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The Actemium box is interesting. Looks like bespoke engineering company. Demand management or metering?
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The Actemium box is interesting. Looks like bespoke engineering company. Demand management or metering?
The company doing the groundwork for Edinburgh SC is called Grid 4 Electric Vehicles. Their website - g4eltd.co.uk - seems to be, ironically, under contruction. However, there might be a clue on https://uk.linkedin.com/in/g4eltd-grid-for-electric-vehicles-6a1a23168 for those wanting to take their Supercharger hunting to the next level . . .
Pulled from Aberdeen SC on supercharge.info .. November 1sthttps://g4eltd.co.uk/
G4E LTD - Filing history (free information from Companies House)
G4E Ltd was dormant in May. Unless they just started (back) up (and I doubt that), they must be trading as something else. Ought to update the website & LinkedIn otherwise a bit naughty
Yes same banner at Newbridge and also on the side of the van parked there. G4E Ltd company 10751214 seems to be current with same director listed when I look @ Companies house websitePulled from Aberdeen SC on supercharge.info .. November 1st
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My service appointment has been moved as they need to order a part to fix the hvac that was broken whilst the windshield was replaced. Won't get there until Tuesday 17th now. Suspect the Newbridge SuC will be operational by then?I'm there on Wednesday morning so will provide a progress update.
Nottingham Service Centre - a photo just posted on the owner's FB group shows foundations for two V3 cabinets and at least six tombstone foundations (planning drawings had 6-8 indicative, subject to power supply). Tesla's construction contractors are busy bees!
If you're in the area and want to check it out it's right next to the pavement on Loughborough Road near Trent Bridge/opposite County Hall. For the time being only as part of an essential journey/outdoor exercise of course.
Ugh that sounds frustrating but these things happen I guess. I'd be surprised if the Newbridge chargers were fully commissioned in a week though! Based on progress at Aberdeen I reckon all foundations should be done and perhaps the power supply kit will be in place. If they are really quick the tombstones will be up but presumably Tesla then have to wait for the grid connection to be ready as the pause until full commissioning seems quite variable.My service appointment has been moved as they need to order a part to fix the hvac that was broken whilst the windshield was replaced. Won't get there until Tuesday 17th now. Suspect the Newbridge SuC will be operational by then?
This is wishful thinking, particularly in respect of the V3 being able to do more.
So the only way to go past 250kW on V3 is if the output module is actually capable of more than its stated rating. Possibly they could be upgraded to do so (though by past naming convention that would give you a "V4" at that point), but there's lots of other impediments. At 631A, Tesla are already pushing the CCS connector well beyond the ratings specified for a standard CCS connector (originally 200A, now 500A with active cooling); note that heating increases with the square of current. Also, the input side of the V3 becomes an issue: with V2, it was reasonably common to find the adjacent stall not in use so you could get the full 120kW/143kW - with V3, to go above 250kW you'd need 3 empty stalls adjacent, or a lot of empty stalls across a large interconnected site. Even with interconnects and batteries, the cabinet already can't quite manage 250kW on all four outputs simultaneously. For typical sites as currently installed in the UK (no batteries, often <480V AC, so about 600kW shared across 8 stalls for example), even 250kW only works if cars are just drawing it for a relatively small proportion of the time. Nowadays, it's rare to find supercharger sites completely empty.
IMO, on the current cars 250kW is currently a bit of a "party trick", rarely achieved in practice and not for very long when it is. So there's lots of headroom for improving the cars to get more consistent and longer duration >200kW charging before the 250kW capability of the V3 supercharger becomes a significant limitation.
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The Actemium box is interesting. Looks like bespoke engineering company. Demand management or metering?
Does anyone know if there are any plans to install any supercharger stations around the Derby / Burton on Trent / Lichfield area. Is there a way to look at a list of proposed supercharger sites, my nearest one is about an hour from my house
Nothing that I'm aware of but Tamworth has been showing coming soon, which I assume would be the services at M42 J10, other than that, I could see Donnington services working well as a location.Does anyone know if there are any plans to install any supercharger stations around the Derby / Burton on Trent / Lichfield area. Is there a way to look at a list of proposed supercharger sites, my nearest one is about an hour from my house
supercharge.infoDoes anyone know if there are any plans to install any supercharger stations around the Derby / Burton on Trent / Lichfield area. Is there a way to look at a list of proposed supercharger sites, my nearest one is about an hour from my house