Supercharger - Turlock, CA - 3000 Countryside Dr. (probably cancelled)

[1100MCM]

I noticed at the beginning of 2020 this popped up as coming soon. There are two electric utilities serving Modesto and I know the person at one of the two utilities who receives these requests. In early 2019 this person told me that Tesla had approached his utility requesting service for a supercharger location at the Target location in Turlock, CA. This in the vicinity of Modesto. The utility informed Tesla that an easement was needed to start utility construction (transformers, lines, etc.) since Tesla does not own the property. They balked at having to do that and pretty much left the request pending and according to my contact, they haven’t been contacted since. Presumably they may be negotiating an easement with Target or the property owner or attempting to obtain city permits. Or they could just have moved on and started to look at other locations in this area.

Looking forward to this along with a couple of other proposed locations since the Hwy 99 corridor is severely underserved with Tesla Superchargers at the moment.

 

[1100MCM]

Ok. Upon further research, the City of Turlock permit system shows:

Permit #2018-00001168
Description of Work: TESLA CHARGING STATIONS
Permit Status: Permit Created
Total Valuation: $150,000.00

Not sure if the title of this thread needs editing or how to do it.

 

[Tam]

Ok. Upon further research, the City of Turlock permit system shows:...

Thanks for the research!

The search engine is at:

https://www.cityofturlock.org/buildinginturlock/buildingsafety/buildingpermits/researchpermits.asp

Then you need to enter the address number: 3000
Then the street name: Countryside DR

Then you would see:

@BlueShift for sc.info:


Supercharger--Turlock, CA

Location:
Target
3000 Countryside Dr, Turlock, CA 95380

Status: Permit
Stalls: unknown
Power: unknown (with $150,000 price tag, it could be 72 kW Urban Supercharger)

 

[bmah]

Moderator note: Thread title updated to reflect latest research.

Nice work tracking this down, folks!

Bruce.

 

[cpa]

Thanks for the research!

The search engine is at:

https://www.cityofturlock.org/buildinginturlock/buildingsafety/buildingpermits/researchpermits.asp

Then you need to enter the address number: 3000
Then the street name: Countryside DR

Then you would see:

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@BlueShift for sc.info:


Supercharger--Turlock, CA

Location:
Target
3000 Countryside Dr, Turlock, CA 95380

Status: Permit
Stalls: unknown
Power: unknown (with $150,000 price tag, it could be 72 kW Urban Supercharger)

I would hope that these would be regular V2 or V3 Superchargers. I don't think that there are that many residents of Turlock who own Teslas and would need to charge locally. Highway 99 is sorely lacking in charging options for long distance travel. Turlock north has ample coverage, but south only has Fresno until the Visalia and the other planned sites are operational.

If Tesla were smart, Turlock would have at least 14 stalls, if not more. The ten currently in Fresno are nearly full seven days a week from late morning until mid-afternoon (albeit locals are part of the problem.)

 

[ucmndd]

Interesting. I wonder if this actually the Modesto or Merced “coming soon” pin.

 

[Tam]

Interesting. I wonder if this actually the Modesto or Merced “coming soon” pin.

Turlock is 26 miles from Merced and only 14 miles from Modesto.

 

[Pluto]

If the latest status update was that the permit was created all the way back in 2018, then it's probably no longer valid... Usually these expire after a year. Still a nice find and I would keep an eye/ear out for other permits in Turlock!

 

[1100MCM]

If the latest status update was that the permit was created all the way back in 2018, then it's probably no longer valid... Usually these expire after a year. Still a nice find and I would keep an eye/ear out for other permits in Turlock!

It’s possible they do expire after a period of time although the city’s system seems to distinguish between different permit status: i.e. issued, created, canceled, completed, etc.

Also it looks like they have another permit set up which shows 18-25 charging stations installations (destination chargers too?). Wondering if that’s just a duplicate..

 

[KathyApplebaum]

Also it looks like they have another permit set up which shows 18-25 charging stations installations (destination chargers too?). Wondering if that’s just a duplicate..
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A total valuation of $50K doesn't match with 18-25 charging stations. I doubt 18-25 describes the number of stations. (Especially because "station" is singular)

 

[golfpilot]

The target parking lot is not a good place for a traveling charger. It takes a solid 5 minutes to get there from the freeway and that parking lot fills up often. 72kw Chargers would be good there though.

 

[mociaf9]

The "18-25" is almost certainly a file number being referenced, not the number of charging stalls/stations. It's probably related to the planning/zoning process (maybe a planning application number?). I would interpret it as file/application #25 from 2018.

 

[socketrocket]

The target parking lot is not a good place for a traveling charger. It takes a solid 5 minutes to get there from the freeway and that parking lot fills up often. 72kw Chargers would be good there though.

This shopping center would be towards the top of my list on places for an extended stop if I was traveling through. Lots of walk-able food options and easy to get to. I mapped the travel from the furthest ramp (southbound) to the area I think they'd stick the chargers, and it's 3 min from the freeway. The lot only becomes an issue around the holidays, but even then, the edges of the lot (where the chargers would likely go) don't get used.

At any rate, I'm betting the newer pin in Modesto means they're moving forward there. Turlock has cheaper power though....

 

[shs1]

It is strange that there is no "coming soon" pin on the Tesla Find Us map for the Turlock or the 2nd Manteca Supercharger, and yet there are pins for other nascent chargers were no permits or locations exist.

 

[Carlog]

Did some research and found out that Tesla did the application, but never pulled the permit so it expired after 1 year. I looked up the person's name on the permit and according to their LinkedIn profile, they don't work for Tesla anymore.

 

[1100MCM]

My contact at the local utility serving this location (TID) says this is still happening. Tesla is going full speed ahead with the build here and there has been plenty of back and forth communications between TID and Tesla within the last couple of weeks to prepare to break ground. He says they will have both superchargers and level 2s here.

 

[Carlog]

My contact at the local utility serving this location (TID) says this is still happening. Tesla is going full speed ahead with the build here and there has been plenty of back and forth communications between TID and Tesla within the last couple of weeks to prepare to break ground. He says they will have both superchargers and level 2s here.

Awesome! Is it still at the same address?

 

[1100MCM]

Awesome! Is it still at the same address?

Yes. It is the same spot which is at the end of the Target parking lot right next to El Pollo Loco.

 

[Carlog]

Yes. It is the same spot which is at the end of the Target parking lot right next to El Pollo Loco.

Sounds good. I wonder why the City doesn't have any updates on the permit.

 

[Mohain]

Looks like the permit is cancelled now, yet there is another permit still pending (pic belwo). I also contacted TID and this is what they had to say (pic below)