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Birch services westbound has just switched on some Gridserve chargers, I wonder if there is now enough power for Tesla now?

I wouldn’t park my car like a dipstick causing inconvenience to others who were already there just to save a few pence.

I stopped at Banbury on Bank Holiday Monday. It was surprisingly empty for 1:30pm with just me charging. I went for a brew and came back to find a Kia parked at an odd angle preventing one of my passengers from getting back In. It must be a cost thing as Banbury isn’t short of non-Tesla...

I’d probably classify this one as “In the bag (just needs switch-on?)” A month or two ago it just needed power and some white lines. I was there yesterday and the lines are now painted and looks pretty complete. I hope the folk setting up the nearby Co-op Arena aren’t involved with plugging it in.

Looks like it’s in Manchester City centre on the 20th May. I was planning on heading into town for a birthday lunch anyway so I think I’ll pop along to see it. My M3P lease runs out in September, but I can’t see it being available by then but to be honest, it’s probably too big for me.

There used to be a coming soon pin for Rownhams North Services. This was one of the sites due to get a power upgrade as part of the green recovery scheme but was struggling with planning for the power upgrade. I went past the other day and there were now half a dozen Gridserve chargers powered...

I’ve tried to educate somebody about sharing on a V2 before at Newport Pagnell, but they were quite happy on about 60 kW. I gave up as the empty row soon filled up. I’m heading down the M40 to Wembley next Sunday and am planning on a quick pit stop and top up at Hopwood Park to 80%, the first...

Just had an email from Fisker about heavily reduced inventory vehicles with up to £15k off and in the small print it said: Due to the current economic situation of the manufacturer Fisker Group Inc. and the Fisker sales companies in Europe, there is a risk of limited support and limited...

I’ve had the messages for about a week. They started when I was on holiday so I switched notifications off in the app.

Larkhall are 16 x V4 and are in the car park of the Radstone Hotel. I had decent lunch there a week ago and posted a picture of the progress. At the moment the car park doesn’t look like it’s got any vultures with cameras monitoring it, which is always helpful.

Called in earlier and the 14 V3 look pretty complete along with some Applegreen ones but are all fenced off with no activity. I suspect they are waiting for power.

I know somebody whose family has an EV6. Excellent fast charging as long as you can find a 350KwH charger rated at 800v. They have some kind of manufacturer card and get a discount with Ionity, so tend to stick to them where they can when travelling and use OVO Anytime at home as their charger...

Over on another forum, it looks like there are a bunch of V4 Superchargers live at the Asda Express in Uttoxeter. However, they are branded EVPOINT as part of EG Groups plans to put Superchargers in Asda locations.

On the way to Scotland, I called for lunch at the Radstone Hotel near Larkhall just off the M74. Looks quite complete compared to my last visit in November. The 16 V4 chargers were uncovered and there were some people working on the distribution boxes. The white lines need painting, but that...

When it first came in there weren’t too many companies in the lists so you didn’t notice them too much, it’s the slower speeds that were more noticeable at first. Tesla keep adding further companies and those companies are expanding their offerings so there is a lot more to choose from now...

I’ve worked in the utilities industry for almost 30 years, including supporting offices and IT systems for an old DNO for that very same region. The DNOs (and some other utilities such as water), submit plans for the next five years. These get approved by the regulators. It’s not that easy for...

I was at Tesla Manchester Central the other day which looked more advanced than the Preston one. I think there are at least 4 Tesla locations in this DNO’s area that need connecting and should all be at an advanced stage by now. When I got my home charger fitted, I was less than impressed with...

There are quite a lot of deals to be had with Ionity chargers so a lot of people in the know use third party charging cards and apps or manufacturer schemes which make Ionity a lot cheaper to use than the headline price so Ionity can be quite popular amongst some non-Tesla’s drivers. I’m hoping...

The latest iOS version is now 4.29.5, it looks like it was released yesterday. I usually have to manually update the Tesla App, whereas most others update when it’s being charged. I initially had a short test drive on launch day, but went for a longer drive on Friday. I wanted to see what the...

Keele north is back up again.

Does anybody know what’s going on with Keele? Southbound went off a few weeks ago and now northbound is showing as closed.

I had a test drive from the new Tesla location next to the council house yesterday, and I too found the 30 minute drive insufficient. I wanted to get it on to the motorway to see if the cabin noise was less. I’m going to see if I can arrange a longer test drive on Friday. I’m also coming from a...

The new Manchester Central Service Centre is due to start opening its doors next week as I’ve a test drive in a Highland booked in. I did ask if the Superchargers would be available when I’m there, but I wasn’t given confirmation if all the services would be available when it opens.

What’s quite popular on other car forms in the UK is something called gummi pflege. I used it quite successfully on an Alfa Romeo with frameless doors.

