Wiki UK and Ireland Supercharger Site News

[Andywil]

Here's a link to a TOUK tweet showing some of the charger stalls in place (with covers off):

https://twitter.com/x/status/1692113292368519205

Wouldn't like to step backwards after plugging the car in!

 

[BadCall]

Took like last friday at Kingsley Village Retail Park, TR9 6NA

Great location for Newquay

 

[crouchy]

Good progress has been made at White City Retail Park, Chester Road, Manchester. 12 Stalls are in, just looks like they need to fit the cabs.

 

[Zill]

Portsmouth City Council has approved the plans for Portsmouth - West SuC site in Port Solent on 14th August. Local news here

 

[arg]

Portsmouth City Council has approved the plans for Portsmouth - West SuC site in Port Solent on 14th August. Local news here

Planning application here (reference 23/00732/FUL if the link doesn't work):

https://publicaccess.portsmouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=RW59IZMOJ9T00&activeTab=summary

Location is here:

50°50'24.3"N 1°05'46.4"W · Port Solent, Portsmouth, UK

Port Solent, Portsmouth, UK

www.google.com

12 V4 Superchargers and 8 AC points (described as 7-22kW Gen3, so presumably 22kW three-phase with power sharing between points).

The strange reference to a 2-stall supercharger at McDonalds (actually it's a 2-stall Instavolt) I thought might be poor journalism by the local paper, but actually it's a mistake by Tesla's own consultants in the planning application!

 

[qwickshot]

Or clever marketing, every rapid charger is a ‘super charger’ just like every battery factory is a ‘gigafactory’ both phrases get associated with tesla.

They love that kind of thing in the states with the first brand name to launch a thing takes the name for example everyone over where calls cling film Saran Wrap.

 

[Fly.guy]

Superchargers covered, but look more or less finished in the Meadowhall Retail Park off the Attercliffe Common road in eastern Sheffield.

 

[Roy B]

I'd like to have a fairly simple map of 'hubs of 6 or more from these brands' and list the ones I consider reliable (although if they're biulding 6+ rapids they're nearly all reliable brands, geniepoint/BP pulse etc seem to be smaller singles/duals

User @Snax over on the SpeakEV forums maintains (by hand) a map of larger (6+ or maybe now 5+) hubs open to all vehicles. (It also includes some Tesla-only sites but that is incomplete)

Map is here Charging Hub Locations - Google My Maps

Thread is here Charging Hub Locations - post there if you know of a hub that meets the criteria that is missing from the map!

I find the map quite useful to help me keep abreast of new non-Tesla charging hubs on routes I drive regularly. More generally, the Charging Locations forum on SpeakEV is a good place to learn about non-Tesla-specific charging site developments in the UK.

Charging Locations

For discussion of charging locations, where they are, where you think they should be, and if they exist where you'd like to go to.

www.speakev.com

(In general, discussing the broader charging network works better in a forum with a broader range of EV owners - particularly since many of us here rarely use anything other than Superchargers! Although there are certainly a fair few Tesla owners in those threads over there, too.)

EDIT TO ADD: BP Pulse do have some larger hubs now, but I suspect they may be putting rather more effort into maintaining those than they do with their singles/duals....

 

[f0rbesy]

Superchargers covered, but look more or less finished in the Meadowhall Retail Park off the Attercliffe Common road in eastern Sheffield.

This is a good one, will be very popular! Cannot see it being an open to all due to location and how busy Barnsley/Woodhall is! Great location and site facilities too!

 

[Ben7]

Tesla service centre in Exeter (Marsh Barton) coming along nicely. Car park paved and 12 SC bases now installed. Not sure whether V3 or V4

 

[CMc1]

This is a good one, will be very popular! Cannot see it being an open to all due to location and how busy Barnsley/Woodhall is! Great location and site facilities too!

Also got 12 stalls planned further north, the “Old Post office” in Haigh, just off M1. 30mi from Woodall

 

[francis247uk]

Moto Reading Westbound, more progress, V3's going in and the contractor said they're replacing with V4's early next year apparently (sorry not the best picture)

 

[TMPDB]

Anyone got any insight as to when the extra stalls at Moto Rugby go live?
Going down at weekend peak times, and really hoping to not queue or will try and make it to Northampton/MK

 

[yessuz]

Anyone got any insight as to when the extra stalls at Moto Rugby go live?
Going down at weekend peak times, and really hoping to not queue or will try and make it to Northampton/MK

there are queues in Rugby?! they have 12 V3 stalls, not available to non-Teslas + another 10 or so GridServe on the side

 

[wriggers]

there are queues in Rugby?! they have 12 V3 stalls, not available to non-Teslas + another 10 or so GridServe on the side

Yep. Has been since day 1 pretty much

 

[yessuz]

Yep. Has been since day 1 pretty much

never saw any. but again - I arrived there exclusively after 10 pm in the past

imho tesla needs another north bound SC site on M1 between Leicester and Notts (Loughborough area) and another one at Milton Keynes - Luton stretch (Northampton is v2 and small :/

 

[cezdoc]

Anyone got any insight as to when the extra stalls at Moto Rugby go live?
Going down at weekend peak times, and really hoping to not queue or will try and make it to Northampton/MK

Rugby is showing as temporarily unavailable in the app at the moment and there's a comment on the Superchargers app that staff/contractors are on site to switch on the new stalls. It looks hopeful that the extra stalls will go live at some point today.

 

[cezdoc]

Lifton doubling their chargers. Works for an additional 8 Superchargers starts tomorrow. Just been chatting with staff and owner. Says there is need for nearby road closure (assume for additional power). Maybe can be verified with council notice?

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4 charger cabinets are now on site at Lifton according to a post on TOUK. The expectation is that the existing V2 stalls will be swapped out for V3/V4 ones (similar to what happened at Tebay in May) to end up with 16 stalls (CCS only).

 

[yessuz]

4 charger cabinets are now on site at Lifton according to a post on TOUK. The expectation is that the existing V2 stalls will be swapped out for V3/V4 ones (similar to what happened at Tebay in May) to end up with 16 stalls (CCS only).

that will be one super sexy location

 

[Mrklaw]

that will be one super sexy location

I tend to skip and favour camborne as its closer to our usual destination, but I'm not a big fan of the location. Maybe Lifton would let me skip Exeter and get to the M4/M5 before the next stop