{"id":15917,"date":"2022-02-21T08:14:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=15917"},"modified":"2022-02-21T08:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:14:55","slug":"tesla-moves-plans-diner-drive-in-theater-supercharger-station-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=15917","title":{"rendered":"Tesla moves plans for ‘diner\/drive-in theater’ Supercharger station to Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk says that Tesla is moving its plan to build a \u201cdiner and drive-in theater\u201d at a Supercharger station in Santa Monica, California, to a new, undisclosed location in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also not going to be a \u201cretro-looking\u201d one but a \u201cfuturistic\u201d diner apparently.<\/p>\n

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In 2018,\u00a0Elon Musk said that Tesla plans to open<\/a>\u00a0an \u201cold school drive-in, roller skates & rock restaurant at one of the new Tesla Supercharger locations in Los Angeles.\u201d It was yet another, \u201cIs he joking?\u201d kind of Elon Musk idea, but he apparently wasn\u2019t kidding.<\/p>\n

A few months later,\u00a0Tesla actually applied for building permits for \u201ca restaurant and Supercharger station\u201d at a location in Santa Monica<\/a>. However, the project has since stalled, apparently due to local regulations.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Tesla still moved forward with a Supercharger at the location, as this part of Los Angeles really needs more Supercharger stations.<\/p>\n

Last year, we reported on construction plans revealing that\u00a0Tesla was planning a large, 62-stall Supercharger V3 station<\/a>\u00a0at the location. <\/p>\n

When\u00a0the project was approved in April 2021<\/a>, Musk again said that Tesla still was aiming to build a 1950s diner at the location even though it wasn\u2019t in the actual construction plans.<\/p>\n

Tesla started construction in January 2022, and now the first phase is already in operation.<\/p>\n

An Electrek<\/em> reader sent us a few pictures:<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s no diner at the location \u2013 though Tesla let a food truck park in the lot.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also another bigger lot on the other side of the Supercharger station that Tesla has acquired.<\/p>\n

It will feature more chargers and a small building with amenities.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what it looks like right now:<\/p>\n

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Again, the \u201cold school diner\u201d with drive-in movie theater announced by Musk is not in the construction plans of that section either.<\/p>\n

But when commenting on the opening of the new Santa Monica station, Musk announced that the plan has now moved to the \u201cHollywood area\u201d:<\/p>\n

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And futuristic diner \/ drive-in theater planned for Hollywood area!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Tesla currently only has one Supercharger station planned for Hollywood, and the map says that it is targeting an opening in Q2 2022:<\/p>\n

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The pin is currently on Santa Monica Boulevard between Kings Road and Flores Street where there\u2019s a small parking lot and a few businesses:<\/p>\n

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However, those pins don\u2019t always indicate the exact locations of Supercharger stations but only that Tesla is planning one in the general area.<\/p>\n

Musk also changed the adjectives around the project from \u201cretro-looking\u201d to now \u201cfuturistic.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CEO also said that Tesla would accept Dogecoin for payment at the new diner.<\/p>\n

Tesla recently started accepting Dogecoin for<\/a> payment on some items in its Merch store.<\/p>\n

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