Completely agree. Derby is not particularly convenient, even if you can register your registration so there's no parking cost. There's lots of charging on the M1 already so somewhere along the very busy A38 perhaps, would be ideal. There's a fairly barren services at Willington that could be a good site.
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It may have changed since this post, and sorry if I'm telling you something you already now know, but when charging in Derby there is no parking cost. You can either just press the intercom on the way out and they'll let you out, or register your plate at the shopping centre services and then it's good on the system for five years.
It's still not a convenient set of chargers though.
Abington update
Called in this evening to see what had gone on over the last month or so. First warning is that the entrance and exit roads have some massive holes that need to be avoided on pain of wheel damage!
Not too much progress though:
Called in this evening to see what had gone on over the last month or so. First warning is that the entrance and exit roads have some massive holes that need to be avoided on pain of wheel damage!
Not too much progress though:
Larkhall update:
There is a new metal pole and bag of fixing material beside the of the first six chargers this evening, so I am guessing that they are shortly to be erected in front of the nice new v4 chargers. There are no bump strips or other safety measure, and as they are open to all EV's it seems like a preventative step that should have been there from the opening.
There is a new metal pole and bag of fixing material beside the of the first six chargers this evening, so I am guessing that they are shortly to be erected in front of the nice new v4 chargers. There are no bump strips or other safety measure, and as they are open to all EV's it seems like a preventative step that should have been there from the opening.
What about the old chargers? Are they still installed or have they been removed?
Still there with bag covers over them and out of service as shown in an earlier post a month or so ago
Abington - Further thoughts.
There are eight new bases installed, and at the rear there are what appears to be the two power cabinet bases. The two power cabinets appear to be behind the container in their wrapping. Normally four chargers per cabinet.
I am going to guess that they will keep the original six chargers (possibly upgrading them to v3/4) Then there will be 14 stalls, and when the 14 at Gretna are open they will both be open to all EV's as there will then be a plentiful supply on the M74.
There are eight new bases installed, and at the rear there are what appears to be the two power cabinet bases. The two power cabinets appear to be behind the container in their wrapping. Normally four chargers per cabinet.
I am going to guess that they will keep the original six chargers (possibly upgrading them to v3/4) Then there will be 14 stalls, and when the 14 at Gretna are open they will both be open to all EV's as there will then be a plentiful supply on the M74.
I thought the theory was that they are installing V3 units intentionally at the Welcome Break services as the WB people don't want competition for their Applegreen units. The problem with installing new V3 units and then opening up to non-EVs is that they'll need to offer contactless payment under the new law within a year, so it would be a bit silly to install V3 units only to replace them with V4s a year later. So seems the intention is to keep them Tesla only. The same applies at Gridserve Electric Forecourt sites.
So What’s going to happen with the existing V3 sites that are open to non-Teslas ?
There's a comment on the TOUK Facebook group from the original source about the Ferndown Forest SuC - apparently they've changed from Tesla to Osprey... so it looks like Dorset still isn't getting any SuCs sadly.after all the to and fro nonsense, I’d like to actually see a photo of these SC stalls.
And existing V2 sites... They have a year to convert them to V4 units else they will be in violation of the law (unless they close them to all EVs again).
Unfortunately this will happen again and again in Newark, where there is a thriving scrap metal trade. The local entrepreneurs just love recycling - presumably driven by an overwhelming desire to save the planet and enhance their ESG credentials - and they just can’t help themselves. It’s happened at the Shell chargers in the town, too.
There's a note attached to the Ferrybridge chargers to say they will be offline for 48 hours from 7am Monday (24th June) - "for expansion and improvement".
The app right now shows that 5 of the chargers are out of service with a "Reduced Service" warning. Was the note on all of them or just on some?
It looks like Charger cabinet 1 is kaput as 1A 1B 1C and 1D are broken (as well as 2A which could be something else)
Sean.
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Yeah. Sounds like a lot of wishful thinking from someone in the golf club hierarchy. There might not be anything coming at all, which is what I suspect is the case. Hosting a couple of Yesla demo days doesn’t mean they’re going to spend a couple of hundred thou to drop SuC in uour golf course car park.
FEERSUMENDJIN
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This can't be right. Too many legacy chargeplace Scotland sites that would have to be converted. The law can only be applied to new sites. What would be the cut off date ?
FEERSUMENDJIN
Member
Different technical and consumer experience standards apply dependent on:
- whether the public charge point was deployed after 24 November 2024
- the power rating of the public charge point
- whether the public charge point is free to use
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