Whats your favourite and least favourite supercharger and why?

[Wattsisname]

I've used Braintree and it's how all charging sites should be - a mix of charging options including Tesla superchargers as well as excellent facilities while charging.

Extremely impressive, Gridserve deserve support from as many EV's as possible.

We discovered the Braintree site last weekend. Amazing place!

 

[Wattsisname]

Martigny Switzerland, picturesque with great facilities.View attachment 927753

Ah! Valais, the Rhone Valley, Sion, Ovronnaz etc a lovely neck of the Alps.

 

[jonnyr14]

I stopped at Rugby last weekend. Large capacity there which is nice, I think it is 28 chargers now? Decent services too.

 

[yessuz]

Exeter has massive charge site. But services area can be cramped. Rugby is nice though.

I do not really like, from my personal use, maybe 4 sites: Northampton, Woodall and Scotch corner - for the same reason - being overloaded and just V2...

Harrogate is annoying as it is so far away from the M1...

 

[garycat]

Least favourite - Charnock Richard, very easy to miss, only available Northbound, crap services.
Best so far - Cribbs Causeway - peaked at 1014 mph, although that did mean I didn't have time to look around the shopping mall.

 

[debrooker]

We discovered the Braintree site last weekend. Amazing place!

It's a vision of the future

 

[Wattsisname]

It's a vision of the future

Indeed. Well done Gridserve. Now let's see a similar Tesla station with a few Gridserve chargers. M&S etc.

 

[McXtravert]

As a frequent traveller up the East Coast between Cambridgeshire & Edinburgh, I would say:

Best: Grantham as new and lots of them. But only a few miles from home so barely use.
Worst: Adderstone (remote and at a truck stop), Scotch Corner (old chargers and basic facilities at the hotel) & Washington (round back of hotel, only access to vending machines and toilets)

East coast is really badly served. Ferrybridge is ok, but very busy.

 

[trouter]

Least fav: Michaelwood because it claims to be in the services but it feels like a mile away! And I only got ~35kW there; the grid connection must be pretty overprovisioned. I'll also give special mentions to Belfast Tesla garage and Tebay southbound because I had to queue for aaaggggeeeeessssssss!

Most fav: Flint mountain was good; stayed the night for under £40 as well to avoid a 5AM wakeup to get to Holyhead!

 

[garycat]

I charged at Hilton Heathrow T5 the other day. I only needed a 10 minute charge but annoyingly had to pay a £2.50 parking charge to RingGo. It was either that or arrive at Reading West with -3%

 

[asl3312]

Least fav: Michaelwood because it claims to be in the services but it feels like a mile away! And I only got ~35kW there; the grid connection must be pretty overprovisioned. I'll also give special mentions to Belfast Tesla garage and Tebay southbound because I had to queue for aaaggggeeeeessssssss!

Most fav: Flint mountain was good; stayed the night for under £40 as well to avoid a 5AM wakeup to get to Holyhead!

I missed the turning for the Michaelwood chargers in the dark and drove right to the end of the services.. had to drive back down the wrong way as I needed to charge there. On the plus point by the time you've hiked to the services and back the car is fully charged

 

[btc1k]

I charged at Hilton Heathrow T5 the other day. I only needed a 10 minute charge but annoyingly had to pay a £2.50 parking charge to RingGo. It was either that or arrive at Reading West with -3%

Ah has this changed recently? I recall a few months back it was 30 mins free

 

[robbieduncan]

Stopped at Rugby twice at the weekend. What an amazing services. Loads of chargers (although late Sunday afternoon 25/28 superchargers in use and all 10 of the working non-superchargers in use). Lovely services building. Even a soft play frame for the kids. Great.

 

[spdpsba]

Lovely services building. Even a soft play frame for the kids. Great.

The walk to the services and back takes a long time and mostly the car is charged by the time you return. Also if it rains it is a pain going all the way to use the services! Other than that it is really good.

What I noticed in Europe is they sort of separate the Tesla SC and non Tesla ones mostly in all these service areas and that keeps waiting area clear of all the cars queuing up. In Rugby that was one of the issue in the past when it was busy as all the cars queue up and create a chaos there!

 

[garycat]

Ah has this changed recently? I recall a few months back it was 30 mins free

I didn't see any exemption, but then it was during Storm Ciaran so I wasn't going to hang around reading all the Ts & Cs

 

[Jason71]

I didn't see any exemption, but then it was during Storm Ciaran so I wasn't going to hang around reading all the Ts & Cs

if you go into reception they will validate your ticket.

 

[Danno_]

15 mins free at Hilton Heathrow T5 this evening, thereafter £6.20 for an hour minimum via Ring-Go app. The miserable staff were tolerable before but now this is one to avoid.

 

[futurecat]

Trentham on the M1.. Stone Rd, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 8NF
Surrounded by a Lake, Garden Centre, loads of shops (Trentham shopping village). A nice place to hang out for 30 mins whilst your car gets topped up.

XR73+58 Stoke-on-Trent


Worst one... Brent Cross... They only have 2 superchargers.. and they are always busy unless you go at silly o'clock

 

[Wattsisname]

Any Superchargers at Tesla Service Centres. Coffee and even biscuits sometimes. Good loos. Dogs welcome.
Nice guys and gals.
Cardiff and Crawley both excellent.

 

[Wattsisname]

15 mins free at Hilton Heathrow T5 this evening, thereafter £6.20 for an hour minimum via Ring-Go app. The miserable staff were tolerable before but now this is one to avoid.

Ditto.