Tesla Roll-Out

[Ares]

Bit of a road trip over the weekend, saw us call into an above average number of service stations.

Notable additions to most were a bank of Tesla superchargers being constructed:

[Sixpackpert]

And our wheel stops! <nerd>

[Shiv_P]

What about normal electric cars?
I doubt in the future everyone will buy a tesla...

[lost in espace]

Shiv_P said:

What about normal electric cars?
I doubt in the future everyone will buy a tesla...

Best get buying now then. Ecotricity and Polar rapids for us mortals, only govt intervention will sort this out. Hasn't the govt said they will insist on chargers at every petrol station?

OP where was it?

[Superhoop]

Probably not, but Tesla are clearly thinking about their customers and making sure their supercharging network can cope with capacity, other manufacturers should be doing the same..

[Ed.]

Shiv_P said:

What about normal electric cars?
I doubt in the future everyone will buy a tesla...

Mr Musk has said he plans to share the network in the past, presumably at a cost.

Edited by Ed. on Monday 18th September 11:50

[98elise]

Tesla are doubling the number of chargers in the next year or so.

[KarlMac]

Maybe Tesla are a bit savvy and realise that in 15 years time it'll be the electricity supply where the money is? If they've already got a supercharger network in place it makes sense from a capital investment point of view for manufacturers not to get involved (same as with current petrol/diesel)

[Cold]

Looks like an inspiring place to park for 45 minutes.

[Ares]

Shiv_P said:

What about normal electric cars?
I doubt in the future everyone will buy a tesla...

'Normal' electric charging points on the there side of the cars park (a lot further away from the Starbucks....)

But shows the investment in infrastructure that Tesla are commuting to compared to others!

[Ares]

lost in espace said:

Shiv_P said:

What about normal electric cars?
I doubt in the future everyone will buy a tesla...

Best get buying now then. Ecotricity and Polar rapids for us mortals, only govt intervention will sort this out. Hasn't the govt said they will insist on chargers at every petrol station?

OP where was it?

That one was Hartshead Moor on M62.

[Ares]

Cold said:

Looks like an inspiring place to park for 45 minutes.

As inspring as all service stations.

There was a brand new Starbucks 3 feet to my right though. Ironically, the time taken to park up, get family out of the car, order, eat/drink and go to the toilet was more than the 20mins a Tesla would need to supercharge to 50% charge.

[modeller]

Ares said:

As inspring as all service stations.

There was a brand new Starbucks 3 feet to my right though. Ironically, the time taken to park up, get family out of the car, order, eat/drink and go to the toilet was more than the 20mins a Tesla would need to supercharge to 50% charge.

Awesome! My i3 64Ah will do 6% to 50% in ~12mins .. ok, slight smaller pack and assuming it's not blocked :^)

[ILoveMondeo]

I stopped somewhere on the M6 a few weeks ago, there was a good 10 maybe more Tesla bays. All full, and not one of the cars was a Tesla.

Must be wonderful to spunk 100k on a shiny new Tesla and not be able to access a charger as some tool is parked up in the Tesla bay because it's a bit closer to the McDonalds.

I'd love a Tesla, and have been thinking about the practicalities of stopping on longer trips to charge

The prospect of an argument with some balloon head who wont shift his car so I can get on a fast charger doesn't encourage me!

[lost in espace]

My mate with a new X is panicing as he is going to Looe in a couple of weeks. No way of charging from a 3 pin socket was obvious, I suggested getting a type 1 to 2 converter and using my granny lead. Turns out when he called the Tesla salesman they had forgotten to put the UMC in the car which should allow him to charge. Not many superchargers in Cornwall. Rapid adaptor is 450 quid! Car just came with a type 2 cable.

[essayer]

Is there a way to plug another EV to those points? Some sort of Type-2 Tesla emulator box?

[Buzz84]

There are a load more being installed at the M40 Oxford services.

I'm not a regular visitor, but I normally stop there on the way to and from visiting family every few months, but I have never seen more than two parked up in the existing bays. presumably they are preparing for the model 3.

[gtidriver]

ILoveMondeo said:

I stopped somewhere on the M6 a few weeks ago, there was a good 10 maybe more Tesla bays. All full, and not one of the cars was a Tesla.

Must be wonderful to spunk 100k on a shiny new Tesla and not be able to access a charger as some tool is parked up in the Tesla bay because it's a bit closer to the McDonalds.

I'd love a Tesla, and have been thinking about the practicalities of stopping on longer trips to charge

The prospect of an argument with some balloon head who wont shift his car so I can get on a fast charger doesn't encourage me!

This is the reason im holding out on Buying an electric car, the selfish fking wkers that park in those charge points should all be fined, it wouldnt be difficult to apply an anpr camera on each charge bay, non electric car parks up £100 fine or have the charge bay area barrier controlled.

[lost in espace]

essayer said:

Is there a way to plug another EV to those points? Some sort of Type-2 Tesla emulator box?

Nope, the car verifies itself to the charge post/Tesla HQ.

[Heres Johnny]

lost in espace said:

essayer said:

Is there a way to plug another EV to those points? Some sort of Type-2 Tesla emulator box?

Nope, the car verifies itself to the charge post/Tesla HQ.

It also charges by supplying DC whereas that shaped socket on every other car is AC only.