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Wiki UK and Ireland Supercharger Site News
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MrBadger
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Over the weekend, I came in via Fleet (North) to find the superchargers. Nice and easy to find, with a couple of Model S' on charge.
I was trying to concentrate on not knocking anyone over in the busy area, so didn't get to have much more than a glance, but I am sure that some still had their plastic wrappers on, albeit rolled down. It may just have been the left most ones.
Either I am wrong, someone did a sloppy job removing the plastic wraps, or not all the stalls are in use. Can anyone confirm?
I was trying to concentrate on not knocking anyone over in the busy area, so didn't get to have much more than a glance, but I am sure that some still had their plastic wrappers on, albeit rolled down. It may just have been the left most ones.
Either I am wrong, someone did a sloppy job removing the plastic wraps, or not all the stalls are in use. Can anyone confirm?
I haven’t been there for a while but I think there’s still two wrapped up. My recollection was that they needed the southbound to come on line for full power to be available, but I’m not 100% on that. As we all know, southbound has gone nowhere for a very long time.
MrBadger
Badger out
That makes sense. My instant assessment, without giving it any thought, was that they were meant to be wrapped, but someone had tried to get to the unit - maybe to try and use them - more likely if the other units were up and running.
j6Lpi429@3j
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Well obviously I took my whining to its extremes....but nice to get a reply that actually forces someone in government to try to justify their mediocre charging infrastructure...only cost me 1 email:
Imgur
relevant bit:
We are consulting on proposals for
chargepoints to be installed with all newly built homes in England, where
appropriate, and we also want all new lampposts to include charging
infrastructure.
Imgur
relevant bit:
We are consulting on proposals for
chargepoints to be installed with all newly built homes in England, where
appropriate, and we also want all new lampposts to include charging
infrastructure.
150kw for the rest of the EV world, on the news today.
1. No current vehicle suitable.
2. 40 only, across UK....by end of NEXT year.
Tough life, for non-Tesla owners.
1. No current vehicle suitable.
2. 40 only, across UK....by end of NEXT year.
Tough life, for non-Tesla owners.
squarepeg77
Member
Leavesden / Hunton Brige from today.
Grass is filling in and it is being used for regular parking, but no obvious progress on the electrics since my post on April 8th:
UK Supercharger Site News
Grass is filling in and it is being used for regular parking, but no obvious progress on the electrics since my post on April 8th:
UK Supercharger Site News
Usual gov absurdity. I could understand putting in the wiring for 32A, even a commando socket, but a whole charger? Nah - what system?. It's going to be as chaotic as smart meters with some gov pal making loot at everyone's expense.
goRt
Active Member
Alternatively Tesla being too tight to pay or not thinking through the logistics in advance.
Dunno if they were too tight, might have been of course, but they have said they have changed to getting all that sorted upfront as they were unhappy at how they got caught out with original projects. maybe it wasn't a problem in USA, plenty of space and planning probably easier, and were not anticipating issues in UK when they started out.
Chuq
Active Member
This is a bit confusing without context. You're saying there is a company going to build 40x 150kW fast charging stations across the UK in the 18 months? That sounds pretty good for a county the size of the UK.
I'm not sure what you mean by "no current vehicle suitable". Not sure what you mean here. Ioniq, Kona and Niro charge at 70kW, i-Pace at 80kW, e-Tron at 150kW, Tesla Model 3 has CCS2 so can also use these at up to 150kW, Leaf at 50 to 100 kW. So plenty of current vehicles can use it (and I haven't included ones coming next year like the VW ID 3 or the Honda-e)
It doesn't sound that tough, unless sarcasm is not coming across....
Bear in mind that we currently have 51 supercharger sites with an average of 6.6 superchargers/site, and 11 more on the way, with an average of 15.6 superchargers/site, bringing the average to 8.2 superchargers/site.
Even if this only increased by 50% by the end of next year, that would be over 75 supercharger sites and 550+ superchargers, some of which would be 250kW and the rest 150kW.
Compare this to 40 sites with an average of 4 chargers/site (160 chargers), and you'll see why it's a tough life for non-Tesla owners.
Chuq
Active Member
I'm still failing to see the problem, it sounds pretty good, and that's on top of the existing 250+ fast chargers that already exist. More charging infrastructure is a win for everyone.
Last I heard about Leicester is the company behind installing them went into administration and has been frozen ever since.
Not sure on others but if they were using the same company then probably the same situation.
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