Well there you go - drove through France, Belgium and Luxembourg a couple of weeks ago. Stopped at every supercharger along the way just to check them out, 8 I think.....all working fine.....all with lots of M3's (mainly midnight silver) the odd X and and lots of S. Asked at 5 of them why my charge speed was greater than theirs.
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Well there you go - drove through France, Belgium and Luxembourg a couple of weeks ago. Stopped at every supercharger along the way just to check them out, 8 I think.....all working fine.....all with lots of M3's (mainly midnight silver) the odd X and and lots of S. Asked at 5 of them why my charge speed was greater than theirs.
j6Lpi429@3j
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Globally I think its about even (450k 3s, 450k s+x), but the UK got the model 3 pretty late, so the ratio likely skews way higher towards the S&X.
Other reasons:
1) as noted, S&X get free charge. When I stop at M3 fleet, I always charge because its free and I stop for coffee anyway so why not!
2) depends on time of day. S&X are pricey, probably company directors, freelance professionals, retired, travelling offpeak. Model 3 more likely regular salaried workers doing a 9-5 job and thus regular commute.
I suspect the number of long distance road trips by S&X drivers skews higher, because of all those travelling sales execs bombing all over the place. Model 3s are going to be used mainly for regular commuting.
I'm putting way too much thought into this
cezdoc
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"Nightmare" is something of an overstatement. Cornwall is a very popular spot with Tesla owners. You can stop at Lifton and take on enough energy to get out and back to anywhere in Cornwall plus for local travel there are lots of destination charging options (many of them on Tesla's destination charging list) plus a good selection of public charge points. If anything, the main issue appears to be trying to squeeze Model X's down the narrow lanes.
Fort William Permit added on supercharge.info on the 19/02 - 8 stalls.
Rugby Permit added on supercharge.info on 28/01 - 12 stalls
Rugby Permit added on supercharge.info on 28/01 - 12 stalls
Globally I think its about even (450k 3s, 450k s+x), but the UK got the model 3 pretty late, so the ratio likely skews way higher towards the S&X.
Other reasons:
1) as noted, S&X get free charge. When I stop at M3 fleet, I always charge because its free and I stop for coffee anyway so why not!
2) depends on time of day. S&X are pricey, probably company directors, freelance professionals, retired, travelling offpeak. Model 3 more likely regular salaried workers doing a 9-5 job and thus regular commute.
I suspect the number of long distance road trips by S&X drivers skews higher, because of all those travelling sales execs bombing all over the place. Model 3s are going to be used mainly for regular commuting.
I'm putting way too much thought into this
At the end of Q3 2019 there were 13.2K S and X's registered in the UK and 5.5K Model 3's. Official DfT figures for q4 are not available but the Model 3 would have at least doubled, probably nearer 12K. By the end of this quarter there will definitely be more model 3's than S and X combined.
I'm waiting for my M3 LR at the moment and my in laws are in the Penzance area, so we spend a lot of time there.
At the moment I think I'll be relying on the genie point at St Erth Station. A supercharger near Truro or Penzance would be useful...
JeremyOO07JDG
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I think that the roundabout at the top end of the Hayle bypass would be an ideal location. There's plenty of hospitality places close (McDonald's, M&S, Premier Inn etc).
I've filled in a suggestion form on the Whitbread Webpage (they run Premier Inn and Brewers Faire), perhaps they'll look into it.
Went to Nottingham from the West Midlands (Shrewsbury way) and found that the route is pretty piss poor for SC’s, with Telford being the only one. It’s a bit of a black hole, which is strange seeing as Nottingham is one of the greenest cities I’ve been to. Queen’s Drive Park and Ride was closed as it was flooded last week - guessing a lot of work needs to be done on the electrics there - lots of EV chargers in that park!
Nearest SCs were Stoke or Grantham - both of which meant a large detour. Ended up going to a shell garage for a quick squirt of charge - £9.80 for the pleasure of bugger all. Yikes. But, guess we are spoiled with the SC experience!
Nearest SCs were Stoke or Grantham - both of which meant a large detour. Ended up going to a shell garage for a quick squirt of charge - £9.80 for the pleasure of bugger all. Yikes. But, guess we are spoiled with the SC experience!
Be good if they were to actually open the long touted service centre in the city, with a number or super chargers on site.
Try Leicester and see if you can find anything that charges higher than 7kw! And the services on the M1 at Leicester seem to not be working very well for the past 3 months! It's painful lol
Nottingham does have a great selection of 50kw chargers around which is great.
Have you used it when the Harvester is closed? Wonder how you validate parking as the screen is inside!Shhh that's my secret one on my home from work. Still 20mins outside Leicester
LongRanger
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This needs legislation to deal with ridiculous “private land that is really public byway” scenarios, eventually electric charging will have to be a basic utility not a privileged service.
Well, I have just taken on of the PMs dealing with the Rugby services and he has confirmed that the plans have officially been changed to include chargers for Tesla and Ecotricity, the cost of the HV feed is apparently a nightmare as the path has dual ownership by the council and WB depending on the depth! The cost of this alone will be over a million and covered in full by Tesla.
j6Lpi429@3j
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OMG thats INSANE. the cost of doing ANY infrastructure work in this country is sheer crazy.
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