Zilla91
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Classic Tesla isn’t it? Half thought out decision that makes things worse
See also: wipers, Tesla vision.
See also: wipers, Tesla vision.
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Worse for customers you mean.Classic Tesla isn’t it? Half thought out decision that makes things worse
See also: wipers, Tesla vision.
When there's 32 bays or more it probably doesn't matterTesla's only rule on this is don't park across multiple bays. Either side is fine with them:
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This was Trafford yesterday, I arrived to it virtually full of just Teslas at 3:30pm but as I was leaving at 4:00pm we were descended on by dpd vans and a VW.Mayhem at Trafford centre 4 non Tesla taking up 8 bays!!!! It states on the website if you can’t use the chargers correctly then don’t use them. As far as I’m concerned if your charge port is on the wrong side then you can’t use them properly. Tesla should be on this as owners are getting super frustrated
Tesla have first mover advantage here. They built up before the other charging companies and had car sales to help subsidise the charger installation. By this point they have a really strong lead and I suspect that allows them to just do this cheaper than the other networks.If you are delivering 200kW the longer cables needed would also have to be a lot thicker to avoid getting hot and dropping the voltage too much. The existing cables are heavy enough to be awkward, longer thicker ones could be unmanageable and might need different plugs. I understood the latest high powered superchargers had liquid cooling of the cables to overcome the problem but someone may be able to confirm or deny this.
I had my first experience of a full charging station with one bay unusable because an ID3 was using its cable in the adjacent bay. Since a Tesla would have been charged £1/ minute idle fees for occupying a bay and not charging I figure the VW owner should be paying a surcharge of £1/ minute all the time they were charging.
I’m not surprised other cars are using Tesla chargers - they look to be much cheaper than any other fast chargers.
It's literally the same process as any other 3rd party appEven just using the app for other cars is probably easier than the faff of some other networks
There is a new 4 bay site called Heartlands, in Scotland. They are centrally positioned for use either side.
The future...
The cables are not long enough to bend round, at present. Would need the new ones, as in Heartlands, which are not heavy and more flexible.Nice simple solution.
Maybe repainting the lines (to centre the bay around the cable) of existing open sites would achieve similar effect? Might lose one bay (but better than 50% utilisation) and not be suitable for when superchargers are parallel with the bay thus shortening it, but it may suit some sites.
V3s have liquid cooled cables.I understood the latest high powered superchargers had liquid cooling of the cables to overcome the problem but someone may be able to confirm or deny this.
Well it's not. Tesla have a good and solid app, some other charge networks the app isn't too bad but others are pretty poor in quality.It's literally the same process as any other 3rd party app
Is there a list somewhere of the Superchargers that are open to non Tesla vehicles?