville which are having the same title. This shows how dense the area is. I am quite surprised we did not have too many Superchargers in the East Bay so far.

I believe the main barrier had been planning/licensing which is really lengthy in Bay Area.

The closest separate supercharger sites that I know of are in Mt Shasta, where the two sites are literally across the street.

 

[mociaf9]

I feel safe to say this Supercharger and El Cerrito Plaza Super charger are probably the closest superchargers ever! Not only in America but probably anywhere...

The closest separate supercharger sites that I know of are in Mt Shasta, where the two sites are literally across the street.

There is in fact a thread dedicated to discussing which are the two closest superchargers: Which are the two closest Superchargers?

 

[israndy]

That sure is a great idea for a thread, very smart, yes indeed.

Actually broken out by a moderator from a different thread, but I cannot remember which one... Perhaps the new Dublin SuC.

The advantage of old age: You remember a lot. The disadvantage: you forget a lot more

 

[ecarfan]

I would not assume that Tesla will call this new Supercharger location the “Berkeley” Supercharger. It may be called something else.

Regardless, happy to see yet another Bay Area Supercharger!

 

[Jeff Hudson]

Don't you all just love those precast concrete pedestal bases? They should speed up site construction by a couple of days and maybe even decrease the cost to construct.

 

[Zorg]

Good to see the east Bay getting some love by Tesla

 

[PedramGh]

Update on construction progress in Berkeley:

 

[Yoitskenn]

Finally, Something off of the 80

 

[israndy]

Is Emeryville not off the 80? And almost complete.

 

[Yoitskenn]

I don’t think it’s active yet. Either way, both of these locations would be great. I hate having to go to the Richmond one off 580.