Probably started 12 months ago, I could not get over having to queue for 1 min. Now, at peaks times easy 5-10 mins.
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Interesting. I’ve been to Rugby about 8 times in the last 12 months, usually between 4-6pm and only had to queue once, and that’s when the new chargers were going in and a bunch of them were unavailable.
Maybe I am just lucky but never had to queue once at Rugby.
Yes I do frequent them through the night aswel..
there are queues at rugby but they are not like the lines that can form at South Mimms. They move very quickly and they are very sporadic. You can get there and there be 4 cars waiting but by the time you leave there are only 4 cars left charging.
I’ve personally never queued but I have been there where every single stall that worked (*cough* grid serve) was occupied bar one.
I’ve also turned up during the day and the place was deserted.
I’ve personally never queued but I have been there where every single stall that worked (*cough* grid serve) was occupied bar one.
I’ve also turned up during the day and the place was deserted.
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Rugby is a victim of its own sucess. Most motorway charging (non Tesla particularly) is woefull so people graduate towards Rugby knowing it has a large bank of reliable changers and hey presto queues. I have not queued but have bypassed because it was showing full. Got home on 4% in the end so worked out
There’s nothing quite like the thrill of approaching your home charger with range predictions in the single digitsRugby is a victim of its own sucess. Most motorway charging (non Tesla particularly) is woefull so people graduate towards Rugby knowing it has a large bank of reliable changers and hey presto queues. I have not queued but have bypassed because it was showing full. Got home on 4% in the end so worked out
Don’t get this excitement in an ICE car!
Enabling works have started at Frankley Services by the IDNO undertaking the connection works. Estimated completion is November.
5 x v3 per side
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cezdoc
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After being offline yesterday, Rugby is now reported as having 28 stalls total on the Tesla app (up from 12). [Edit: so new stalls have all been commissioned].
Looks as though Tottenham Service centre V4 is about to go live to all EVs, not showing up on the app yet though. There is an article from Autocar saying that they were able to charge a BMW iX1 and has an image of the V4 screen
AutoCar V4 SuperCharger
AutoCar V4 SuperCharger
Video from EVA England showing that the contactless reader is active on the V4 Supercharger at Tottenham Service Centre
Just to confirm having just visited the whole place is live and zero queues today at midday on a busy bank holiday. Gridserve on the other hand was busy and had staff on hand to manage queues. Only issue I could forsee is people blocking the Tesla chargers waiting for a Gridserve
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You clearly have never had a TVR with a dodgy fuel gauge.There’s nothing quite like the thrill of approaching your home charger with range predictions in the single digits
Don’t get this excitement in an ICE car!
Over in Taiwan, who are bringing in similar legislation which mandate contactless payments for public chargers, some of the older SuperChargers locations are being fitted with consoles to allow payment types other than an app without replacing all the charging units.
Pictures Of A Tesla Console
Does anyone have any further info on Tamworth? There's a large gap in Superchargers on the M42/M1 between Hopwood Park and Mansfield. Tamworth is around halfway on our regular trip between Bristol and Leeds, and would be the perfect place to stop for us
The Tesla pin is on the MOTO motorway service area, although that’s not a guarantee that it’s going to be there. It’s one of the many service areas across the UK that has been allocated money on the Green Recovery Scheme to reinforce the power supply for EV charging and other things, £1.87m in this case.Does anyone have any further info on Tamworth? There's a large gap in Superchargers on the M42/M1 between Hopwood Park and Mansfield. Tamworth is around halfway on our regular trip between Bristol and Leeds, and would be the perfect place to stop for us
The cash is available but hardly any of the reinforcement work across the country have been completed so far, so it’s likely that it’s waiting on the local electricity distributor (DNO). I read recently on another forum that one location has been done and a small number have been delayed due to planning type issues, but there’s nothing delaying the rest apart from the work needs to be planned & resourced.
At the moment EV charging companies are falling over themselves to get chargers out there, but without adequate power they can’t. Charging on motorways is simply terrible in general. Every service area is supposed to have at least 6 fast chargers before the end of the year, but it’s going to miss that target by miles.
This is epic, thanks for sharing. Really interesting to see it in the UK.
I actually made a brief video for anyone who wasn't really aware of the news to find out a bit more about the machines, my thoughts on the design etc
Imo having the perpendicular to car stand is great - if Tesla are planning to open up it means no blocking from etrons or taycans anymore as the cable can easily reach to the other side.
Haven't seen one in person though.. just going off the thumbnail
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