Supercharger - Yuma, AZ

[PLUS EV]

We stopped at this Supercharger as our first stop after starting from San Diego and headed to Tucson. These were not fast chargers by any means, but if you plan to walk the old town main street, you wont be in a hurry.

I had researched the area the night before and found that there is actually quite a bit to see just a block away. The supercharger was empty when we arrived and we walked the 8 minutes towards the old town area with our two dogs, finding a bunch of grass along the way - a rare find at Superchargers in southern Arizona. Upon returning, we saw 2 other cars in stalls, the same 2 cars we would see at other chargers along the way.

We ate lunch at a great brewery called Prison Hill Brewing Company. Great beer selection, and pretty decent food. Bathrooms available inside.

On our return back to San Diego, we tried the Pint House which is across the main street and also found it to be a good waiting spot.

Yuma was quiet, partly because of the Thanksgiving weekend, but also because of the pandemic and a lot of stores being closed. But its worth checking out the downtown area.

I really like walking down that Old Town area as well. One time I was there late at night and I was the only one there and it was surreal.

 

[Don TLR]

Yuma also has the trains site with historical information signs around, the river walk is also nice.

 

[Dave EV]

Charged here Friday night around 9pm. Pretty quiet, one other car here as well. Don't forget that the stalls adjacent to one another are not paired, they are grouped 1A/2A/3A/4A then 1B/2B/3B/4C.

Downtown area is definitely "cute" and good places to eat nearby. Someone needs to leave some of the Bird scooters around Yuma by the SC to make for even quicker trips down Main St. Pretty warm here during the day even in Nov if you are in the sun. In the shade, it's not bad.

 

[gaswalla]

Expansion is underway with 4 temporary chargers. They should be going live any day now. Also found out that another supercharger site in Yuma with V3 chargers has been confirmed and will start construction in a few months

 

[Chancellor32]

Expansion is underway with 4 temporary chargers. They should be going live any day now. Also found out that another supercharger site in Yuma with V3 chargers has been confirmed and will start construction in a few months

I’m not seeing any permits for a new V3 supercharger in Yuma?

 

[mociaf9]

Expansion is underway with 4 temporary chargers. They should be going live any day now. Also found out that another supercharger site in Yuma with V3 chargers has been confirmed and will start construction in a few months

And that's a new style of temporary supercharger pallet. In the past we've only seen the traditional V2 or urban style ones, now they're doing V3 superchargers on pallets, too. Nice.

 

[MarcoRP]

Expansion is underway with 4 temporary chargers. They should be going live any day now. Also found out that another supercharger site in Yuma with V3 chargers has been confirmed and will start construction in a few months

Hate to say this, but the pallet on the left is just placed wrong

 

[mociaf9]

Yeah, it needs to be moved ~4 or 5 ft. to the right. Nice that they learned about the layout advantage of having 3 charging posts on a pallet from their urban-style ones. But it doesn't work if the contractor doesn't place them in the right spot.

 

[Dave EV]

And that's a new style of temporary supercharger pallet. In the past we've only seen the traditional V2 or urban style ones, now they're doing V3 superchargers on pallets, too. Nice.

Yeah, I noticed the same thing - V3 Supercharger on a pallet is new.

Down the road in El Centro, they also installed 8 temporary posts, though they are the older style with V2 cabinets and urban style post.

 

[gaswalla]

My source for the upcoming second Yuma site was a Tesla rep working on the temp chargers. He wouldn’t disclose the exact location.

 

[gaswalla]

The four temp chargers are live now. 12 stalls listed on the in dash nav

 

[dgpcolorado]

Expansion is underway with 4 temporary chargers. They should be going live any day now. Also found out that another supercharger site in Yuma with V3 chargers has been confirmed and will start construction in a few months

Thought it was interesting that those are the same sort of wires used in the recent Mountain Village, CO Supercharger installation, from the green copper ground to the big aluminum cables for the hots:

 

[beej]

The four temp chargers are live now.

Not true now. I was at Yuma this afternoon. None of the new units were running. One or two of the older chargers were down as well. It was a mess. I got there just in time. At one point three cars were waiting.

 

[iefbr14]

At least 2 of the new superchargers are online, although the charging cables are on the left side instead of the right.

As an aside, the breakfast at the Hilton Garden Inn across the street is excellent.

 

[Chuq]

We've had a report on the supercharge.info forum that the 4 new V3 chargers are now up and going. Can anyone here confirm?

I presume it will be 8x 150 kW, 4x 250 kW?

 

[Uricashan]

I don’t post here much but I know that Tesla has an application into the local utility to install a supercharger at 11235 S Fortuna Road. It was submitted in January 2022. I’m sure this new Supercharger location should live on another thread?

 

[MarcoRP]

I’m sure this new Supercharger location should live on another thread?

It should....

 

[Uricashan]

It should....

Ok, made another thread

 

[Tdreamer]

We've had a report on the supercharge.info forum that the 4 new V3 chargers are now up and going. Can anyone here confirm?

I presume it will be 8x 150 kW, 4x 250 kW?

Confirmed. Charging here now. @tes-s @MarcoRP @corywright

 

[tynamic]

Has anyone been able to confirm if the pallet superchargers are able to output the full 250 to a stall?