BM3B
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Only half of the superchargers are usable, the back row pedestals are still covered.
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Supercharger - Rowland Heights, CA (LIVE 7 Nov 2020, 8 urban stalls)
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If these pallets are the same as the temporary pallets deployed in other locations, there are three pedestals per pallet. Only two are wired up however, depending on the topology of the parking area where the pallet is deployed. It'd be interesting to get close-ups of the pallets to see if they're really the same as we have seen elsewhere.
Bruce.
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Misterbee
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Much as I hate to be a nudge, the Supercharger is located within the City of Industry. Rowland Heights is the unincorporated area to the east.
Misterbee
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No Idea. But my hunch is that since the Mall was largely shut down for months due to COVID, management may have been happy to have whatever income they may get from leasing the parking spaces to Tesla.
In general, we here on TMC (as well as the team for supercharge.info) call Superchargers by the name that Tesla uses on the Nav, app, and Web site...even in those cases where the official naming is counter-intuitive or outright wrong.
Bruce.
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Misterbee
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As far as it being a temporary location, I wonder if Tesla are trying it out, in order to gauge demand? I don’t think they have ever done that before, but it might not be a bad idea, in order to things like the Madonna Inn Supercharger, which was overloaded for so long.
BM3B
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Drive it down to 121 miles and click the battery icon at the top in the app.Of course he was
Now, how do I access that Easter Egg?
Thanks, that's helpful! Those do look like the temp pallets we've seen in some other locations. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say those "Coming Soon" pedestals...aren't really. If for no other reason than the V2 charger on the pallet has never been seen to feed more than two urban pedestals. Maybe they had those bags lying around and that's all they had?
Bruce.
This is an interesting use of "Temporary" Urban Superchargers.
My hypothesis is that Tesla is experimenting with a new way of deploying Urban SCs even faster and cheaper.
If all you have to do is run conduit and can then bolt down 2-3 stalls, I imagine this is a lot faster/easier/cheaper than having to bolt down a SC2 cabinet and two urban stalls.
The downside here is the lack of flexibility of adapting to different parking lot configurations. So this type of install wouldn't necessarily work for all parking lots - or at least all stalls in a parking lot.
I would also think that Tesla would eventually aim to allow 3 stalls per SC cabinet and dynamically allocate power as needed between cords as is one between V2 150 kW SCs. In a shopping mall situation, the difference between 50 kW peak and 75 kW peak for a period of time doesn't matter most of the time.
My hypothesis is that Tesla is experimenting with a new way of deploying Urban SCs even faster and cheaper.
If all you have to do is run conduit and can then bolt down 2-3 stalls, I imagine this is a lot faster/easier/cheaper than having to bolt down a SC2 cabinet and two urban stalls.
The downside here is the lack of flexibility of adapting to different parking lot configurations. So this type of install wouldn't necessarily work for all parking lots - or at least all stalls in a parking lot.
I would also think that Tesla would eventually aim to allow 3 stalls per SC cabinet and dynamically allocate power as needed between cords as is one between V2 150 kW SCs. In a shopping mall situation, the difference between 50 kW peak and 75 kW peak for a period of time doesn't matter most of the time.
BM3B
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Back to the Future Superchargers!
fun fact: they still have the Twin Pines Mall sign (the movie prop) inside the mall. If you go in from the entrance by the chargers, it’s hidden next to Hollister on the right hand side.
Something to check out while you are charging if y’all are interested
Meet me at the Twin Pines Mall at 1:15am! Bring your video camera .
fun fact: they still have the Twin Pines Mall sign (the movie prop) inside the mall. If you go in from the entrance by the chargers, it’s hidden next to Hollister on the right hand side.
Something to check out while you are charging if y’all are interested
Meet me at the Twin Pines Mall at 1:15am! Bring your video camera .
When used as a temporary setup, it was so they could have a few options to accommodate multiple parking setups by choosing 2/3 pedestals.
Misterbee
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Finally something in the San Gabriel Valley, this location will get busy for sure. Hopefully they build more around the area.
sperkin
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This is why Tesla had to stop giving out Free Supercharging. Urban chargers are mostly all locals with free supercharging.
Very unique installation. I don't see a typical switchgear or transformer in sight. Also, nav says 10 stalls available but there is definitely only 8. Chargers on the backside of the pallets that are covered with drapes looked to be blocked by parking poles. And based on what we know about these pallet style "temp" charger design being deployed in other areas, only 2 of the 3 chargers per pallet should be functional anyhow. This definitely looks like a permanent installation however. I arrived with 50%SoC and never peaked over 50kw (my peak was exactly 50kw however towards the end of my charge session) and I was preconditioned.
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