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[cezdoc]

And Oxford ... or was that earlier than "this year" ?

Technically yes you can include Oxford: as far as I can tell there were 12 stalls live at the start of the year so 4 more commissioned this year - I arbitrarily left it out because all 16 stalls were built at the end of 2017/start of 2018.

 

[IanMcL]

I was at Hopwood (south of Birmingham) on Saturday. 16 bays and only 2 or 3 spare at one point! Too many Tesla's getting purchased!

 

[NigelT]

I was at Hopwood (south of Birmingham) on Saturday. 16 bays and only 2 or 3 spare at one point! Too many Tesla's getting purchased!

There were no stalls free when I drove past Woodall earlier today

 

[roadcred]

Busy at Oxford yesterday. 3 Model 3's in the 4 bays so some slow supercharging!

 

[MrBadger]

I tried 'Wokingham' yesterday. Nicely lit and empty when we got there. All dual stalls by the looks of it. Shame its gravel as some doughnut seemed to have done a few donuts there. Easy to get confused which lane is what with all the surrounding roadworks going on in dark/wet.

 

[Renaissance]

Shame its gravel.

It's an interesting choice. Is there a council/environmental requirement for ground permeability here, perhaps?

 

[ProfessorK]

this image proves it... im not going to wale!s

Plenty of destination chargers around the mid to north of the country. Never had a problem in the zoe.

 

[Jason71]

I can tell you from experience that hills and corners eat electrons in Wales especially winter warm-up usage added on top and heating. My short trip into town and back to buy milk and a paper can easily use 450wh/m in my S at 30mph for those few miles. Longer winter journeys through hills when it's had time to warm up and still 400+wh/m.

Ouch maybe i'll have to settle for driving it like i borrowed it from someone i'm moderately fond of......when I actually get it that is.

 

[pgkevet]

@Jason 71
I drove from llanfyllin to llandudno today. The first 30 miles were around 400wh/m including going up over part of the snowdonia national park. The second part of the journey was 300wh/m. On the way back at the top of the national park I had 146 mile range showing as we started the descent. Several miles later when we finally got to valley bottom and the range display decided to change it went to 150 mile . Overall the total trip there and back was 135miles and used 180 miles of range. With the roads and bends even hoofing it and that 65 miles takes an hour and a half on a good run.

 

[Alexa]

Tesla originally did not apply for planning permission for the Hunton Park / Leavesdon site. They issued a retrospective planning application on 21 March 2019 (adding the year here in case we're still talking about this next year) and planning was refused on 3 June 2019 because it is in Green Belt and near to a Grade II* Listed Building. The case is now in appeal. Three Rivers District Council application 19/0540/RSP.

 

[vitesse]

Tesla originally did not apply for planning permission for the Hunton Park / Leavesdon site. They issued a retrospective planning application on 21 March 2019 (adding the year here in case we're still talking about this next year) and planning was refused on 3 June 2019 because it is in Green Belt and near to a Grade II* Listed Building. The case is now in appeal. Three Rivers District Council application 19/0540/RSP.

Just down the road from us

 

[squarepeg77]

Tesla originally did not apply for planning permission for the Hunton Park / Leavesdon site. They issued a retrospective planning application on 21 March 2019 (adding the year here in case we're still talking about this next year) and planning was refused on 3 June 2019 because it is in Green Belt and near to a Grade II* Listed Building. The case is now in appeal. Three Rivers District Council application 19/0540/RSP.

Good find.

Stupid Tesla.

 

[meavydev]

It's an interesting choice. Is there a council/environmental requirement for ground permeability here, perhaps?

Living just up the road I can say that it floods down by the hotel, so quite likely they want it to drain quickly.

 

[squarepeg77]

Planning documents for Hunton Bridge / Leavesden:
(I hope the link works)

19/0540/RSP | Retrospective: Creation of new parking area with the provision of 16 electric car charging spaces with associated works | Hunton Park Essex Lane Abbots Langley WD4 8PN

Rejected by planning officer for impact on the grade II* listed hotel building.

Sigh.

 

[vitesse]

Planning documents for Hunton Bridge / Leavesden:
(I hope the link works)

19/0540/RSP | Retrospective: Creation of new parking area with the provision of 16 electric car charging spaces with associated works | Hunton Park Essex Lane Abbots Langley WD4 8PN

Rejected by planning officer for impact on the grade II* listed hotel building.

Sigh.

Is that the end of the road or can it be appealed further?

 

[squarepeg77]

Is that the end of the road or can it be appealed further?

It is in appeal:
19/0023/REF | Retrospective: Creation of new parking area with the provision of 16 electric car charging spaces with associated works | Hunton Park Essex Lane Abbots Langley WD4 8PN

In my opinion, they could have placed the large green DNO cabinet more sympathetically... and the access is not awesome, it's a single carriageway drive up to a nice hotel with fairly fiddly access from the M25 and the roundabout at junction 20 snarls up a lot.

(But that's not what the planning refusal is about)

 

[vitesse]

@squarepeg77 Indeed, the more SuC sites I visit the more I discover sited in rather strange access locations!

 

[squarepeg77]

Yeah, that's why we really need progress on key motorway routes like the M1 northbound.

 

[davidmc]

Yeah, that's why we really need progress on key motorway routes like the M1 northbound.

Agree there

Especially between Northampton & Sheffield M1 route, 92 miles between the SoC. Leicester Forest East Services needs to happen!

 

[WannabeOwner]

we really need progress on key motorway routes like the M1 northbound

Especially between Northampton & Sheffield M1 route, 92 miles between the SoC

Isn't 90 miles fine?

Northampton, not far from London

Woodall 90 miles later
Scotch Corner 90 miles later

Whilst I am sure more would help, I would have thought the spacing was good enough to make the journey without problems.

Undoubtedly coming-from-the-sides, or needing to go-off-to-the-sides can be problematic, but Superchargers will be needed everywhere to solve that and, personally, I use destination or 3rd party chargers for that extra bit, if range is tight.