Tesla Files Plans for Massive 96-Stall Supercharger in California

Tesla has filed plans to build a 96-stall Supercharger site in Willows, California, intended to serve travelers along a busy U.S. highway corridor. The filing was first noticed by @MarcoRPi1, a Tesla enthusiast and longtime Supercharger watcher, who shared the paperwork on X.

Permit documents place the project directly off Interstate 5 on N Humboldt Ave. The property sits beside a Starbucks and adjacent to a Holiday Inn and a Best Western. Site drawings position the infrastructure on the currently empty grassy parcel next to the coffee shop’s parking lot, aligning with recent aerial imagery and street views.

A Phased V4 Deployment

The 96-stall build will exceed earlier large charging hubs. Earlier this spring, Tesla marked 80,000 stalls worldwide when a 48-stall location opened in France. The Willows site doubles that location’s stall count once complete.

Plans call for two phases. Phase 1 will deliver 56 operational stalls, 2 solar canopies, a Megapack energy storage system, and a pre-fabricated amenity building. Phase 2 will add the remaining equipment to reach the full 96-stall capacity.

Every stall is designated as a V4 unit. Current Supercharger launches are fully V4, incorporating V4 stalls and upgraded V4 cabinets that lower deployment costs and can power twice as many outlets as older V3 cabinets.

Handling Major Highway Traffic

The site fills a strategic gap along I-5. When it opens, towns along the corridor—including Dunnigan, Williams, Corning, Red Bluff, Cottonwood, Anderson, Redding, and Willows—will each have a Supercharger.

In the first quarter of this year, Tesla’s global Supercharger network recorded 53 million charging sessions. To reduce wait times at busy locations, Tesla has rolled out a virtual waitlist queue supported by AI-powered forecasting to better predict stall availability.

Even with those software tools, adding capacity is the most direct way to ease peak travel congestion. With 96 new stalls and food and lodging immediately nearby, this stretch of Interstate 5 is set up to handle heavy holiday travel.