Supercharger - San Francisco, CA - 16th St (LIVE 7 Jul 2023, 12 stalls)

[Mrbrock]

So at some point it went from 12 stalls to 10 and now it is down to 8. That sounds like V3 to me. The existing ports is confusing though. Is there an active charger at this site or is existing referring to existing permits?

 

[MarcoRP]

Permit refiled and construction has begun!! 12 Urban stalls

 

[jasonh4451]

Surprised to see this so far along. Front corner across from Petco. 12 urban stalls.

 

[Mrbrock]

All the electrical for chargers is above ground. No digging so much quicker install.

 

[Speight]

I visited the site today, and got some photos of the equipment part of the installation in the lower level of the garage:

There are ten stalls along 16th St and two in an aisle. The ones along the street will be re-striped from 11 compact stalls to ten in order to line up with the pedestals. None of the spaces appeared to be set up as ADA accessible, but perhaps the westernmost (rightmost in photos) one could be, as there is some extra room to the side of that one.

 

[jasonh4451]

As any locals know, this is kind of a hot parking lot. I am happy this is going in but I would have to be out of options to charge here at night. Even during the day things can get a bit sketchy here but at night I would feel like a shiny target.

 

[ch1zzle]

As someone who lives in the downtown area with no home charging, these superchargers are very welcome!

 

[Speight]

Visited this site again today. The conduit runs on the basement level have been completed, and the two equipment areas fenced in.

No change I could see aboveground other than covering the pedestals with black bags. The spaces on the south side still need restriping.

I don't know where the utility connection/transformer might be, didn't see an obvious empty pad anywhere. There was something in a third fenced area to the right of the switchgear I didn't get a photo of. It was hard to make out what it was, but it didn't look like a transformer.

 

[Speight]

Comparing the photos again, the yellow poles and some of the signs are also new. But still fairly minor changes on the top level.

 

[21five]

As any locals know, this is kind of a hot parking lot. I am happy this is going in but I would have to be out of options to charge here at night. Even during the day things can get a bit sketchy here but at night I would feel like a shiny target.

Yeah, a friendly reminder to everyone that your Tesla will not automatically lock the doors after you plug into charge and then get back into your vehicle. Might be a good habit to remember to manually lock from the inside.

(As an aside, it's a shame there's no easy to access "emergency release" for the charging cable so you can leave in a hurry without getting out to unplug…)

 

[ch1zzle]

When is the expected to open?

 

[howardhsu]

Van Ness took eight months from getting their green tag to going live. Geary took three months from getting their green tag to going live. Green tag is SF DBI's activity code 103, which means they are good to "energize service" or pull in a live feed. If past history is any indicator we could be live as early as May or as late as October.

 

[Speight]

Non-update update: went by the site yesterday, and no real visible change from a month and a half ago: mostly complete, but still needs striping and presumably utility power hookup.

 

[Abrasha]

They should name it the Seals Stadium Supercharger

Most people here are too young to remember.

So do this mean they're starting construction on it soon?
Hope the Wifi/Cellphone reception's good there, would never leave any car here

BS. Never an issue with parking there while shopping. Cellphone reception is excellent.

 

[Abrasha]

Construction is is full swing.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1606113256431438

 

[Speight]

Visited this site again today, and saw some small changes. One of the stripes between spaces in the middle of the row has been ground off, but the others are unchanged. Perhaps the double-wide space formed by this is where they will put a van-accessible charging stall.

But that would involve relocating most of the chargers to align closer to the existing compact spaces rather than being evenly spaced for one less parking space as they are now. I saw some duct tape on the ground near the chargers which may relate to repositioning. They would also have to remove and relocate the parking stops, which are currently positioned to match the charger locations.

The locations marked with the duct tape are a bit off from the existing lines, so perhaps they still plan to adjust the existing spaces very slightly, by adding a few inches to each one.

 

[Speight]

Update as of today: didn't see any progress from two weeks ago. The only change I noticed was more of the plastic bags missing.

 

[Kbl13]

Any updates on when we can expect these chargers to open?

 

[mociaf9]

Any updates on when we can expect these chargers to open?

No, supercharger construction schedules and opening timelines seem almost stochastic. Tesla's online map shows a targeted opening date in Q3 of this year, though.

 

[israndy]

I think this going to be officially the LAST Urban Supercharger ever built! I see a few 72kW Superchargers have opened recently but they were all temporary, on pallets, so could easily be picked up and removed.