Wiki UK and Ireland Supercharger Site News

[R1chardh]

Heston Eastbound now live. A successful charge was reported on the Superchargers App this morning.

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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.

 

[clubman2021]

Yes the “why would Tesla do this” from a commercial / strategic point of view is not the same question.

Purely from an engineering / techical perspective beyond a certain point the only feasible way to deliver more power is to increase the voltage to minimise (I squared R power) losses.

Kj j

 

[Adopado]

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere, but Leigh Delamere Westbound appears to be going live which is great news. Covers have come off the chargers and as I type I'm getting about 90 kW from one of them. Not showing on the map yet so no automatic battery heating.
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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]

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 )

[**** I'm about to report my own post as there needs to be some sort of eastern Europe section on TMC, there currently isn't one ****]

Mod coment: message received - I'll ask the more senior people about a Eastern Europe section, but you should be able to create a thread under "Europe" and not one of the regions in the mean time. There is already one for Turkey.

 

[cezdoc]

Has anyone seen Brent Cross recently? I noticed it's missing from the car Nav and app - not even a "temporarily unavailable" marker.

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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]

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".

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Recent U.S. sites with this issue were due to stolen breakers.

 

[Adopado]

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:

 

[Stuart1714]

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

 

[browellm]

That is absolutely grim.

 

[Reggiechacha]

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.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

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 )

[**** I'm about to report my own post as there needs to be some sort of eastern Europe section on TMC, there currently isn't one ****]

Mod coment: message received - I'll ask the more senior people about a Eastern Europe section, but you should be able to create a thread under "Europe" and not one of the regions in the mean time. There is already one for Turkey.

The 6 may be because they're thinking 3 per cabinet as happens in some countries.

 

[Sean.]

That is absolutely grim.

Absolutely horrifying. I’ve charged at that spot too. Sends shivers.

 

[NikoV6]

Was at Chester Service centre on Friday, asking about when they would be getting Superchargers. Apparently site cannot support it so they are likely to move the centre. No idea when or to where though.