Yes, I imagine most sites would say the same now, from motorway services to hotels and shopping centres. Why would you give up the space for only one type of EV, especially if that space is limited?
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Masklin
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In which case it’s good to see they appear to have been installed in such a way as to allow charging from cars with ports on either side without unnecessarily blocking stalls.
Oh.
Utumno
2 x Model Y LR (2022 Q2 & 2023 Q3)
I just assumed that the stall layout was designed to troll a less-than-well-informed land owner
Sean.
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Google it… spectacular incident that was well covered in the press with various photos!
Tamworth is in the perfect position for me on my long trips between Newcastle and Cardiff. It can't come soon enough.omg, SC in Tamworth.
still stupid decisions to have them in Derby and Notts Victoria - both inconvenient, middle of town, inside paid shopping centre car parks and not on the services adjacent to M1...
anyway - that desert in North East between Middlesbrough and Boston is horrendous.
And on your not about Derby etc, there needs to be a way to tell the car navigation to ignore certain chargers - there are so many sites now, the nav often tries to navigate me via chargers I wouldn't want to use because of the faff getting to them, or the type of site it is, such as Derby, or the one at Winnersh, or the ones at Service Centres which are generally no good if you want a break and somewhere to walk a dog.
cezdoc
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I think Sidcup (Ruxley Manor) is the first UK V3 Supercharger site which is apparently powering 3 stalls per charger cabinet (5 cabinets powering 15 stalls).
IIRC there are examples on the continent (Norway?) but I don't recall noticing this being done in the UK before.
In other news, a post on the Superchargers app shows fencing has recently been put up at Moto Pease Pottage in the area where planning drawings indicated charging stalls were to be located. However the pictures didn't show any charger equipment - either Tesla or third party - on site.
JupiterMan
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Unfortunately latest plans show that tesla are no longer going to be at Pease Pottage. Instead all gridserve. No idea why, possibly tesla pulled out because they think they have enough cover at their service centre and at the upcoming Gridserve forecourt at Gatwick? Still disappointing though....
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Sean.
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Got it. Completely missed the news. Was out of the country on hols at the time.
JupiterMan
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thanks for the update. I wonder if Tesla opening up superchargers to other manufacturers has changed the business case for Gridserve on these joint projects?
We can of course still use Gridserve charging when built at Pease Pottage, so positive to have.
Crawley SC is a PITA to get to from the M23 and Gatwick with the airport traffic will be likewise, so still a big gap in convenient Tesla supply down M23 corridor and southern sections of M25... not forgetting nothing (still) in Brighton of course......
We are all happy to see Wetherby with a host of new chargers (fast ones too)
BUT.!!! If you read the comments you will find exactly what I found, You have to spend 10 minutes finding one that actually works.
Come on GRIDSERVE electric highway sort yourselves out, your network has been less than reliable for too long now.
This was me a few weeks ago playing "which charger works"
cezdoc
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Good spot. The planning statement document from June 2022 says "for commercial reasons the scheme has been amended to an installation of 12 new electric charging spaces" (originally 18 were planned, a combination of Tesla and Gridserve). I'll remove the entry from the listing at the start of this thread.
Planning link for posterity: Mid Sussex Council ref DM/20/2150
I wonder if some of the other Moto developments will go the same way...
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I was pleasantly surprised to find that the West Drayton chargers are still half price between 2100 and 0900 36p/kWh and 67p for the remaining. Its not too far from Park Royal. Although 1 was taped up u/s on Sunday morning at 0600. But there was no one else there.
Gridserve have just announced that the Gatwick site has begun work. Superchargers still showing in the images they use.
cezdoc
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A photo of progress at Dorking has been shared by TOUK on Twitter. There's also a pic on the Superchargers app. Good progress given that planning was only granted in June.
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