Payment for charging can vary. Most places that I’ve used charge a one off fee which is taken out after you’ve parked. You pay for parking straight away and the charge fee once you’ve charged. It comes out pretty quickly after the parking session expires. I have used one at Bow where they...

I regularly travel long distances in a day for football matches and have been to Nottingham a few times as well. As mine is an older M3P without a heat pump so the range isn’t great, I tend to use Justpark and book a charger on a driveway whilst at the game and often pre-book lunch. In...

Voting for the Supercharger location is open for 2024 and you can vote for Peterborough which seems a wasted vote as it’s been added as a bonus as previously mentioned.

If my experience of Greater Manchester’s DNO is anything to go by, Birch & White City could be going for Fleet’s record. I was at the Radstone Hotel just of the M74 near Larkhall in November and it looked at an advanced stage then. It’s due Q1 in 2024 so could sneak in unnoticed as the first of...

It’s been posted elsewhere that it’s getting more Superchargers although it’s not clear yet if the old ones are being replaced as well. Hopwood Upgrade

These are 5 Applegreen charging posts with 10 bays. The cabinets and a further 3 charging posts with another 6 bays are located towards the back so 16 EV charging spaces are being built. They looked pretty close to being completed and I saw somebody working on the cabinets early on Saturday...

I had this quite a lot last week and as the car was particularly dirty I took it for a clean last weekend as I’ve got a long journey on Saturday and the messages disappeared.

My 2020 M3P is downloading 2023.44.30.4. Teslafi is showing quite a few cars having it pushed to at the moment. Mine isn’t usually an early adopter, but new updates usually arrive at the start of big releases.

It will be interesting to see what happens with Luton. Instavolt have just opened 6 nearby as well on the same day. Unless you have a deal with a third party charging provider, the Tesla chargers are going to be cheaper than Instavolt for most non-Tesla’s.

Luton is now showing as open in the app with 12 chargers, not open to all yet. On another forum, they are reporting half a dozen Instavolt chargers have just opened close by as well.

I had another look this morning before I left and there were 4 cabinets and although I couldn't see everything due to a parked van, there looked to be 16 sets of wires poking out of the ground.

No, but it looks big enough to have 16. I remember seeing the Trafford Centre ones being built and that’s a similar number.

I’m staying at the Radstone Hotel south of Hamilton tonight where the Supercharger site looks to be coming along. A lot of the ground work looks to have been finished. I did ask if they had a likely start date and was told they were hoping for the end of the month. It looks quite a big site as...

My last car was an Alfa Giulia. The battery management system was shocking. Clearly a manufacturing defect going off the number of complaints on the Alfa forums. I had the Giulia and the Tesla for a few months together and I used to have to plug the Giulia’s battery in more frequently than the...

I saw 2 young ladies failing to charge a brand new MG4 at the V3 Superchargers at Tebay in the summer, which didn’t work but that was because Tebay hadn’t been opened up yet. I did try and explain it but all they said was “I’ve got the app and it says charge your non-Tesla”. My father is...

I’m not due for a change for just over 11 months, so I’ll have a test drive next year. Hopefully some of those finance rates will have come down by then. I’m not in a hurry and we now have a scheme through work to look at as well.

Over on another forum, there was mention of issues with the Applegreen chargers there so it may be a site issue rather than a Tesla issue.

Tesla have always said that when they have enough competition, they will open them all up. There are quite a lot of high speed chargers about now, but the motorway network is still patchy, mostly due to not having enough power at the services. A load of cash has been allocated to sort out it out...

Another forum is reporting possible groundwork by one of the companies Tesla use for Superchargers at the Holiday Inn Preston South at Bamber Bridge PR5 8AA. Tesla have a Preston marker for a possible future Supercharger site.

Westmoreland, who own Tebay, Gloucester and Cairn Lodge are doing their own brand chargers. Gloucester, which is essentially a farm shop and eatery next to the M5, is due to get 12 chargers on each side, but won’t be Tesla.

Something has changed, 5 years ago Welcome Break were bought out by Applegreen, who do EV charging in other countries. Most of the recent installations in the last few years utilising any spare grid capacity at Welcome Break services are for their own brand Applegreen chargers e.g., South Mimms...

My lease runs out in a year so I’ve been browsing for a replacement. I was originally quite disappointed with Polestars, but they are transitioning to a refreshed model and as I’m looking for decent range, the improved engines and range bring the long range single engine Polestar into the...

It was introduced into EU law in 2019 under something called “General Safety Regulation 2019/2144” and was one of several safety measures announced. From July 2022 in the EU, new models will have to have ISA “Intelligent Speed Assistance” and existing models in showrooms will have to have it by...

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...

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

Fastned do this for certain makes of cars, including Teslas for CCS charging. Once it’s setup, you just plug your car in and it links back to your account. They brand it Autocharge.