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So I have a confession to make.
As the P*2 will be my first EV, I decided perhaps I should acclimate myself with the EV life first and so hire a Leaf or Model3 to make sure it really would fit in to my life... however I could only get hold of a Model S (oh the pain!).
So I have been driving that for the past week and a bit. I won’t go in to any detail between the two until I step in to P*2.... however I was looking forward to making use of this great Tesla supercharger network for convenience. Except it wasn’t to be. On a return trip home northbound on the M1 from my office (2hrs / ~100 miles) the satnav conveniently added a stop at the Woodall Services Supercharger bay... except as I approached said stop I soon realised it had me heading back on myself to come off on the southbound exit, because there’s no supercharger on the northbound side... and then several miles south again to the next junction to head all the way back to where I started! Nuts. I know there were plenty of other chargers on the route that would have been far more convenient, but of course Tesla is not highlighting any of these! I couldn’t help thinking the irony of Google Maps being far more friendly in this case as it’s not precious about the charge provider. In the end I just risked it and continued on my way, arriving with 8% left (started out on a predicted 4%).
Now I appreciate this was unique to my route and specific circumstances, but it really was a huge disappointment and all those reviews hailing the supercharger network as the main reason to stick to Tesla evaporated for me. So thought I’d share that.
As the P*2 will be my first EV, I decided perhaps I should acclimate myself with the EV life first and so hire a Leaf or Model3 to make sure it really would fit in to my life... however I could only get hold of a Model S (oh the pain!).
So I have been driving that for the past week and a bit. I won’t go in to any detail between the two until I step in to P*2.... however I was looking forward to making use of this great Tesla supercharger network for convenience. Except it wasn’t to be. On a return trip home northbound on the M1 from my office (2hrs / ~100 miles) the satnav conveniently added a stop at the Woodall Services Supercharger bay... except as I approached said stop I soon realised it had me heading back on myself to come off on the southbound exit, because there’s no supercharger on the northbound side... and then several miles south again to the next junction to head all the way back to where I started! Nuts. I know there were plenty of other chargers on the route that would have been far more convenient, but of course Tesla is not highlighting any of these! I couldn’t help thinking the irony of Google Maps being far more friendly in this case as it’s not precious about the charge provider. In the end I just risked it and continued on my way, arriving with 8% left (started out on a predicted 4%).
Now I appreciate this was unique to my route and specific circumstances, but it really was a huge disappointment and all those reviews hailing the supercharger network as the main reason to stick to Tesla evaporated for me. So thought I’d share that.