Supercharger - Torrance, CA (LIVE 22 Jan 2021, 20 V3 stalls)

ncsmith4 · Sep 4, 2020

Just swung by again today and while they have lots of Tesla boxes it doesn’t look like there’s been any progress.

Still don’t know why this forum uploads my photos upside down... sigh...

MarcoRP · Sep 4, 2020

Thanks for the photos. They should be reversed now

Speight · Sep 4, 2020

ncsmith4 said:
Just swung by again today and while they have lots of Tesla boxes it doesn’t look like there’s been any progress.

Still don’t know why this forum uploads my photos upside down... sigh...

Cell phone cameras can take pictures in multiple orientations, but instead of actually rotating the picture data according to which side of the camera is up, many of them always encode the image in the same order and indicate the correct orientation with EXIF metadata. Since EXIF can contain sensitive information like the GPS of where the picture was taken, the forum's software strips it. If it were smarter, it could leave in the orientation tag and just strip the others, but unfortunately, it isn't.

This means that if you want your images to show up the right way up without having to edit them first, you should rotate your phone the other way to take the picture.

gillie_68 · Sep 16, 2020

Stopped by and chatted with the project manager there about 10 days ago. He said all will be level 3 and I think 20 S/C’s. They will be on the west side of the lot when done, sometime around Thanksgiving was the expected completion date!

ekoria · Sep 16, 2020

Off-topic, but is the mall even open?

Maaz · Sep 21, 2020

So the original area I took pictures of is NOT where the Superchargers will be, looks like it’s just a temporary spot to hold the equipment. Below are pictures of where the stalls will go

awakeinwa · Sep 22, 2020

Maaz said:
View attachment 590447 So the original area I took pictures of is NOT where the Superchargers will be, looks like it’s just a temporary spot to hold the equipment. Below are pictures of where the stalls will go

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Where is this?

Maaz · Sep 22, 2020

awakeinwa said:
Where is this?

On the right side of all the other L2 chargers in the lot.

Maaz · Sep 25, 2020

Just drove by, no new updates.

RodGayu · Oct 3, 2020

Saw this it's been there for a few months. It's close to the dumpster, nothing has changed!

mociaf9 · Oct 3, 2020

RodGayu said:
Saw this it's been there for a few months. It's close to the dumpster, nothing has changed!

That's a battery system. The cabinet on the right end is the inverter and the rest are Powerpack batteries.

Maaz · Oct 5, 2020

A bit of an update. But not much else. Placement for the stalls.

Maaz · Oct 7, 2020

Big work being done today, all blocked off with construction crew on site.

ncsmith4 · Oct 9, 2020

Stopped by the Del Amo mall today (it’s open!) and checked on the supercharger. They’re fixing the pedestals in place today. It looks like all the electricity is going to come from the packs we’ve taken pics of in the older parking structure and then piped overhead from there.

I talked to one of the guys working on the pedestals and he said it’ll be about a month before it’s open. Exciting!!

Doug Martoccia · Oct 10, 2020

As a point of reference, Hermosa Beach took about 10 weeks to open up after they started work on the pedestals and overhead cabling. That was in the midst of the March-May lockdown this year though.

Wipeout · Oct 11, 2020

The guys working on the Granada hills supercharger would not give any kind of estimate. I was told all electricians had to sign a NDA from Tesla. Del amo mall is a great place for a supercharger location.