Supercharger - Worcester, MA

[minderbinder]

Didn't see this one coming (that's pronounced Wooster, for the out-of-towners). Permit for a new Neon Marketplace at 75 Quinsigamond Ave in Worcester includes an 8-stall supercharger. It's right near the highway on the map, but it's actually in the city so it isn't super easy on/off, but shouldn't be too bad. Should reduce the traffic at Auburn somewhat, though it looks like the Neon Marketplace is going to be the only thing in the immediate area.

The local paper has the story:

Despite some objections, city Zoning Board of Appeals approves Quinsigamond Avenue gas station, electric vehicle charging terminals

Interesting that the objections were to the gas station and not, as is more typical, about the chargers.

@tes-s @MarcoRP @corywright

 

[Tdreamer]

Great find! I was aware neon was building one out that way eventually but wasn’t aware it was happening this quickly!

 

[Chuq]

Ah yes, I hear Zac and Jesse talk about "Wooster" on occasion

 

[North75]

To be more specific, the woo is pronounced like it is in wood, not woo hoo.

 

[Cryptoengineer]

I think this will make the Auburn SC redundant. Quite aside from being slower, it's in the far reaches of the dying Auburn Mall parking lot, and is not a place I'd want to charge at night.

 

[JER_1]

Didn't see this one coming (that's pronounced Wooster, for the out-of-towners). Permit for a new Neon Marketplace at 75 Quinsigamond Ave in Worcester includes an 8-stall supercharger. It's right near the highway on the map, but it's actually in the city so it isn't super easy on/off, but shouldn't be too bad. Should reduce the traffic at Auburn somewhat, though it looks like the Neon Marketplace is going to be the only thing in the immediate area.

The local paper has the story:

Despite some objections, city Zoning Board of Appeals approves Quinsigamond Avenue gas station, electric vehicle charging terminals

Interesting that the objections were to the gas station and not, as is more typical, about the chargers.

@tes-s @MarcoRP @corywright

All you need is the neon with V3’s. neon has awesome brick oven pizza, good sandwiches and great coffee.

 

[Traycleigh]

To be more specific, the woo is pronounced like it is in wood, not woo hoo.

Lol yes. No one actually says "Woo-ster" more like "wuh-ster"

 

[Fiver]

While researching why the Philidelphia Phillies had that name, I discovered it loosely was tied to the Worcester Worcesters.

 

[Tdreamer]

Curious if anyone near this location might be able to swing by and see if they have broken ground on the new Neon at this location yet. A building permit (for the c-store) was issued at the end of August. Only one permit so far, so likely not much going on yet....

 

[Tdreamer]

I almost swung by the other night on the way back from Palmer & Sturbridge. Glad I didn't. Sadly, it looks like Neon has bailed on this project and sold off the rights to another company to do a c-store at this location (probably without a supercharger). No reason given, but my guess is Neon is dealing with the pains of rapid expansion and perhaps pulling back from a few unstarted projects for now.

I'm going to suggest the pin on supercharge.info stay there for a bit longer as the new developer gets their project off the ground to see where it goes. The story suggests the developer hopes to start next month (April '23).

Yatco Energy buys approved land from WooSox co-owner for $2.5 million and plans gas station - Massachusetts News

Northborough-based energy and retail company Yatco Energy has acquired permitted land in Worcester formerly owned by a Worcester Red Sox co-owner to build a

localtoday.news

 

[Tdreamer]

I'm going to be recommending to supercharge.info that this permitted location be removed as it appears this will not be happening. Neon sold off this lot and the permits with it. Neon was the catalyst for the superchargers here.

 

[UsernamesRHard]

Do we know that Yatco isn't going to do superchargers? If Neon was going to, wouldn't it stand to reason Yatco got the permits for that too?

 

[Tdreamer]

Do we know that Yatco isn't going to do superchargers? If Neon was going to, wouldn't it stand to reason Yatco got the permits for that too?

I'm pretty sure that all superchargers that were going into Neon locations were at the request of Neon - not initiated by Tesla. Do I know the new developer of this Worcester site isn't going to work with Tesla to get a supercharger installed there? No. But there never was an official permit or site plan documenting a supercharger here - that was typically drawn up in parallel by the Tesla design team and permitted separately.

Of course if any info materializes suggesting a supercharger will show up here a pin would be recreated for the site. If anyone has any info on this happening, please feel free to share if/when found.

 

[UsernamesRHard]

Oh okay. I think I misunderstood the progress that was made on this site. Wishful thinking I guess!

I just submitted a question to Yatco on their website to see if they had any plans for Superchargers, but who knows if they will reply to that. If I hear back I'll post again, if not, then I never heard back from them.

 

[corywright]

I'm going to be recommending to supercharge.info that this permitted location be removed

This one has been removed from supercharge.info.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Lol yes. No one actually says "Woo-ster" more like "wuh-ster"

It's pronounced ˈwʊstə.

 

[Tdreamer]

This one has been removed from supercharge.info.

I'm hearing a supercharger at this location may actually be in the works. Awaiting further details before we re-list on supercharge.info.