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Supercharger - Cupertino, CA (LIVE 28 Mar 2018, 10 V2 stalls)
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Different things in Cupertino Main Street have different addresses. The parking garage address is 19500 Vallco parkway, just like on the permit.
Right. Also, you would want to enter the garage from the Vallco Parkway side anyway, especially if coming from the freeway. The only problem is that Google Maps thinks 19500 is in front of Kula Sushi (19800 Vallco Parkway). Apple Maps gets it right and puts the pin directly on the correct parking garage.
This varies by city. I saw the Cupertino "coming soon" pin on the Tesla map, so I went to the city's web site and figured out how to search for permits.
They have a GIS tool for building permit search here: Cupertino Building Permits
I just put a date range of 1/1/2017-10/30/17 and the keyword "Tesla" and it just popped up. If you open up the date range you can also see residential HPWC and PowerWall permits too.
This is the actual permit: Error
That link is from a different permit search on their site www.cupertino.org
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Crush
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rrosenbl
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I wonder how the garage will treat the parking spot indicator lights above each parking spot (green if empty might give the wrong idea to ICE drivers.)
Ulmo
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I think the old Vallco Mall is a work of art. The trees, buildings and roads are architecturally stunning. But the shopping is -- peaceful; most stores closed. Great theaters for those of us who don't like crowds! All the newest best equipment and new movies, without the annoying mobs. Loads of parking. My favorite movie theater.
I've never visited the other businesses in the area; I suppose on the way to or from the theater, you can top up your car during the previews and before heading home, and get whatever you need before and after the movie.
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The crates have been opened revealing 5 racks of charging electronics each of which will power 2 charging pedestals.
McManX
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Ulmo
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I'll leap to assumptions and think that this probably means Tesla is confident enough of their equipment and instructions that any electrician who is not particularly familiar with their equipment can install it, and have been just handing out installation contracts to any electricians willing to do the work for the negotiated prices. Blueprints and a Tesla team sophisticated enough at making good blueprints probably helps. All assumptions and guesses. But, I think this is a good thing: the idea that electricians should be able to install a plug just makes sense, even if it's a proprietary 135kW plug full of water cooling, computers, networking, batteries, solar panels, equipment closets, etc.; every electric job has some application, and it usually boils down to a bunch of pipes, wires, switches, terminals, fasteners, sealants and cements, and a lot of electrical stuff.
My leap came from that one box off by itself; in my imagination, the electrician, unfamiliar with installing Tesla chargers, pulled that one box aside and started to examine it, before taking the papers home for the day.
This location is surrounded by Apple Offices. And if you ever watch employees leaving the Apple parking lots.. there are a lot of Tesla's. I stopped by on Friday (11/10) to check on the status of the construction on the second floor. As I drove past the Level 2 chargers on the first floor there were seven Tesla's and they were actually plugged in. Granted there are over 20 L2 chargers here but that is a fair number of Tesla's charging.
