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I was back at Exeter this weekend. Good progress. Looks like 16 more superchargers, and 12 new Gridserve Chargers going in.

Looked like a doubling of the available charging stalls to me.. Sorry didn't count. Earth cables were in, and they were putting in the conduit for the main cables. Sorry I didn't count. As I approached the services, it said 5 minute wait. By the time I arrived there were 2 spaces. 20 minutes...

I was at Exeter Services at the weekend, and all the gridserve and Superchargers were in use.. Its that time of the year! The good news, it looks like another tranche of superchargers are being put in and work was going on on a saturday.

Hi All. I am based in the UK, and have had a power wall for nearly 5 years. All has been well until a storm which did not affect the electricity, but has knocked out the internet. Now my solar setup is not longer logging data, but it is still working. The power wall on the other hand is...

Elon has been removing functionality again. 2023.12.9.1 downloaded and installed The reversing camera is only the one in the boot. The wing cameras are conspicuous by their absence.. Disappointed. Have not found anything else good or bad after the first drive

Thanks for the heads up. I was planning on using Lifton on the way down, and maybe Exeter or Bristol on the way back - depending on the ability to charge with the granny charger over the weekend.

Thanks for that...

Anyone got an update on this supercharger? Planning a trip to Cornwall this weekend. Tesla website says it is up an running, but zap map and a better route planner don't have it as open. Thanks in advance

The Powerwall has occasionally charged at 5kW in the past but on the odd occasion only and not every day as it does now. I have the original gateway, so no backup facility.

Hi All I have had a power wall 2 for nearly 4 years now. (original gateway). Normally when it decides to charge itself from the grid, it charges at 3.6kW (16 amps). Since Friday night/Saturday morning, it now charges at 5kW (21 amps) Have others noticed a this change in behaviour? As an...

Another thing to think about.. the overhead of having the car awake while charging. I think the car uses about 400w as self consumption when turned on to power the computers and other services. So this needs to be deducted from the charge rate of the EVSE. A granny charger is 10A, or 2300 isa...

As an interesting aside, try putting the concentrated screen wash in the freezer... I put one of the the super artic -40degC in there, and it turned to slush in the bottle... A bit like the marketing for battery capacities... lie, dam lies and marketing.

I charged here today, and there were signs everywhere saying check in with reception. QR codes on the no parking sign by each charger. Couldn't be more obvious now...

Thanks Mr Badger. Here is the Emergency Release cable. Anyone able to give me a picture of it in place, to assist its re-installation. Thanks

Yes, that is the piece I mean. I now have the cable in my hand, it is no longer attached to the vehicle. If someone is able/willing to send me a photo of how it attaches to the vehicle to assist me in reattaching it, I would be most grateful. I am trying to paste a picture said cable, but I...