IanMcL
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Never, never, never give up!to fight a batle you can't win is to waste your resource
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Never, never, never give up!to fight a batle you can't win is to waste your resource
Where did you come off for this? I was looking out for where to come off if I ever needed to do this but didn't see where would be best. Is it much of a detour?I was up in Tbay services last week northbound and you have to come off go on a pretty little magical mystery tour through fields etc and down a “hotel only” little road.
I wonder how long before that road is blocked or closed which if it is makes getting up north tricky as you need tbay super charger
Where did you come off for this? I was looking out for where to come off if I ever needed to do this but didn't see where would be best. Is it much of a detour?
Where did you come off for this? I was looking out for where to come off if I ever needed to do this but didn't see where would be best. Is it much of a detour?
It’s not a massive detour but equally it’s not a case of coming off on one side, nipping over a bridge and your there.
You have to come off I think it’s 38, basically the junction before and swing round Orton maybe this will help
To continue north boun you either go back way came or continue north on the b6261 and join the m6 at penrith I have to say the view at the top of snap is amazing !!
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Coming soon to me is less than 1 year (ok, we're talking Elon time, I know that now I've spent £75,000 on a car) but to the rest of the world that's means launching a new site every 2 weeks to deliver all of these in 2019, which isn't going to happen which means Tesla is stretching the truth at best and at worst telling fibs to as a sales tool.
I think that was poor advice - maybe the sales assistant was a bit over-enthusiastic - because history has shown us that there are all sorts of hurdles to clear before a new site can be built, and even after the ground has been broken something else can turn up to delay opening (by nearly two years in the case of Brighouse). I wouldn't be surprised if sales staff don't have sight of the real status of the UK Supercharger rollout. If prospective owners were being given hints it would be all over the forums and certainly over the last few years I've seen very few rumours accurately predicting new site openings before ground has been broken.Four weeks ago, I enquired about a CHADEMO adapter at Tesla (which I bought and find very useful), but the chap in the Tesla shop tried to talk me out of buying the adapter and was telling me about plans for a supercharger somewhere near central Cardiff and South Mimms will expand to 30,ish (can’t recall exact number) into the area near the drive through Starbucks. Strange conversation, no reason to doubt him, obviously hope it’s true...
Ever felt like someone’s pulling your chain....?As an example, the Dorchester supercharger has been 'Coming Soon' for over a year and a half.
The overstay fees are patently not about making money. If I were you I'd contact your Service Centre, explain the circumstances, and I think you'd have a good chance of the fees being waived.So if I’m late there’s a price to pay but for Tesla, “hey ho, another day another dollar”. I don’t hog chargers and if it’s a supply/demand problem, invest and fix the supply end, and stop wasting money trying to get to Mars.
Looking forward to driving around Scotland in a Model 3 some time next year?
ChargePlace Scotland's extensive network of rapid chargers
Have they actually got anything that Supercharger users would consider "rapid" yet? I'm sure its "coming soon", but I don't think there are any in the UK as yet?
For the Scottish Highlands IMO the first issue to solve is network resilience. The Chargeplace Scotland (CYC administered) network has a very good geographic spread but many sites are single units. There have been instances of two or three units going down on a particular stretch which, even with a Tesla-size battery, leaves you at risk of being stranded. I believe this is starting to be addressed by doubling up charger units.Have they actually got anything that Supercharger users would consider "rapid" yet? I'm sure its "coming soon", but I don't think there are any in the UK as yet?
Yes the majority are free but charges have started to come in in some regions / sites: Dumfries and Galloway, Moray, and, for example, Tomatin (between Aviemore and Inverness). That said costs are generally quite reasonable and if anything it discourages some free opportunity charging so improves charger availability....ChargePlace Scotland's extensive network of rapid chargers, which I believe are still free of charge as of Feb 2019(?).