Tesla Plans 124-Stall V4 Supercharger for San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla is planning one of its largest urban Superchargers yet, filing permits for a 124-stall V4 station on the south side of San Francisco. The project would drop highway-scale charging capacity into the heart of one of the densest Tesla markets in the country.

A big-city bet on density

The filings, first spotted by Supercharger tracker MarcoRP and detailed by Electrek, place the site on a former yellow-cab storage lot at the corner of Alemany and Bayshore, pressed against the US-101 freeway. The plans call for 124 V4 charging posts, 16 Tesla power units, switchgear and 28 parking-lot lights.

Stations of this size almost always sit out on the interstate between major metros, where land is cheap and holiday traffic spikes. Tesla is already building 200-stall sites in the California desert to catch that flow. A 124-post build inside a working city neighborhood is a different kind of wager, one aimed at daily drivers rather than road trippers.

The logic is straightforward. The Bay Area has one of the highest concentrations of Teslas anywhere, and many of those owners live in apartments and condos without home charging. A large urban hub gives them a reliable place to top up, the same customers Tesla is courting as it expands its lineup and connectivity features like the Starlink-equipped Cybercab it unveiled this week.

V4 hardware built for the next decade

The hardware choice matters as much as the stall count. V4 is the platform that unlocks Tesla's 500 kW charging cabinets, and the company only switched on its first full-capacity V4 station last year. Committing 124 V4 posts in a single location is Tesla planning for a decade of rising charging demand, not just today's fleet.

The permit also spells out a 400-square-foot micro-amenity building: two ADA restrooms with baby-changing stations, a vending vestibule with Cotti coffee and snacks, and a back-of-house IT and security room. It is a long way from the retro-futuristic Tesla Diner in Hollywood, but for an urban charging stop, dedicated clean restrooms alone put it ahead of most Superchargers.

Momentum in California

The San Francisco plan lands as Tesla leans into California, where fresh state EV incentives have been driving a wave of new demand. A flagship city station reinforces the message that Tesla intends to own the charging experience end to end, from the car to the plug.

Permits still need to clear review, and Tesla has not announced a construction timeline. But if the 124-stall design holds, San Francisco would gain one of the most capable urban charging hubs in the United States, and another sign that Tesla's infrastructure ambitions are scaling as fast as its cars.