first let me apologize if there is already a thread covering this topic, I searched around a bit but did not find it (I'm not the best at searching).
Every day on my commute from work I pass the Folsom Outlets in Folsom CA. A few months ago I noticed they started doing some work installing a fairly large transformer on the side of the road, honestly I thought nothing of it.
A few weeks ago I noticed some additional work, a crew was out pouring a fairly large concrete pad and doing landscape work, again I thought nothing of it.
I ended up getting stuck at work this evening and decided to grab a bite at the McDonald's in the Folsom Outlet parking lot and something caught my eye. I noticed what looked like parking bollard being installed. The first thing I had thought to myself was that it would be so cool if they were installing some CHAdeMO chargers here (There are two J1772 chargers elsewhere in the outlet mall that are ran by 350Green a company that has a CHAdeMO charger in the bay area).
I drove up to inspect it and found what I thought would make sense for car chargers, cement bases with conduit running through them with bollards to protect the chargers, and some significant electrical infrastructure to support them (transformer, pad with a large EATON brand electrical cabinet and two empty spots with conduit).
A few things bugged me instantly, first 350Green has gone radio-silent (think they were getting purchased by another charging company), why two spots (if this were blink then it would be a side-by-side unit) and the kicker - the potential chargers would be at the right rear of the car. Duh, that's where the Model S port is.
Quick shots of the parking spots:
Conduit going in to potential charger:
Shots of the electrical pad:
Written on the transformer:
Aerial view of the site:
NorCal map - In Sacramento area and between Bay Area and Tahoe:
Needless to say, if this is a Tesla Supercharger we should know soon.
Also, worth mentioning, the Sacramento area Nation Plug-in day even will be held at this location - conspiracy? I'm nearly certain of it.
Every day on my commute from work I pass the Folsom Outlets in Folsom CA. A few months ago I noticed they started doing some work installing a fairly large transformer on the side of the road, honestly I thought nothing of it.
A few weeks ago I noticed some additional work, a crew was out pouring a fairly large concrete pad and doing landscape work, again I thought nothing of it.
I ended up getting stuck at work this evening and decided to grab a bite at the McDonald's in the Folsom Outlet parking lot and something caught my eye. I noticed what looked like parking bollard being installed. The first thing I had thought to myself was that it would be so cool if they were installing some CHAdeMO chargers here (There are two J1772 chargers elsewhere in the outlet mall that are ran by 350Green a company that has a CHAdeMO charger in the bay area).
I drove up to inspect it and found what I thought would make sense for car chargers, cement bases with conduit running through them with bollards to protect the chargers, and some significant electrical infrastructure to support them (transformer, pad with a large EATON brand electrical cabinet and two empty spots with conduit).
A few things bugged me instantly, first 350Green has gone radio-silent (think they were getting purchased by another charging company), why two spots (if this were blink then it would be a side-by-side unit) and the kicker - the potential chargers would be at the right rear of the car. Duh, that's where the Model S port is.
Quick shots of the parking spots:
Conduit going in to potential charger:
Shots of the electrical pad:
Written on the transformer:
Aerial view of the site:
NorCal map - In Sacramento area and between Bay Area and Tahoe:
Needless to say, if this is a Tesla Supercharger we should know soon.
Also, worth mentioning, the Sacramento area Nation Plug-in day even will be held at this location - conspiracy? I'm nearly certain of it.
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