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New Electric Forecourt planning application submitted!
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no Superchargers at this one then?New Electric Forecourt planning application submitted!
I'm surprised they (and Tesla) are not moving towards a "drive-thru" style of charger layout rather than going in head first or reversing. I can understand not doing it in existing car parks with space limitations but when starting with a blank piece of paper it would appear to have advantages.New Electric Forecourt planning application submitted!
no Superchargers at this one then?
Found the plans (not easy)
Ref
CHE/22/00272/FUL
And yeah...no superchargers on the plans!
Maybe that's what Tesla should do, open the superchargers up at these gridserve hubs. Then they can say they have opened up the network where capacity allows it
Very occasionally, when the stars align, I actually have a good idea, gotta wait till 2034 for the next one though dang it!That acutally makes loads of sense....would keep everyone happy.
Or maybe they have an agreement with Gridserve that they wont do that. Tesla may be the majority of EV's at present but they will be a minority in the long run would GS want to have competition for ALL EV's on their own site? does not make good business sense.But this site has plenty of choice so no issue having Tesla only. Maybe that's what Tesla should do, open the superchargers up at these gridserve hubs. Then they can say they have opened up the network where capacity allows it
To be fair part of it is that the govt is now actively assisting in getting the power to where it needs to be which was not the case in the pastThe difference between these guys who seem pretty competent Vs ecotricity is marked.
Just imagine where the infrastructure might be if it was these guys in charge to start with (putting aside the ridiculous monopoly idea as well)
I agree it is but would be less beneficial to GS and more to Tesla if the SuC on those sites could be used by anyone which makes you wonder if that may be something that is covered under the contract between the two in some way?I’m sure the arrangement is currently mutually beneficial. Particularly as most Tesla owners will just follow their own nav and just use super chargers and probably wouldn’t go to a gridserve location off their own back anyway.
Tesla get additional supercharger stalls and locations.
Gridserve gets:
Tesla drives traffic to their sites, Tesla owners spend money in their shops which increases their viability.
Gridserve gets ground rent from the land Tesla occupies
Gridserve probably supplies the power so makes profit on every kWh delivered.
Gridserve doesn’t have to deal with the maintenance of the super chargers.
The same applies to the gridserve/moto/Tesla arrangement.
Fortunately anti- competitive agreements are illegal.any contract with GS that prevent SuC being open to the public
Gridserve gets: