One of our club members just spied out the "Coming Soon" Supercharger location listed on Tesla's Find Us page as "St. Petersburg".  It's actually located at the Wawa gas station at 3101 Gandy Blvd, Pinellas Park.  It will have 8 charging stalls.

Here is the vicinity map:

Here is a site map of the location of the stall at the Wawa:

Here's a recent drone photo taken by one of our members.

August 6 photo from one of our club members:

Here's the four Supercharger cabinets going in in the grassy median:

Update August 10, 2017

This Supercharger location is operational and its location has been uploaded to the Tesla fleet's navigation systems.

So we need to locate the remaining 10 Supercharger Stations that Tesla hopes to construct by year-end.  Please keep a look-out and let me know at lfchanin@gmail.com if you think you have a location.

Earlier I received a credible rumor regarding the location of the Supercharger Station coming to Sarasota. My source believed that the station would be located at a Whole Foods Market in Sarasota. There currently is a Whole Foods in downtown Sarasota, but that would not be an ideal location.

However, Whole Foods is currently building a large 40,000 square foot anchor store at University Station which will be located at the southwest corner of University Parkway and Honore Avenue in Sarasota. This development is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of this year which is consistent with Tesla's information on their Find Us page.

This is located nearby University Town Center Mall (utc) and is a good location for a Supercharger Station once the major road construction is completed to facilitate access to this area.

I asked the University Station Facebook page folks whether they could confirm that they would be hosting a Tesla Supercharger there. I received an interesting response. They didn't ask me what a Supercharger was, nor did they deny it was going in there. Here's their response. "University Station - Sarasota We cannot confirm that but stay tuned to our page for updates."

Here's a vicinity map of the location of University Station. You can see how close it is to UTC mall (see Kona Grill) and I-75.

Well, today a member at Tesla Motors Club confirmed that the Supercharger Station is indeed being constructed in back of the Whole Foods and it will have 20 charging stalls.

Here are a couple of photos:

Update:  The Sarasota Supercharger Station is now operational!

Looks like the "Coming Soon" Supercharger Station in Live Oak is well underway at the intersection of I-10 and 129. At the Busy Bee Truck Stop at 6886 US-129. 

The station will have 12 charging stalls.

Vicinity map

Location of future Supercharger stalls at Busy Bee Truck Stop

For more photos go to: 

https://teslamotorsclub.com/…/…/live-oak-supercharger.94064/

UPDATE:  This location is now operational.

West Melbourne to get Space Coast's first Tesla Supercharger station (click title for Florida Today article)

The Hammock Landing shopping center, located west of Interstate 95 on the north side of Palm Bay Road, will play host to the station, according to West Melbourne City Manager Scott Morgan. He said the city's planning department confirmed that Tesla submitted applications for installing the Supercharger within Hammock Landing west of Norfolk Parkway.

Tesla hopes to open the Supercharger, which will feature multiple charging units, by the end of this year, according to the company's website.

Here's the vicinity map:

Today Tesla discussed their plans to expand the Supercharger Network in an article entitled Charging Is Our Priority.  They also updated their interactive "Coming Soon" Map of Superchargers and we received some exciting news. 

The map shows that in addition to our existing 15 operational Supercharger Stations in Florida, that they have plans to add 15 more stations.  Although we don't have official word, some of the new stations are likely to be expansions of existing stations. Here, in no particular order, is the list of new Supercharger Stations planned for 2017.

1. Live Oak                      (Operational)
   
2. Altamont Springs
   
3. Orlando
   
4. West Melbourne         (Location found)
   
5. Yeehaw Junction
   
6. West Palm Beach
   
7. Boca Raton
   
8. Plantation
   
9. Aventura              
   
10. Miami - Wynwood
    
11. Miami - Brickell
    
12. Florida City                    (Operational)
    
13. Fort Myers
    
14. Sarasota                       (Operational)
    
15. St. Petersburg              (Operational)
    

You will notice that Tesla has finally updated the map and the navigation systems of the Tesla fleet with the information regarding the new Naples Supercharger Station.

