Wiki UK and Ireland Supercharger Site News

[K-ev 1]

Are we ever going to get one on the A55 between Holyhead and M56 ? Also we need one between north and south wales

 

[Roy W.]

Are we ever going to get one on the A55 between Holyhead and M56 ? Also we need one between north and south wales

South and central routes are quite well covered, but east and west definitely need more. Wales, Lincolnshire, Norfolk get my vote!

 

[LukeT]

And Cornwall. Because when folk go to to the extremities of our little island they're often going for a week's holiday.

Roll on expansion of smaller sites too. Is there a programme to ramp up both site size and new sites following introduction of the Model 3? It would be nice to know there was.

 

[WannabeOwner]

when folk go to to the extremities of our little island they're often going for a week's holiday.

13 AMP x 12 hours a day enough maybe?

 

[Martinb999]

... and South East England..... Kent please.

 

[arg]

Roll on expansion of smaller sites too. Is there a programme to ramp up both site size and new sites following introduction of the Model 3? It would be nice to know there was.

Well, in recent times we've seen Oxford expansion, Grantham expansion, Reading duplication (presumably in lieu of expansion), Westfield expansion, probably more I've forgotten.

 

[Jason71]

Well, in recent times we've seen Oxford expansion, Grantham expansion, Reading duplication (presumably in lieu of expansion), Westfield expansion, probably more I've forgotten.

Not much in the way of a Wales expansion!. When the Westfield upgrade is complete it will have three times as many superchargers as the whole of Wales.

 

[arg]

Not much in the way of a Wales expansion!. When the Westfield upgrade is complete it will have three times as many superchargers as the whole of Wales.

Well, I was concentrating on capacity expansion rather than geographic expansion - because the post I was responding to was concerned about the impact of Model 3. Arrival of large numbers of Model 3 doesn't make any difference to the need for geographic coverage (they have broadly the same range as corresponding Model S variants), but does threaten overcrowding with a rapid increase in demand.

However, to the extent that it is in fact deliberate policy (rather than just driven by site availability etc), I believe Tesla are right to prioritise capacity expansion over geographical expansion. A Supercharger that doesn't exist is something you can plan for - take a different route, allow time for slower charging, or in extremis not buy a Tesla in the first place because you know the coverage isn't there. Conversely, overcrowding due to lack of capacity isn't something you can plan for, and in effect the Supercharger just becomes highly unreliable. That's especially unsatisfactory if you bought the car "knowing" that there was Supercharger coverage in a given area, and then it effectively disappears due to overcrowding.

So while we all want to see better geographic coverage, capacity expansion so we don't lose what we already have is more important.

 

[CMc1]

Where is the next location that’s closest to “coming online” the soonest?

 

[WannabeOwner]

Where is the next location that’s closest to “coming online” the soonest?

I doubt there is any way to know that ... Construction has taken anything from days to multiple years, even once the stalls and cabinets are all plumbed in it can be "forever" until it opens

 

[chrisgla]

Just to try the adapter out I tried mine at a supercharger once. It worked.

I tried using CCS adapter on 2016 facelift at Tebay, 132kW.

Got the best rate I’ve had on type 2 here out of Scotch Corner, Abington Tebay and Gretna- looks like I can get 150kW on CCS or type 2.

 

[Adopado]

I tried using CCS adapter on 2016 facelift at Tebay, 132kW.

Got the best rate I’ve had on type 2 here out of Scotch Corner, Abington Tebay and Gretna- looks like I can get 150kW on CCS or type 2.
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I don't understand. Isn't Type 2 AC charging? I didn't think any car could get those speeds on AC.

 

[LukeT]

I don't understand. Isn't Type 2 AC charging? I didn't think any car could get those speeds on AC.

True but Tesla non-ccs supercharger plugs are Type 2 lookalike.

 

[WannabeOwner]

West Drayton has popped up on Supercharger Info as Updated to "Open", so I presume the temporary closure has finished.

Anyone got any better info ?

 

[M3 Zo]

Really need some Superchargers around Ashford and Canterbury in Kent. Yes there is one at Folkestone but it’s only for those leaving the country!

 

[roadcred]

Really need some Superchargers around Ashford and Canterbury in Kent. Yes there is one at Folkestone but it’s only for those leaving the country!

Not just Kent! Anywhere South of the Thames, on the M25, anywhere is Surrey Sussex Hampshire and Kent! M3 A303?

 

[Boogaloo]

Not just Kent! Anywhere South of the Thames, on the M25, anywhere is Surrey Sussex Hampshire and Kent! M3 A303?

A303 for sure. Norton park doesn’t cut it and to a different point above it is unreliable as always busy when you need it. Amesbury would be ace!

 

[NorfolkMustard]

Solstice Park services would do

 

[Jonathantuba]

What has happened to Fleet south on M3? Still not open after being complete several months

 

[Jason71]

Well, I was concentrating on capacity expansion rather than geographic expansion - because the post I was responding to was concerned about the impact of Model 3. Arrival of large numbers of Model 3 doesn't make any difference to the need for geographic coverage (they have broadly the same range as corresponding Model S variants), but does threaten overcrowding with a rapid increase in demand.

However, to the extent that it is in fact deliberate policy (rather than just driven by site availability etc), I believe Tesla are right to prioritise capacity expansion over geographical expansion. A Supercharger that doesn't exist is something you can plan for - take a different route, allow time for slower charging, or in extremis not buy a Tesla in the first place because you know the coverage isn't there. Conversely, overcrowding due to lack of capacity isn't something you can plan for, and in effect the Supercharger just becomes highly unreliable. That's especially unsatisfactory if you bought the car "knowing" that there was Supercharger coverage in a given area, and then it effectively disappears due to overcrowding.

So while we all want to see better geographic coverage, capacity expansion so we don't lose what we already have is more important.

Depends whether the purpose of the supercharger network is to allow people to go places or to charge will doing their shopping. I thought it was primarily supposed to be the former?
The only way to plan for the only rapid chargers in most of North Wales being Ecotricity is to not go.