johnb80
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I have always thought it was a great idea to open up the Tesla network to everyone, why not? I'll tell you why........
I'm currently working on a contract for the next few months, it involves driving a survey equipped vehicle around 8 major cities in the UK. The vehicle is a Tesla Model Y and of course I have to charge it. The charging works absolutely fine with no complaints until yesterday in Romford. There are about 10 superchargers but this location they are open to all. 4 non tesla cars were charging which occupied all 10 charging bays. The supercharger leads are short (around 2 metres) and if your charging port isn't on the nearside rear or offside front the only way you can use the supercharger is by block the next bay thus preventing a Tesla charging. The vehicles concerned yesterday were not charging at 250 kW either so they tied the whole system up for a considerable time.
The only solution I can see is either longer leads or close the network down to Tesla only.
Operating the Tesla for the last few weeks has been an eyeopener and is a completely different experience to all other EV's I have driven / owned. The superchargers are normally plentiful and very, very quick, 20 minutes giving a useful boost to the range and at less than 50p/kWh is very competitive compared to the rest of the market. I'm pretty sure my next car will be a Tesla of one flavour or another.
I'm currently working on a contract for the next few months, it involves driving a survey equipped vehicle around 8 major cities in the UK. The vehicle is a Tesla Model Y and of course I have to charge it. The charging works absolutely fine with no complaints until yesterday in Romford. There are about 10 superchargers but this location they are open to all. 4 non tesla cars were charging which occupied all 10 charging bays. The supercharger leads are short (around 2 metres) and if your charging port isn't on the nearside rear or offside front the only way you can use the supercharger is by block the next bay thus preventing a Tesla charging. The vehicles concerned yesterday were not charging at 250 kW either so they tied the whole system up for a considerable time.
The only solution I can see is either longer leads or close the network down to Tesla only.
Operating the Tesla for the last few weeks has been an eyeopener and is a completely different experience to all other EV's I have driven / owned. The superchargers are normally plentiful and very, very quick, 20 minutes giving a useful boost to the range and at less than 50p/kWh is very competitive compared to the rest of the market. I'm pretty sure my next car will be a Tesla of one flavour or another.
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