It looks like work has started on the Heston Westbound superchargers too, some concrete bases are installed and a lot of other hardware and excavations nearby.
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It looks from the map that there's only access from one side of the motorway ... which seems a shame for a 16 stall site! (There are roads that join the sides if they allow Teslas as well as hotel traffic like at Tebay)
petit_bateau
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I looked in the Nis, Serbia Supercharger site today. There are currently 4 stalls. The hotel was taken over by a different family a couple of years ago, and I spoke with them. For many years the hotel has specialised in catering to Turks doing the run between Germany & Netherlands to Turkey. Apparently they are trying to attract a wider clientee now. At Eur 50/night for perfect spotless rooms I', sure they'll get custom.
Any way, the point is that this site is due to get another 6 stalls in 3-4 months, at least that is what Tesla has told the owners. I'd have thought either 4 or 8 more was more likely. It is hard to avoid this site if one is doing the run across Serbia.
(Tesla Supercharger - Bosphorus Hotel : charging station in Aleksinac, Serbia )
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Any way, the point is that this site is due to get another 6 stalls in 3-4 months, at least that is what Tesla has told the owners. I'd have thought either 4 or 8 more was more likely. It is hard to avoid this site if one is doing the run across Serbia.
(Tesla Supercharger - Bosphorus Hotel : charging station in Aleksinac, Serbia )
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cezdoc
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Looks like London - Brent Cross is back on the App & Nav. Its absence appears to have been a glitch rather than a site issue.
Park Royal is now listing 8 stalls (1A & B, 2A & B, 3A & B, 4A & B) but all of them out of order - I think previously it was "temporarily unavailable".
Mrbrock
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Recent U.S. sites with this issue were due to stolen breakers.
The Park Royal site was destroyed in a freak accident and will have had to have been completely rebuilt and recommissioned:
The driver responsible has been convicted of causing death by dangerous driving of one of his passengers. He’s due to be sentenced next month.
Met Police on A40 Crash
Reggiechacha
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I visited Park Royal today and asked the Tesla staff if they know when the chargers will be available. They said they don’t know and the delay is with the National Grid.
The 6 may be because they're thinking 3 per cabinet as happens in some countries.
Sean.
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Milton Keynes now has planning permission submitted for Service Centre with Superchargers.
Sean.
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What's the score with Fleet South these days? Travelling down there next week - can you please ask your contact at Tesla to flick the magic switch
Improvement at Gretna is on the way. I was there today and chatted to a person from Applegreen when looking at their new chargers. They have 6 new chargers adjacent to the Tesla SC, but are 79p/kW whereas Tesla are 49p at peak rate! There are already 2 Gridserve beside the Tesla SC.
The interesting news is the two power supply units constructed. One is for the Applegreen but the other is for Tesla, so there is probably about to be a doubling of the Tesla SC at some point.
The interesting news is the two power supply units constructed. One is for the Applegreen but the other is for Tesla, so there is probably about to be a doubling of the Tesla SC at some point.
cezdoc
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That is indeed interesting: there hasn't been any fresh Supercharger construction activity at a Welcome Break service area since the end of 2018 - since then only a handful of delayed stalls/sites have been commissioned (Fleet South will hopefully one day be the last of those). It would be a welcome turnaround if WB have come to a new arrangement with Tesla (no pun intended! - they were a huge benefit to me and many other Tesla drivers when the UK supercharger network was in its infancy and Tesla was apparently struggling to get Superchargers built at motorway services - in part due to Ecotricity IIRC).
If Welcome Break really are stopping new Tesla sites because they want to push their own then it's really short-sited. They need both / all categories of chargers at their sites if in the future all cars will be electric. Ultiimately all the sites should be like the Gridserve hubs with 20-30 rapid chargers, and then slow chargers in all the remaining parking spaces so people who are staying longer can still get a bit of charge.
Mr H
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I wonder if Welcome Break have cottoned on to the Moto sites pinching their business
Sean.
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Gridserve’s Electric Forecourts are a great concept and execution. They can’t be cheap to build but definitely are the platinum standard as far as I’m concerned.
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