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Supercharger - Burlington, WA - 9400 Old Hwy 99 N. (under construction Nov 2023, 16 V4 stalls)
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The new site is also less expensive. 39¢ vs 43¢ if I remember correctly.I've noticed that my car really really LOVES the old burlington location, despite the new one usually making more sense.... an expansion to the old site (like this appears to be) would at least keep me from fighting with the nav as much.
I’ll be surprised if they remove it. The original site just passed ten years old, so it’s likely that the lease got renewed.
This all matches the permits Marco posted on twitter which are no longer in the thread here because that account was suspended. Screen grabs stay longer so people coming in the future will be able to follow the thread regardless. And remind us forgetful folks of what it’s supposed to look like. I can’t remember where on the site it was but there was a link for site plans on the county portal but they are no longer there. Oh well. It’s getting built so hooray!
Work has begun. No digging yet, but the fence is going up.
supergeek
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More capacity never hurt anyone. Besides, even on those v2 superchargers it was everything I could do to scarf down a meal and a beer before the car was done at that restaurant. You only need about 80 miles of range to get most anywhere in the Seattle area from Burlington, so I'd guess the older slower chargers are still more than enough for anyone with home charging.
Keep in mind too that this site was one of the original v1 chargers and has been upgraded once already to v2.
Look at these cybertruck looking angled dudes:
About half of my usage of that site is top-charging to get across highway 20.... and there the slow rate is fine: it's a top charge, it's not being limited by the chargers. (build a charger at Rockport plz?)
The other half of the time I'm just trying to do a 10-min charge to get home, and that's when I'm annoyed at the navigation system for suggesting that charger instead of the one a hair farther south.
Astrochimp
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Guys are digging a trench, maybe for the new site. Otherwise, just equipment sitting there. Site is pretty tight between Bob's burgers and Jitterbugs Espresso
Astrochimp
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The trench seems to be leading from a big old transformer behind Bob's, towards where the line of pedestals will be. Guessing the new transformer will go in next to the restaurant's one.
Metalhead47
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I did but it was dark and I didn't take any pics. Still fenced off but it looked like the bases of the pedestals had been installed with some trenching too.
Bases are in. 15 back-in and one pull-in that appears to be trailer-friendly.
Metalhead47
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Mbrockus
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I stopped by yesterday. From the Dec 21 pics the only change I notice is the other stalls are set but seems like connections are not yet completed. I do believe those are V4 stalls.
Astrochimp
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This site is probably a low priority since the North Cascades Highway will be closed for about four more months.
I doubt more than 10% of the traffic through here is headed to the North Cascades Highway. It's right on I-5 between two major cities with high rates of EV adoption.
This is way more of a north south capacity issue than east west. Think seatle to points north vs Seattle to anywhere east on 20. There are no superchargers east of Burlington within range of any Tesla so this extra capacity is not dependent on highway 20 traffic.
Despite that, I’ve been across 20 more times than I can count. The L2 network is okay as long as there aren’t a ton of other EVs trying to do the same thing. Winthrop Suercharger soon, I hope! Probably not until 2025 in all likelihood.
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