Arrh ok, Nope 911 went, RS4 came and went .... been sitting on my thumbs while business picks up ...
I live near two SC points ... I will inspect at somepoint, LOL, shall I park there, LOL
Also, since I can't find the info, which charge network do you lot go with?
It seems to me ChargeMaster charge alot, compared with SourceLondon, who in fact are they say charge points??
Have you ever been stuck at a charge point, but not having the right card? So case in point Pod-Point ...
As an aside, how do they 'stop' a 65Kw car charging at a SC ?? From what I saw, you just 'plug it in'?
Ta
Andy
Wow, a lot of vary valid questions
Don't park in the SC bays, you'll have the Tesla army after you
Seriously though, there is a mess of charging infrastructure, and TBH it's really aimed at Leafs / Zoes. There are 3 main categories of getting a charge:
1) Home charging: If you have this and drive less than your battery range, then you are golden!
2) En Route Charging: You are driving somewhere beyond the range of the car, so you need to stop and "refuel" Superchargers are awesome if they are on your journey. 22kW units are OK at a push.
3) Destination Charging : You are driving somewhere, and you plan to stay a while e.g. a Hotel, a days business meeting, airport, etc. etc.
I live in Nottingham, and can drive on a single charge to most major UK cities, so I don't need "en route". The problem is it's so flaky with all these "operators", that you maybe give it a 50/50 chance of success in finding option 3. Then you have to fall back to option 2 on your way home
I've picked up a SourceLondon card, a ChargeMaster card, and an Ecotricity Card. I haven't bothered with a Plugged-In-Midlands card because I can go anywhere in the Midlands and back in a charge
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If you live somewhere that has no off street parking 1) is out the question, so you must use 2) or 3)
There's 2 ways the 60kWh cars are restricted from charging.
1) The car whilst capable, has some software flags set that refuse to charge on a Supercharger (the car can tell what sort of power it is receiving)
2) The car sends it's VIN number over the charge cable when you plug-in. This can be checked against a database of cars allowed to use it.
HTH
Simon
p.s. My mate went from a 911 to an RS5... he traded it in fairly shortly after for another 911. He's driven my car, and loves the instantaneous torque, but said it's too much like a big fast Audi to get him out of a 911. I bought the cheapest Tesla I could get away with for commuting, and bought a track car that makes the 911 feel like a boat