Hi Folks,
New to forum, considering the above and wanted to get some real world opinions before engaging with Tesla.
Currently in London but considering a move to Brighton and renting for a while initially.
Will likely be impossible for me to install a charger in a rented property, especially if it's a flat and I wouldn't really want to invest the money even if I could for 6-12 month tenure. So I'd be dependant on organising my life around leaving it places to charge.
From what I can see (on Tesla website) there are no super-chargers or destination chargers anywhere near Brighton or on route to London. However, there are a few 3/7kw charge points from other operators in the town, and some at both Hove & Brighton train stations.
My mileage around town won't be huge but will need to travel around home counties around London and occasionally longer trips when I can plan charging points ahead. Or in sure I have full charge before.
I will need to travel to London regularly, mostly that will be by train but occasionally by car, so my thinking was I could leave it to charge whilst I commute to London and I'll most likely be able to survive on a full charge for a week most of the time.
If I decide to drive to London, in theory I could easily get there and back with charge to spare and obviously there are various charge points in town to give a top up.
My question to the forum is, has anyone run a Tesla without being able to charge at home. Is it viable or a huge ball-ache?
And one other newbie question, can you leave a car parked at a charge point all day, like at the train station whilst I disappear up to London and back or are there time limits?
Thank you in advance for reading.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
All the best,
Nick
New to forum, considering the above and wanted to get some real world opinions before engaging with Tesla.
Currently in London but considering a move to Brighton and renting for a while initially.
Will likely be impossible for me to install a charger in a rented property, especially if it's a flat and I wouldn't really want to invest the money even if I could for 6-12 month tenure. So I'd be dependant on organising my life around leaving it places to charge.
From what I can see (on Tesla website) there are no super-chargers or destination chargers anywhere near Brighton or on route to London. However, there are a few 3/7kw charge points from other operators in the town, and some at both Hove & Brighton train stations.
My mileage around town won't be huge but will need to travel around home counties around London and occasionally longer trips when I can plan charging points ahead. Or in sure I have full charge before.
I will need to travel to London regularly, mostly that will be by train but occasionally by car, so my thinking was I could leave it to charge whilst I commute to London and I'll most likely be able to survive on a full charge for a week most of the time.
If I decide to drive to London, in theory I could easily get there and back with charge to spare and obviously there are various charge points in town to give a top up.
My question to the forum is, has anyone run a Tesla without being able to charge at home. Is it viable or a huge ball-ache?
And one other newbie question, can you leave a car parked at a charge point all day, like at the train station whilst I disappear up to London and back or are there time limits?
Thank you in advance for reading.
All the best,
Nick