There isn't much on the North-West corridor from Boston - Route 3, I-93, north of I-90/95 interchange all the way to Lynnfield, I-495 north all the way from Hudson to NH border. Will be great if they build one in any of these - Burlington, Woburn, Chelmsford, Lowell or Andover keeping in mind the access from highways.
Supercharger - Woburn, MA
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Tesla doesn't care about your speculation about where the optimal location would be. This potential location is dead. Unfortunately.
ModelNforNerd
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They have TONS of data about who drives where on commutes, and who is passing through on travel. They probably have a list of sites they're working to get permits for.
jlv1
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But you've got to be careful about confirmation bias: for some places, the route I use when passing through is based upon where the chargers are.
ModelNforNerd
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but they know that. they have all of your telemetry and trip data. they could differentiate between your diversions for charging and a drive that didn't require a change in path.
Found this today. Certainly a positive development to follow up on.
https://www.woburnma.gov/wp-content...f-Hearing-Tesla-101-Commerce-Way-6-2-2020.pdf
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The following matters have been continued or rescheduled pursuant to Section 17(b)(v) of Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020.
Doesn't say when the hearing will be rescheduled or whether it will be done virtually.
City of Woburn Massachusetts
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
Woburn City Council Notice of Hearing
Notice is hereby given that there will be a Public Hearing under the provisions of the Woburn Zoning Ordinances and Chapter 40A of the General Laws on June 2, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, Woburn, Massachusetts, on a petition by Tesla Inc., 3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, California 94304 for a special permit pursuant to 1985 Woburn Zoning Ordinances, as amended, Section 5.1.56 to allow installation of twelve (12) Tesla charging posts, four (4) Level 2 charging posts, transformer, one (1) switchgear, three (3) Tesla superchargers, electrical equipment, underground conduit and related equipment at 101 Commerce Way. A copy of the petition is on file at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Woburn, Massachusetts. Any persons interested may review said petition and appear at the hearing. If special services, assistance or accommodations are required to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk within sufficient time prior to the scheduled meeting time.
Woburn City Council (Virtual Meeting Format) - City of Woburn
https://www.woburnma.gov/wp-content...f-Hearing-Tesla-101-Commerce-Way-6-2-2020.pdf
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The following matters have been continued or rescheduled pursuant to Section 17(b)(v) of Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020.
Doesn't say when the hearing will be rescheduled or whether it will be done virtually.
City of Woburn Massachusetts
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
Woburn City Council Notice of Hearing
Notice is hereby given that there will be a Public Hearing under the provisions of the Woburn Zoning Ordinances and Chapter 40A of the General Laws on June 2, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, Woburn, Massachusetts, on a petition by Tesla Inc., 3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, California 94304 for a special permit pursuant to 1985 Woburn Zoning Ordinances, as amended, Section 5.1.56 to allow installation of twelve (12) Tesla charging posts, four (4) Level 2 charging posts, transformer, one (1) switchgear, three (3) Tesla superchargers, electrical equipment, underground conduit and related equipment at 101 Commerce Way. A copy of the petition is on file at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Woburn, Massachusetts. Any persons interested may review said petition and appear at the hearing. If special services, assistance or accommodations are required to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk within sufficient time prior to the scheduled meeting time.
Woburn City Council (Virtual Meeting Format) - City of Woburn
Tdreamer
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Outstanding - looks like an amendment of the original plan to go to V3 superchargers (12 posts / 3 superchargers)!
EDIT: more detail found from the planning board meeting on the proposal, with lots of typical noise about modifications/concerns about various local regulation compliance.
https://www.woburnma.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/City-Council-Extended-Agenda-June-2-2020-1.pdf
EDIT: more detail found from the planning board meeting on the proposal, with lots of typical noise about modifications/concerns about various local regulation compliance.
https://www.woburnma.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/City-Council-Extended-Agenda-June-2-2020-1.pdf
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Nice! Note that the address has also changed to 101 Commerce Way, at a Target store. Should we change the location of the pin, or even get a new one? (Green pin is the new location)
Tdreamer
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I would definitely recommend moving the pin. The original site has finished development, and this public hearing as much as confirms the original site is dead and they are looking at Target as a better location.
This location is a lot easier for on/off from 93. The old location was only easy from one direction of 128. Makes more sense to me, and not nearly as busy up there.
Yes - this is much better for highway access. There's a dedicated flyover to/from 93, so it's about as close as it can be. Amenities are not great - Target + small strip mall (Starbucks, Firehouse subs, Chipotle across the street), but all in all a better location than the original.
ModelNforNerd
Active Member
Another benefit to this location:
decent access to Logan. You can catch the shuttle bus across the street at Anderson RTC and leave your car there. The charger is closer to this parking lot than the Revere charger is to Logan.
decent access to Logan. You can catch the shuttle bus across the street at Anderson RTC and leave your car there. The charger is closer to this parking lot than the Revere charger is to Logan.
Here are the meeting minutes....skip to Page 7. It was pushed along to another meeting with some concerns about the chargers properly being deemed an accessory use to Target:
https://www.woburnma.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/City-Council-Journal-June-2-2020.pdf
Maybe some folks can interpret the prognosis of this better than me.
https://www.woburnma.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/City-Council-Journal-June-2-2020.pdf
Maybe some folks can interpret the prognosis of this better than me.
ModelNforNerd
Active Member
sounds like it was kicked back to committee to have those questions answered before they take a vote on it.
I drive up there for lunch some times, there's a Chiptotle, Firehouse subs, Starbucks, and Super Target. If it's SCV3 you don't have long enough for sit down restaurants anyway
Wow. Five full pages of hoops and obstacles and hindrances. It’s amazing anything ever gets built or developed. I realize this is the game that has to be played, but it would be interesting to find out how many times Tesla throws up their hands and just moves on.
eladts
Member
It looks like the Woburn Planning Board is run by Tina Cassidy (she is mentioned in those docs). I'm going to email her my support of this, if anybody else wants to do the same, her email is: [email protected] (I found it publicly on the Woburn's Gov't website, so anybody can use it)
