Supercharger - South Charlotte - Ballantyne
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pinke2323
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I know we're all excited, but you guys did read this post correctly, right? Hopefully they will be energized soon!
loganwatson
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Yeah, I assume they’re most likely waiting either final sign off by Tesla or local officials. Either way, it hopefully will be soon! This location will save me the one hour detour it takes to get to the other location and hopefully elevate some of the pressure that the other location has.
pinke2323
Musketeer
Interesting -- what do you mean by "pressure"? I assume you're talking about the Mallard Creek location in N. Charlotte? Haven't been, so any insight/tips would be appreciated. Also, that's gotta be a pain for you to routinely go all the way up there!
Several times in the past month or so when I go to the University area (Mallard Creek) SC there are people parked on both sides as well as waiting in the second row of parking. When that is the case I usually get a warning that tesla has set my charge rate to 80% instead of my usual 90% because of something like "heavy usage". This new SC in Ballantyne will be 50% larger than the SC in the University area so it should help a lot.
Stopped by this evening around 5 pm. There was a guy painting some of covers on the ground orange. I asked him when the chargers were coming on-line and, for whatever it was worth, he said inspection still needs to happen and it'll probably be another week. The Duke energy meter on the was transformer was on.
loganwatson
Supporting Member
The location in North Charlotte occasionally has a back up of cars waiting to charge. By opening this other location it will hopefully reduce the demand on the N. Charlotte location. N. Charlotte is only an 8 bay whereas this will be a 12. So that is a big capacity increase for the area.
My trip usually consists of visiting on the southern part of Charlotte so yeah it can be a good 30 min one way trip (with no traffic) to get a charge. This location will be game-changer. I actually gave up on going to the N. Charlotte location and just use the ChaDeMO adapter at one of the EvGO locations. It's not as quick but saves a lot of time since I only need enough juice to get me to the Columbia Supercharger.
Stopped by today...
Stalls are not yet energized. But I checked the meter and it is powered on. So, the transformer is live.
You can also tell, from the attached images, the stalls are not yet numbered.
Stalls are not yet energized. But I checked the meter and it is powered on. So, the transformer is live.
You can also tell, from the attached images, the stalls are not yet numbered.
Did you read my post? I even bolded the NOT
The meter is on, now Tesla needs to label the stalls and bring them online.
One more bit of info:
Tesla has passed final electrical inspection from the City of Charlotte.
Tesla has passed final electrical inspection from the City of Charlotte.
Sg911
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pinke2323
Musketeer
I bet "College Me" would be super disappointed to find out that "Now Me" is this excited about something as basic as electricity.
Then again, "College Me" had never seen a Model S...
Then again, "College Me" had never seen a Model S...
The Supercharger here in S Charlotte at Toringdon is still not working. Photo by @GorillaToyz on Twitter
A little more progress this morning. (Note: pedestals are still not labeled or energized)
The pavement in front of the transformer was patched (the mound of dirt cleared).
And they've planted some evergreens around the cabinets.
The pavement in front of the transformer was patched (the mound of dirt cleared).
And they've planted some evergreens around the cabinets.
Walked by them coming from dinner and saw a technician working on the stands late last night. We are staying at the hotel across the street that has charging, so i was almost full, but stopped by the superchargers to check them out. I was able to charge my car so they are now active. 12:45 pm Saturday
However, it doesn't show yet on my cars navigation.
However, it doesn't show yet on my cars navigation.
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loganwatson
Supporting Member
That means it should take a couple of days before it'll show on the nav! This is great news!
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