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Anyone have any info on the Superchargers that are supposedly coming to Fort William & Inverness, scotland? Planning a road trip in October. Would be ideal if these was open by then fingers crossed
Fort William: site is known, equipment delivered ~end June, no construction activity AFAIK (a photo from 27th July showed no change). A power supply box was put in at the start of the year so an October opening isn’t impossible but there’s some way to go yet.Anyone have any info on the Superchargers that are supposedly coming to Fort William & Inverness, scotland? Planning a road trip in October. Would be ideal if these was open by then fingers crossed
Regarding Aviemore, I was there last week and can confirm hotel has re-opened and Supercharger working normally. I can also confirm 2 good experiences with Charge Place Scotland fast (50kW rated) chargers, which remain free to use for the time being.Fort William: site is known, equipment delivered ~end June, no construction activity AFAIK (a photo from 27th July showed no change). A power supply box was put in at the start of the year so an October opening isn’t impossible but there’s some way to go yet.
I’ve seen rumours of a city centre site in Inverness pending a suitable power supply upgrade but there’s nothing in terms of planning requests that I could find, so I wouldn’t bet on it.
50kW charging on the extensive ChargePlace Scotland rapid network works pretty well though, you’ll cover less miles on the windy roads so the charging stops aren’t as frequent and don’t need to be Supercharger speed. The Aviemore Supercharger will get you to Inverness with plenty in the tank (I think it’s open, not sure of the impact of COVID on the hotel).
I would think so yes. I see a lot more. On the road. On average they have longer range than the legacy SX fleet and no free supercharging so that might explain why less are seen at superchargers. They also probably charge a bit faster. Faster rate and smaller battery so don't stay as long. That will also skew it.Hi guys new account Aaron21 from before.
Does anyone know if there are now more M3's in the UK than X and S have been noticing a lot on the road but interestingly not many at superchargers?
Thanks for the info, yes been reading a lot about the charge place Scotland network, although I hear they are not very reliable. I think a chademo adapter will be very useful for my Scotland NC500 trip that I’m planning in October.Regarding Aviemore, I was there last week and can confirm hotel has re-opened and Supercharger working normally. I can also confirm 2 good experiences with Charge Place Scotland fast (50kW rated) chargers, which remain free to use for the time being.
Yes I just had a look to see if it had appeared in-carHilton park Southbound now on in-car Nav. 12 stalls
Yes definitely live.
And another one in the same vein - this time 8 Superchargers are shown in plans for the new Glasgow Service Centre.Following the news at Leeds Service Centre I was reading through some discussion on the FB owner's group and noticed that Superchargers are mentioned in plans for a new Service Centre in Chelmsford. A ground plan shows an indicative area with 4 stalls but number and location TBC.
Simple Search Planning ref. 20/00432/ADV
@MarcoRP @Chuq this is a very similar status to the Cardiff Service Centre (UK Supercharger Site News), i.e. Superchargers are indicative but not part of the formal planning application. Never-the-less signage is being designed with gaps for directions to the charging bays so it looks likely they will be installed somewhere on the site. For info, I reckon the indicative location is at (51.750400, 0.510600) but as with Cardiff it may be a little too soon to put a pin on supercharge.info.
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Does anyone know if there are now more M3's in the UK than X and S have been noticing a lot on the road but interestingly not many at superchargers?
I see many many more M3s than S + X here in the midlands but I am guessing a lot of those S+X are clustered in the South East where the earliest congestion charges were ( and where most of the money is! ). The locations of early delivery centres/service centres/superchargers would also tend to support this. The M3s are probably much more evenly distributed.Adding up the figures here (note that the numbers are the total still registered in that year, so you need to add vertically but not horizontally), I get approx totals of:
Model 3: 15868
Model X: 4857
Model S: 9668
So at the end of 2020 Q1, Model 3 had just overtaken S+X together; the difference is probably bigger now.
At a very rough guess, maybe half of those S/X have free supercharging.
And another one in the same vein - this time 8 Superchargers are shown in plans for the new Glasgow Service Centre.
https://publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk/online-applications/
Ref: 20/01793/ADV
Display of illuminated and non-illuminated signage. | 20 Kennedy Street Glasgow G4 0EB
On the site plans there are 8 bays at approx. 55.867500, -4.239200.
Also what looks like a bagged up V3 charging cabinet has appeared at Manchester Service Centre, and new earthworks have started. Looks like the existing 4 bays are being expanded.
Keep your eyes peeled for diggers people!
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Tamworth had a load of car Parking bays (around 8) coned off this evening in the far end of the car park, for no obvious reason. Possibly prior to groundworks. Maybe 2+2=5Chatter of Tamworth Services Moto getting 12 stalls too. Haven’t seen any evidence though on planning site. (Source speakEV)
The fact you are seeing fewer at superchargers is probably a use case thing. The s and x with their size, and air ride and comfort, are big mile cruisers, the type of trips they take are wins that would need a splash and dash at a supercharger. The 3 is smaller and could be used as a city car (OK, it's not exactly Zoe small) but will probably be used for shorter journeys and therefore just charged at home of a night.Hi guys new account Aaron21 from before.
Does anyone know if there are now more M3's in the UK than X and S have been noticing a lot on the road but interestingly not many at superchargers?