Supercharger - Savannah, GA

[ChrisC]

An Atlanta area Model S owner contacted a reporter who wrote an article about this location, to ask if she had any information about when it would be completed. She told him:

Good news! Airport tells me the work on the Tesla charging station has already begun and will be done by end of the year.

So, since work has begun, someone should swing by and take a look

 

[Kevin Harney]

Recargo has it listed.

EV Charging Location - Tesla Superchargers - Savannah, GA

 

[Chas F]

Mod: Can we merge this thread with the SuperCharger - Savannah, GA thread under the Charging Standards and Infrastructure forum?

 

[ChrisC]

Greeeeeat, another fork. Here's the thread:

Supercharger - Savannah, GA

In my opinion these threads need to live in the regional branches, where people are most likely to look for them, so merge it into this one, please.

EDIT: thanks Chas F for the updates!

 

[Chas F]

Either way is fine with me, but there are a lot more regional threads already in that forum.

 

[Chas F]

I spoke with Property Engineering at SAV today and confirmed that work on the SC had indeed begun this week. They project completion in about 3 weeks pending any hang ups.

 

[airj1012]

Anybody around Savannah or will be driving by during Christmas break that could stop by and see if there is any progress?

 

[Chas F]

I'll be driving thru on Dec 26th. With any luck, I'll use it to charge up on the way up I-95 to NC.

 

[airj1012]

Since we haven't heard of any progress be careful. It may not be operational. However Santee, SC was a surprise and its almost done so maybe Savannah will be in the same boat.

 

[Chas F]

Of course I'll assume the worst if there is no news before then, but a quick phone call to the airport should take away some of the guesswork.

 

[Chas F]

Based on my last conversation with Savannah Airport Facilities, there's almost no chance this SuperCharger will be ready in a week for my planned trip. If I want to drive the Tesla, it will require an overnight stay in Savannah. Anyone know of EV friendly hotels in the area?

 

[airj1012]

Based on my last conversation with Savannah Airport Facilities, there's almost no chance this SuperCharger will be ready in a week for my planned trip. If I want to drive the Tesla, it will require an overnight stay in Savannah. Anyone know of EV friendly hotels in the area?

What update did they provide you with?

 

[Chas F]

Pretty much as stated: "There's no way this will be done by the 26th". They didn't provide ETA. The previous estimate of end-of-month hasn't changed. Dec 31st? I don't think so.

 

[fdismuke]

I was at the airport today. They have broken ground, and there is a little bit of infrastructure there for the charger housing, but nothing remarkable yet. I'll take a picture when it progresses further.

 

[airj1012]

I was at the airport today. They have broken ground, and there is a little bit of infrastructure there for the charger housing, but nothing remarkable yet. I'll take a picture when it progresses further.

Awesome thanks! Great to have eyes on the ground!

 

[ChrisC]

Reported elsewhere on TMC:

I was at the airport today. They have broken ground, and there is a little bit of infrastructure there for the charger housing, but nothing remarkable yet. I'll take a picture when it progresses further.

 

[swegman]

How far along is the Savannah Supercharger? Santee is on-line now and it looks like St, Augustine is close to being ready.

 

[airj1012]

Any updates on this location now that Santee is complete?

 

[StefanT]

Any updates on this location now that Santee is complete?

Just stopped by the SAV SC site. They still have a ways to go. The site ground work is complete and transformer cabinets installed but I didn't see any signs of the container with the SC hardware.

Looks like this might be the first covered SC location for the east coast. The charges are being installed along the west edge of the north economy parking garage. To get to these spaces you follow the signs for economy parking, drive straight through the south garage on the ground floor and across the road to the north garage. The spaces are on your left as you enter the garage.

 

[Cottonwood]

Just stopped by the SAV SC site. They still have a ways to go. The site ground work is complete and transformer cabinets installed but I didn't see any signs of the container with the SC hardware.

Looks like this might be the first covered SC location for the east coast. The charges are being installed along the west edge of the north economy parking garage. To get to these spaces you follow the signs for economy parking, drive straight through the south garage on the ground floor and across the road to the north garage. The spaces are on your left as you enter the garage.

This is actually pretty far along. The big green box by itself on the right in the first picture is the transformer. The triplet of gray boxes on the left in the first picture are 480 Volt switching and circuit breaker boxes. The spaces beside of these gray boxes are ready for the Supercharger cabinets to be installed.

In the first picture, it looks like the Supercharger stalls are behind the green transformer, immediately on the left as you enter the garage from the south, and on the right of the first picture. Is that correct? It is hard to tell from your pictures, but I assume that the conduit is already run to the stalls.