I remember when as Model 3 owners we were accused of dropping the standard at SuperChargers, and clearly likely to be responsible for littering etc. Fear the 'older' Model S owners, probably with free SuperCharging and spending over an hour charging their throttled batteries.
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Tesla open up the SuC network [in UK]
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Sean.
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Am seven months into my waiting list for a Taycan Turbo, so any photos of one successfully hooked up front-end in to a SC bay would be helpful
If you're comparing with the base model Q4, it has half the range of the M3 for the same price, and you don't even get cruise control or a rear camera at this price...
Zilla91
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I posted a photo of a Taycan connected up a few pages backAm seven months into my waiting list for a Taycan Turbo, so any photos of one successfully hooked up front-end in to a SC bay would be helpful
Am seven months into my waiting list for a Taycan Turbo, so any photos of one successfully hooked up front-end in to a SC bay would be helpful
Tesla open up the SuC network [in UK]
The Tesla website is now showing a number of locations open to non-Tesla’s in France a well as Norway this week.
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Taycan will plug in fine - two options - use three bays and go in sideways (CrabMode), or bring a pair of ramps so you can pull the car forward over the kerbs between the Superchargers so the cable will reach.
A Mini will work ok but you need to turn it on it's roof so the port is on the correct side. BMW will be fitting carry handles as an option on '23 models.
A Mini will work ok but you need to turn it on it's roof so the port is on the correct side. BMW will be fitting carry handles as an option on '23 models.
WannabeOwner
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We just need to get one-like-him permanently stationed at each Supercharger
... I'll get my coat
My example was indeed for Business Class to First but, back then, BA gave me all sorts of upgrades. On one occasion a bog standard trans Atlantic economy fare to Concorde. But ...
I don't consider that £10K of the price is baked-in for Supercharger, but some part of it is, or was back when it was "free". Pretty sure initially, when Supercharger was a separate paid-for option, it was a couple of $thousand though ... not £10K.
Either way, I'm (personally) not bothered to enumerate the amount. I was an early adopter and I had loads of benefit from the fact that Supercharger was so much better-than-the-rest. What we need now is Rapid Charging as-good-as-it-can-be and widespread. I found the recent Fully Charged on "How Norway KILLED the Petrol Car" interesting. The number of rapid-chargers-per-EV is icnreasing there, whereas here more EVs are being sold compared to the rate of Rapid charger rollout. One comment in particular about areas where Norway has started to reduce state-support for EVs (only now when pure ICE sales are < 10% of new cars) - where EVs previously had a free ride (such as tolls and parking), and where ICE got corresponding "penalties", now EV is only getting a "rebate" on part of the fee - but still getting some incentive. The point was made that EV sales in UK are not-very-much-% yet, but already the government has started rolling back subsidies ...
CCS, last time I read the spec, does support plug and charge, with secure authorisation directly via the car with no human involvement, other than plugging in. So there is likely to be some information Tesla can get from the car that maybe useful to them for this trial even if not using plug and charge as per ISO 15118. Something like a PID/VID might be in there.
Though this is not parked inappropriately (if this is one of the opened Superchargers) as the owner has no choice, and there are several alternatives for Teslas, 2 stalls have nevertheless been made unavailable rather than 1... which unfortunate but inevitable. I don't know if you may want to post with a comment to the photo thread at: Photos of inappropriate UK Supercharger usage
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It would have been a good idea for Tesla to email us to let us know! It's only because we look at this forum that we knew the opening up has started. Also I don't think I've seen anything in the national press yet.
Sean.
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Shame there isn't an option to spec a 'swapover' config - with the CCS port on the (UK) drivers side or indeed make both ports on the car CCS - then they could be daisy chained (kidding)
Sean.
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Yeah ff it wasn't for folks stumping up for roadsters, model S / X then there would be no 3 or Y. Be thankful
Maybe a email to their valued customers might of been a good idea
Should of been a week before at least
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