There are also a lot of rapid CCS chargers at 50kW across Scotland.
May not be relevant, but iPace owners almost universally find that none of the Scottish CCS chargers work for them (one particular type I think, from memory CYC). I know some Tesla's in EU have had compatibility problems at 3rd party CCS, and given that most Tesla would choose Supercharger where one is available, there might not be that many Teslas charging at CCS so numbers will be tiny and failures should be given due weight accordingly (and almost no Model-3 in Scotland, so far, left alone 3rd party charging, to have any data about).
Perhaps worth having a look on Zap map or Plusgshare comments to see if Tesla have charged and successful, or not
I've never owned a full EV so I may not need to top up as often as I'd thought. Time will tell I guess!
TD;DR; would be:
Travelling out of range today?
No = charge overnight at home, drive it without any concern to consumption
Yes = plan where you will charge. Stopping at Rapid D/C charge (e.g. Supercharger) with low State-of-Charge will give you faster charge time (battery charges fasted (linear) from 0% to 60%, then tapers and slows down. 70-80% takes about twice as long as 60%-70% and 95-100% is about the same speed as a 13 AMP plug!!)
So you will want to stop, say, 150 miles from home.
You are also best to stop at the furthest charger because you will be able to more accurately predict how much you need to reach destination. For example, if you had got stuck in traffic / roadworks you might arrive with 10% more than expect - so 10% less top-up needed. If you stopped early in your journey you would have to fill to max to be sure you didn't run out ... and then arrive at destination with 10% more than you needed. Home electricity cheaper than 3rd party charge (unless it is free
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last thing: overall journey is shorter if you drive-faster and Supercharge-longer (up to about 90MPH) - provided when you get there not all stalls are full etc. But if you are stopping there anyway ... then better to drive faster, arrive at lower SOC and charge a bit longer.
If your range is, say, 250 miles and you are visiting someone, say, 150 miles away then a Supercharger about 50 miles into your return leg (200 miles total) would be ideal. You then have 100 miles to go, would expect to arrive at about 20%, need to charge to 40% (but add 10-20% more for "contingency") ... so if you had hit traffic and actually arrived at 30% then you won't be there as long
A Better Route Planner is really useful for planning out-of-range days
