Supercharger - Willow Beach, AZ

[PLUS EV]

Just wanted to start a new thread for this one as we seem to have credible information that a supercharger will go in here:

Shell Service Station
12683 White Hills Rd
Willow Beach, AZ 86445

This Shell station is owned by the same people who own the Shell stations in New River and Tacna where superchargers have opened recently. Two different posters have said they have some knowledge that a supercharger will go in at the Willow Beach location as well.

I drove by on March 1st and will post the pics I took below. In the middle pic of the entire gas station, the likely site (with the excavator and conduit) is on the extreme right of the picture, somewhat obscured by two vans that were parked there to fill their tires with air. There was no Tesla gear on site, but it definitely looked like it had supercharger potential being a nice new facility with transformers and some conduit sticking out of the ground. Hopefully others who pass through can stop in and check and take pics if anything has changed recently.

 

[PLUS EV]

 

[gjunky]

What is that framed box in the picture? Looks like a bus stop under construction but that seem unlikely

 

[gjunky]

Once done, I will have to do a drive by and bring the drone for some aerial shots.

 

[PLUS EV]

What is that framed box in the picture? Looks like a bus stop under construction but that seem unlikely

Looks like a tiny patch of grass for dog walking. I did not investigate closely though.

 

[gjunky]

@BlueShift : A new supercharger location in AZ for supercharge.info

 

[PLUS EV]

@BlueShift : A new supercharger location in AZ for supercharge.info

I think it would be jumping the gun to add it to supercharge.info until we see an actual permit online or a sign of construction.

 

[Chuq]

Agree with @PLUS EV here, nevertheless following this thread with interest as there is already some sort of construction on site

 

[ragedogg69]

I noticed this charger is almost 225 miles from both the Deer Valley Supercharger and the Buckeye charger. Tough to skip both Wickenberg and Kingman driving through the mountains to get there.

 

[PLUS EV]

I noticed this charger is almost 225 miles from both the Deer Valley Supercharger and the Buckeye charger. Tough to skip both Wickenberg and Kingman driving through the mountains to get there.

The idea is to skip Kingman.

 

[Chuq]

FYI, green dot shows where this location would be, for scale:

 

[MarcoRP]

I’m not 100% sure, but I think this Supercharger is under construction. From some photos posted on PlugShare this morning (@Nyroc), I saw that there are +/- 8 stubs sticking out of the concrete, plus what like looks like enough space for 2 transformers.

The reason I’m not entirely sure that this is a Supercharger, is because the PlugShare member who posted the photos said that this was a Greenlots FC installation. Thoughts?

 

[sdoorex]

That looks more like a typical Supercharger setup for the stalls and pad compared to the recent Greenlots installs like this one or this one.

 

[Big Ike]

Thoughts?

I've only seen images of SC construction on this site and I'm a relatively recent addition to the forum. I've only seen the elliptical bases for SC pedestals. These stub-ups lack those bases.

 

[MarcoRP]

I've only seen images of SC construction on this site and I'm a relatively recent addition to the forum. I've only seen the elliptical bases for SC pedestals. These stub-ups lack those bases.

The elliptical bases are only used when there isn't space on the concrete to place a Supercharger, like on grass for example.

I've seen this type of installation at most of the TCan Superchargers, and although there is no Tesla equipment on site, I'd bet it's a Supercharger. One, because of the conduit placement and second, as @sdoorex explained, there aren't usually 8 Greenlots chargers in one place, at least I've never heard of an 8 stall Greenlots station. I'll be adding this on Supercharge Info tomorrow, if you guys approve.

 

[destructure00]

Introducing EVI | West Coast Construction Services

"Our current clients include Tesla and EvGo."

So that narrows it down a bit.

 

[Curlersrock]

I found a building permit BLD-2019-01656 on the mohave county website Mohave County. I included a screenshot in case the link doesnt get you anywhere. Curiously, it seems the permit expired in January.

 

[tmoz]

Does this guy own any more shell stations in AZ? One more town I didn't know existed in AZ, although I've driven through there a few times.

 

[PLUS EV]

Does this guy own any more shell stations in AZ? One more town I didn't know existed in AZ, although I've driven through there a few times.

It isn’t a town lol. Just a name on a map. I have driven this route close to a hundred times and had never heard of Willow Beach either. I’m guessing the “beach” is some place down on the river and this gas station is up on the highway nearby.

 

[Big Ike]

Does this guy own any more shell stations in AZ? One more town I didn't know existed in AZ, although I've driven through there a few times.

I hope he finds some dirt in Globe, AZ and Show Low/Pinetop, AZ too!