Tesla is planning a new Supercharger site in Los Angeles, designed in the style of an old-school drive-in movie theatre, complete with retro diner.
Tesla is planning a new Supercharger site in Los Angeles with a drive-in movie theatre and 24-hour diner – and this is what it could look like.
Using official construction plans filed by the American electric car maker, architectural modelling expert Ed Howard has provided a sneak peek at the 29-stall site, set to be located in Hollywood.
Howard’s renders preview a circular, retro-style building housing a diner and surrounded by fast charging stalls, greenery and large cinema screens.
The location was first mentioned by CEO Elon Musk back in 2018, when he Tweeted that Tesla wanted to open an “old school drive-in, roller skates & rock restaurant” at an upcoming Supercharger site.
According to Electrek, Tesla applied for building permits for a location in Santa Monica soon after Musk’s tweet, but local regulations resulted in Tesla having to relocate and delay its plans.
In May 2022 – more than four years after Musk’s tweet – the car maker officially filed plans to build the Supercharger diner and drive-in at new venue, located at 7001 Santa Monica Boulevard.
According to the plans, the building will be two stories tall, with seating for guests both inside and around the outside of the building.
There will also be two movie screens playing feature films “lasting approximately the same amount of time it takes to charge a vehicle(~30mins)”.
Tesla’s plans state the movie theatre portion of the site will operate from 7am to 11pm, but the restaurant and Superchargers will be open 24 hours a day.
The site is expected to be roughly 2286 square metres in size, and will be located on a bustling corner site currently occupied by a pizza restaurant.
Tesla’s global network of Superchargers comprises around 30,000 Superchargers across roughly 3000 sites, with more than 1000 of those sites located in North America.
By comparison, Australia is home to more than 40 Supercharger locations.
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