Supercharger - St. Paul, MN

[tharasix]

Looks like there might be a couple L2 chargers going in on the far side of the cabinets, unless I'm guessing wrong about the posts that are in those black bags.

 

[aus1ander]

Looks like there might be a couple L2 chargers going in on the far side of the cabinets, unless I'm guessing wrong about the posts that are in those black bags.

Pretty sure those will be L2 Chargepoint chargers as we have seen at other Targets

 

[Cmonhank]

Stopped by today, and there were electricians there working conduit. The shipping containers weren't gone yet.View attachment 715188

Saw this last week. Any idea when it’ll be available?

 

[tharasix]

No idea. I haven't yet seen a green utility transformer nearby, so Xcel still has some work to do, and I defy you to predict their schedules.

 

[tharasix]

Going to swing by and get another picture today.

 

[tharasix]

Looks like everything is done other than the green transformer and taking the fence down. I suspect the transformer is going to go where the blue tarp is.

 

[tharasix]

Pretty sure those will be L2 Chargepoint chargers as we have seen at other Targets

Also, I can confirm the above. It's hard to see in my picture, but they're your standard ChargePoint dual J1772s.

 

[tharasix]

Fence is down but the transformer is still nowhere to be seen.

 

[hybridbear]

Fence is down but the transformer is still nowhere to be seen.

Stations energized? I wouldn’t expect the fence to be gone before the Superchargers are turned on… like in St Peter wasn’t the fence up until the power was on.

 

[tharasix]

Stations energized? I wouldn’t expect the fence to be gone before the Superchargers are turned on… like in St Peter wasn’t the fence up until the power was on.

I didn't try. I assumed that the lack of transformer was enough to assume they weren't working. Also, there were people there working on the signage.

I can't state a specific example off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure there have been plenty of unfenced but not working Superchargers in the past. These are all installed by different contractors, and I suspect they have different processes between them.

 

[hybridbear]

Someone posted on the MN Tesla Club Facebook page that these Superchargers are live. But it sounds like that was perhaps based on seeing a Tesla car there & not based on personally verifying operation.

 

[tharasix]

Interesting. I'd be really shocked that it's running without a nearby transformer. I'll check no later than Monday evening.

 

[mnev]

I am in the area and will check later this afternoon.

 

[vikingrob]

I just looked - someone was painting signposts in the supercharger area when I arrived a few minutes ago. No power yet.

 

[mnev]

Not operational. Same observation as vikingrob. Looks like there is a spot for a transformer but they have a bunch of junk piled there and I could not tell if concrete was even poured. Seems to be a week for two out.

 

[tharasix]

Yeah, that's the blue tarp in the foreground of my last picture. I think they ran conduit to where the transformer will be, but covered it with the tarp so that the conduit doesn't fill with rainwater.

 

[vikingrob]

As of this afternoon, they did not have signs posted yet marking the stalls as reserved for charging.

 

[tharasix]

As of this afternoon, they did not have signs posted yet marking the stalls as reserved for charging.

Which is weird, because if you look carefully, you can see signs in my latest picture above. I wonder why they took them down.

 

[joeminaj]

Swung by this on this Saturday afternoon and nothing. No power. Seems they are missing stall numbers as well still.

 

[tharasix]

We have a transformer! Looks like we're close.