We have determined that item 12 on the list, the Florida City Supercharger Station, is currently coming along nicely.  It is an 8-terminal station located in the parking lot of Sonny's BBQ in Florida City. For photos go to Supercharger Station Being Constructed in Florida City, FL

Tesla Motors will be participating in the free SuperCar Week festivities at the West Palm Beach waterfront this Sunday, January 15th from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm  at Clematis Street.

Tesla Explores: SuperCar Week in West Palm Beach

Please invite interested family and friends to get the complete Tesla experience and design the Model S or Model X of their dreams at a Tesla mobile gallery. Pulled by a Model X SUV, an Airstream trailer is retrofitted with a full Tesla Design Studio and staffed with Tesla product specialists to give a taste of what life is like with a Tesla.

The Tesla mobile gallery will be featured near the Green Street area at the general location shown in red on the map below:

In addition, on Sunday a one mile length of the West Palm Beach Waterfront will be laid out as an auto enthusiast city scape displaying hundreds of car. There will be music and entertainment with designated areas for SuperCar Street, Muscle Beach, Memory Lane, Green Street for Electrics, Corvette Court, Viper Blvd., ArtCar Ave., Marine Village for Off Shore PowerBoats, and the Race Village of Race Teams and displays of race vehicles.

We hope that you can make it.

Here's some photos of the event taken by club member Daniel.

Inside Tesla Mobile Design Studio

All electric Zero bikes

Airstream trailer houses Tesla Mobile Design Studio towed by Model X

The Naples Supercharger is nearing completion. Most of the major work is done. The parking lines have be correctly repainted and the utility power transformer has been set. The meter is not installed. Waiting for permits and minor work to be completed.

Tesla is hitting the road across North America with their first-ever Tesla mobile Design Studios.

Get the complete Tesla experience and design the Model S or Model X of your dreams as their fleet of mobile galleries roams to destinations near and far. Pulled by the Model X SUV, which can tow up to 5,000 lbs, each Airstream trailer is retrofitted with a full Tesla Design Studio and staffed with Tesla product specialists to give you a taste of what life is like with a Tesla.

If you re curious about Tesla and don't have a convenient store nearby, visit one of the following three events:

Tesla Explores: Art Basel

Tesla Explores: Winter Park

Tesla Explores: Fernandina Beach

How about two iconic American Cars clubs getting together for a short, local Ice Cream Run? 

The Skyway Corvette Club of Sarasota-Bradenton invited our Southwest Region to join them in a meet and greet on Veteran's Day.

We started by meeting at the University Town Center Mall (UTC) in Sarasota and caravaned  over to the Culver's of Sarasota 4 miles away. 

It was an informal, fun, local event with about 30 cars and around 60 people in attendance.  Even some of the UTC Tesla Store staff joined us at the mall parking lot.

We had a nice turn out at the UTC mall. Probably over 60 people.

We had a number of Model Xs

Some of the UTC Tesla Store staff joined us.

We all caravaned over to the Culver's of Sarasota for some wholesome custard

Some selected car photos courtesy of the Skyway Corvette Club

Please Vote NO for Amendment One in November

In general, our Florida electric utilities have been helpful advocates promoting electric vehicle adoption in the state. However, the same can not be said for promoting solar energy when it comes to supporting policies beneficial to residential customers and small businesses.

Like the automobile dealerships fighting Tesla in selling directly to consumers, the electric utilities are spending millions to prevent small solar businesses from pursuing a free-market solution of leasing solar panels directly to consumers thereby limiting up-front costs to homeowners. 

Floridians for Solar Choice started a citizens' initiative to deregulate the solar market to allow third-party power providers to sell rooftop solar-generated power.  To confuse voters with competing Amendments, Florida's four largest electric companies created the "Consumers for Smart Solar" initiative which will appear on the November ballot as Amendment One, masquerading as a pro-solar energy initiative. 

Please take the time to read the Tampa Bay Times editorial by Paula Dockery, a syndicated columnist who served in the Florida Legislature for 16 years as a Republican from Lakeland. 

Dockery: Don't be fooled by anti-solar Amendment 1