Local Media Report identifies probable location of "Coming Soon" Palm Coast Supercharger [Now Operational] (Public)

November 13, 2020 9:00 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

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An article in the Palm Coast Observer on January 31, 2020, identified the probable location of a "Coming Soon" Supercharger on the Tesla Find Us map.  According to the article, Palm Coast Wawa to open in May, with Tesla Superchargers to follow, "The Wawa under construction at Bulldog Drive and State Road 100 should be open in May, and Tesla is in talks to have eight Superchargers for electric vehicles on the site."

Here's a vicinity map: (For a full-sized image, click on the map.)


Update as of August 15, 2020.

The eagle-eyed editor of Supercharge.info, the unofficial website that tracks Supercharger installations, has located another active permit application for this future Supercharger Station.

The Wawa's address is 5600 FL-100 East, Palm Coast, FL 32164.


Although the application doesn’t specifically mention Tesla, it does describe an Electric Vehicle Charging Station at this location. Rack Electric, Tesla’s most frequently used electrical contractor in Florida, is also listed as the assigned contractor. So, we can be pretty sure that this will be another Supercharger Station at a Wawa.

Updated as of August 22, 2020.

A member of the Tesla Motors Club forum located the proposed plans for this future Supercharger Station.  Here are some of excerpts.



Above is the overall site plan of the new Wawa.  The Supercharger installation will be constructed in the upper right corner of the plan.



Above is an enlargement of the upper right corner of the previous plan showing the Supercharger Station Components.



Above are the construction notes and legend for the previous plan. The plans show that there will be 8 Version 3 charging stalls.  The large structure in the center is the Wawa's trash and recycling compound.  Facing north, the utility transformer for the Supercharger will be located to the left of the compound and to the left of the existing utility transformer serving the Wawa.  The rest of the Supercharger equipment will be installed to the right of the compound.  Four of the charging stalls will be located directly to the right of the compound the other four will be located directly south of the compound.


Update as of August 26, 2020.

A permit was issued on August 26, 2020.

Update as of October 8 2020.


Tesla has started staging the equipment.  The white covered boxes are the version 3 Supercharger cabinets.  They will be set on a concrete pad behind them on the green space.  Four charging posts will be installed in the parking spaces going off to the left.

Update as of October 26, 2020.

The following four photos are of Rack Electric, Tesla's electrical contractor making ready to break ground.

In addition to the four charging posts mentioned in the previous photo, four additional charging posts will be installed in the area shown in this photo above.



This photo was taken facing south. Facing south the Supercharger cabinets and main switchgear will be installed to the left of this trash and recycling compound doorway. The utility power transformer and meter will be installed to the right of the doorway.


Updated October 28, 2020.


The Tesla contractor has broken ground.  Here they are starting to lay out the concrete pad for the Supercharger cabinets and switchgear.

Update as of October 30, 2020.


Work continues on placing the conduit bends prior to pouring the concrete pad for the Supercharger cabinets and switchgear.

Update as of November 1, 2020.


A close up of the concrete pad for the two version 3 Supercharger cabinets and the main switchgear.  You can see the foundation and conduit stubs for four of the charging posts.


Here you can see three of the four charging post that run from right to left along the side of the trash and recycling compound, and four of the charging posts that run along the rear of the compound.  In the brown boxes the charging post enclosures are being staged.  The two white boxes are the version 3 Supercharger cabinets.



Here is a close up of the Supercharger cabinets and one of the enclosures for the charging posts.

Update as of November 7, 2020.


Nearing completion.

Update as of November 8, 2020.

This photo shows all 8 charging posts.



Technicians working on the utility transformer.  To the left is the meter cabinet, but the meter has not yet been installed.

Update as of November 13, 2020.


This Supercharger Station is now operational.



Larry Chanin

President, Florida Tesla Enthusiasts

Email: lfchanin@gmail.com

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