Sean.
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It’s indeed book-ended by (the comparatively small) Birchanger Green SC about 17 miles away on A120 / M11 and as you say newly opened Marks Tey at the other end of the A120/A12.
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Gridserve Charger Sites in UK [megathread]
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Sean.
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I’d imagine a 5 MW grid connection was neither easy nor cheap to come by.
Direct connection to solar (or wind or other renewables) with a battery *could* alleviate that huge grid connection issue to some extent, in effect being almost island operation.
However saying that, co-locating an Electric Forecourt (note the registered trademark) with a massive renewable source in the same backyard would be as equally challenging I suppose. You could have a massive DC “extension cord” but then you’re effectively building your own private grid...
There’s a planning application in for Norwich Bid to build new state-of-the-art electric vehicle forecourt in Norwich
cezdoc
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I was told 3 other sites in planning of which one is Uckfield (mentioned earlier on this thread I think but link with Tesla not confirmed at the time) and looks like two more sites mentioned in comments above.
I gather there will be a press release and ITV Anglia news piece on Friday when I think Tesla and some other partners will be officially revealed. But judging by the planning drawings which clearly show Tesla on the way finding signs I’d say good enough for supercharge.info already. The site is due to open in November but not sure if the Supercharger part will be ready right away.
I was inspired enough to line up the planning drawings on Google Maps and estimate the Tesla bays will be at (51.852600, 0.522400).
cezdoc
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Uckfield links are in the main UK Supercharger news thread, around Aug 7th.
Clues about who’s onboard from the Braintree drawings:
Clues about who’s onboard from the Braintree drawings:
Sean.
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Its like buses...nothing, nothing. Then three SC sites with 15 miles of each other...at least in the Northern reaches of Essex-land.
Sean.
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Some request for comment stuff on their website for Uckfield here
Norwich site plan at Broadland Gate Business park here:
The EDP news article mentions "34 charging bays would include 12 ultra-rapid, 12 rapid, eight branded and two HGV chargers" - but there are additionally 6 more charging stations on the site plan linked above - so 40 in total. Looks to be quite well thought out, with proper queuing lanes etc. If/how Tesla SC figure in this is anyones guess, but there is a dearth of SC in the area.
Sean.
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Planning application for a site at the former Abbotts Wood Services (Thornhaugh) on the A1 south, for a 20-bay charging station. Not in the name of Gridserve however but Solar Charging Ltd. Planning was granted at the end of January...
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The only other planning for Gridserve in the county was a 10MW containerised energy storage facility called Pickworth Energy Storage at Folkingham Farms, Pickworth, Sleaford, Lincs. The app was 'withdrawn by the applicant' in May 2017.
Some updated info/pics in this article published today UK's first electric car charging forecourt set to open in Essex | ITV News
Also in the DM now:
UK's first electric car forecourt in Essex nears completion | This is Money
I see its 65 superchargers. just enough to tempt Teslas there but not enough to satisfy peak demand when the overspill will have to use their chargers. cunning.
So MS/MX owners how much will you pay me to give up my SuC space and move to a Gridserve charger so that you can use it for Free?(since I have to pay either way in an M3).
I guess it depends what the £/kwh on the Gridserver chargers is? Which is the elephant in the room?
Will the economy of scale allow them to undercut the competition or are they going for the premium end. Including booths supermarkets may tell us all we need to know about that. No sign of a MackyD's.....
UK's first electric car forecourt in Essex nears completion | This is Money
I see its 65 superchargers. just enough to tempt Teslas there but not enough to satisfy peak demand when the overspill will have to use their chargers. cunning.
So MS/MX owners how much will you pay me to give up my SuC space and move to a Gridserve charger so that you can use it for Free?(since I have to pay either way in an M3).
I guess it depends what the £/kwh on the Gridserver chargers is? Which is the elephant in the room?
Will the economy of scale allow them to undercut the competition or are they going for the premium end. Including booths supermarkets may tell us all we need to know about that. No sign of a MackyD's.....
Another article, this says open in November. Business pods, high-speed wifi and coffee at the UK’s first EV-only service station
Sean.
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I’d consider the 6 superchargers @ EF1 will effectively be the (desperately needed) “upgrade” of the nearby M11 Birchanger Green which hobbles along with its original 4 stalls.Also in the DM now:
UK's first electric car forecourt in Essex nears completion | This is Money
I see its 65 superchargers. just enough to tempt Teslas there but not enough to satisfy peak demand when the overspill will have to use their chargers. cunning.
So MS/MX owners how much will you pay me to give up my SuC space and move to a Gridserve charger so that you can use it for Free?(since I have to pay either way in an M3).
I guess it depends what the £/kwh on the Gridserver chargers is? Which is the elephant in the room?
Will the economy of scale allow them to undercut the competition or are they going for the premium end. Including booths supermarkets may tell us all we need to know about that. No sign of a MackyD's.....
LongRanger
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On the GridServe twitter feed they are talking about 100 locations being planned in conjunction with Tesla. That would be epic !
LongRanger
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Imagine a world where “gas stations” were electric hubs, that is really quite something. I want to live in that world.
Oh and no people with sick down them in their pyjamas buying Pepperami and red bull at 2AM with diesel on their shoes.
Oh and no people with sick down them in their pyjamas buying Pepperami and red bull at 2AM with diesel on their shoes.
With that charger layout you are going to end up with a space between two charging vehicles that someone is going to have to reverse park into! I would have thought that with that amount of space to play with they would be better to use a drive through layout such as my hastily drawn diagram below:
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