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Looks like that is updated now, though it shows the Abington expansion as V4, when I'd expect that to be V3, being a Welcome Break site. Latest photos of Glasgow SC from yesterday don't show much progress in the build that began two months ago. Not clear yet whether it's V4 or V3.

Yep, Tesla hardware has arrived on site (there's a photo in the TOUK Facebook group: Log into Facebook).

It's definitely Ferndown Forest and definitely superchargers.

Newmarket SuC now has restricted opening hours, and is closed overnight between 11pm and 6am.

I believe there's also a site at a Starbucks in Buckshaw Village near J28 of the M6. I guess if they are planning a rebrand that could well be the reason Warton doesn't have evpoint branding on the stalls.

The Bournemouth situation sounds identical to Glasgow to me - SC staff constantly being told by Tesla that the SuCs will come, but no clear timescale, over 3 years. Last November Glasgow also had some road dug up to lay some cabling, and when I checked with staff in February they said they...

Abington looks like it's going to remain closed for some time now. There's covers on all the old chargers and new supercharger hardware appears to have been delivered onsite, in this livestream video from yesterday (5m30s in):

There's a post on the Facebook groups of an EG Group EV Point site opened up at Warton (west of Preston), which not only uses Tesla v4 hardware, but it even says Tesla on the stalls! So watch out that future apparently Tesla sites may well be EG Group in disguise!! Oh, and somebody has even...

Thanks - I was unaware anyone could edit the wiki, though I did use it as one of my sources for this list. I'll consider contributing towards it, though this list was meant to be a simpler extract of just those sites under construction and classifying them into clear groups to monitor the build...

Not just slow, but in the case of Bromborough it's been postponed indefinitely? Somebody wrote to Gridserve about this site and got this response: "We understand your disappointment upon observing no visible progress at the site this morning. Please know that we share your frustration. At this...

Whoever updates supercharge.info - Exeter SC has V4 not V3 chargers. I assume they will be open to all?

It's working for me this morning.

Hard to say, as we don't know for sure when construction actually began at many sites... but my list was designed to help spot this - identifying ones that we knew were already under construction or waiting to be switched on, so these being opened was only to be expected really. Musk's tweet...

Breaking news: Exeter SC is switched on...

I think that's another one on Tesla's coming soon map that doesn't even show the correct location. Their pin seems to be at the entrance to a sewage works. I guess Tesla is actually referring to the permitted build up the M5 one junction at J24?

M6 / M74 looks like it may eventually be well-catered for once everything that is planned to be built is built and actually switched on, but there's still too much pressure on Washington & Scotch Corner on the North-East A1 route. Supercharge.info shows permits have been found for Durham...

Oh, one of those! That map is full of notional sites with overly optimistic timescales, where nobody knows where exactly they will be built. See also Polmont & Brora in Scotland. If you can find out more information that would be great!

Thanks - I'm just tracking those that have started construction now. The genesis was Musk's comment that sites under construction would be completed, so I thought it would be interesting to monitor how this is progressing at every stage of the process. We've since seen sites progressing through...

Thanks - I'll strike it off the next list then.

Great, thanks. Where is the Bridport site? It's not currently listed on supercharge.info as a permitted site.

Yes, one is the old Welcome Break motorway services site that will remain Tesla only (14 V3) and the other is at the retail park which will be open to non-Teslas and 16 V4. We will go from having a big gap, to a massive amount of capacity at some point in time...

Facebook TOUK Group has posted photos of a completed, but waiting for switch on, build of 12 V4s at the Barnsley M1 J38 Old Post Office Pub, so I'm adding that to my construction list: In the bag (just needs switch-on?): Gretna Services [Expansion] Exeter SC Sheffield Meadowhall (Retail Park)...

We are talking about Newport Pagnell South not Woodall South. Are you seeing something I'm not at Newport Pagnell?

The photo there is of the Northbound Services getting a new site. Is the existing Southbound site being expanded too? Supercharge.info seems to think so?

It was supposed to be at the SC but they only installed wall chargers there. I’m not sure what the current situation is.

V3s. It’s Welcome Break. There’s a photo on the Facebook TOUK group. Supercharge.info is currently wrong.

Woodall too by the looks of it...

Thanks! So focusing on the Tesla network (not just hardware), I see I'm missing Bournemouth SC and Sarn Park [Expansion]? Anybody know what their latest state of construction is?

Now that the expanded Thetford has reopened, and Gloucester Services North/South has opened, broken down, reopened, and Penhale (formerly Fraddon) is also finally out of the door, it’s time to update my construction list with the latest corrections. Note that Gretna Caledonia Park has now begun...

...and then they open up to all, and the price disparity means that you either don't queue for the expensive unreliable fuel station or you do queue for the cheaper reliable fuel station... There's a post on the TOUK Facebook group today of a non-Tesla using an open-to-all supercharger as a...

Well, at present it's like petrol stations that only have pumps on one side with hoses that aren't long enough to reach over to the other side... An awesome feature of Teslas is the supercharger availability updates in the cars' satnavs: they even tell you how many cars are en route to the...

Somebody on TOUK Facebook group wrote this about Preston South (on 2nd April): Everything built in the NW seems to have long DNO delays these days - Birch, Preston, Manchester, even the Gretna expansion...

Tessie have massively increased their monthly subscription price, so I'm sticking with TeslaMate, whilst it still works!

That was posted after the post in this forum… so how can we rule out the Treliske site - the post here was very specific - opposite the Fiat dealership at The Range. Irrespective of the later confusion of the Exeter SC photos being posted as Treliske (also with a Fiat dealership in the background).

You are right - those photos are Exeter SC - how odd! So what was this all about then? There is a Fiat dealership at The Range, Treliske Industrial Estate.

The pictures of the build at Treliske (quoted above) were definitely Treliske as it has the Fiat dealership in the background, which doesn't exist at Fraddon. However, it was never confirmed whether the build was a Tesla build - certainly it looked like rapid chargers, but nothing has appeared...

Thanks for the update - that was the one I had least information on. So many sites in the North-West seem to have such long delays to get powered up.

Well, if we see construction resume at Tamworth then we _know_ everything is alright! :)

I think that needs to be in a new "Forgotten builds" section!

Just trying to compile a list about the current status of SC builds in the UK - does this look right? In the bag (just needs switch-on?): Elveden / Thetford [Expansion] Gretna Services [Expansion] Exeter SC Fraddon (Retail Park) Sheffield Meadowhall (Retail Park) Birch Services East/West...

At the very least I would expect a lot more v4 “rebirths” this year with all the old sites open to non-Teslas that need contactless payment to be implemented by November this year…

I hope the UK is safe from this, but I am worried that behind the scenes there is a short-term cost-cutting push that will have knock on effects for Tesla worldwide - especially if it turns out to be not-so-short-term. Hence also the push for more subscribers with the reduced cost and opening up...

Well, precisely. As much as he may wish to expand existing sites, I worry he doesn’t fully appreciate the difficulties and these kind of glib statements are just platitudes to reassure people without any basis - a bit like his “such and such will be delivered in two weeks” statements.

You are missing Perth & Aberdeen in Scotland, which also opened up today. Only Edinburgh SC & Airport and the Welcome Break sites of Abington & Gretna remain exclusive to Tesla in Scotland now. Surprised they opened up Aberdeen SC (a small and tight site), but not Edinburgh SC (a large, not very...

It is now...

They opened up the v2 sites to non-Teslas in Scotland in two phases, the most recent being last October. So anything could happen...

At least the queues are faster at these bigger sites, unlike Tebay & Scotch Corner. I'm all for increasing capacity as well as coverage - especially if that is done fairly across the country, wherever there are capacity issues. Retail Parks make great alternatives to service stations too, as you...

It might be easier - but the association of a particular stall with a particular bay isn't so obvious to the casual (non-Tesla) driver... this could be improved via better visual clues, but in practice you do see people still using the "wrong" stall at V4 sites.

They already have a big site nearby - I find that odd when the point of superchargers is to provide extra range. Why build two sites so close when they could invest in improving coverage? How can we be certain any Tesla Supercharger hardware arriving at a new site is actually for the Tesla...

It's not just the cable length - people who don't drive Teslas are used to just picking the cable closest to their charge port - they aren't familiar with site designs where the stalls are positioned for the passenger-side charge port only - so if you turn up at a bank of 12 stalls and reverse...