Tesla’s UK charging network opens to all electric cars

[mutanthands]

They could make a fortune given the non Tesla EV take up in the UK.

They will make a fortune.

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[mutanthands]

Did you have any issues with getting their short charge cable to reach the socket on the Taycan?

 

[smoothound]

Did you have any issues with getting their short charge cable to reach the socket on the Taycan?

..............good question. Beat me to it.

 

[gusone]

Did you have any issues with getting their short charge cable to reach the socket on the Taycan?

I did what I do with Porsche chargers. Use the charger in the next bay. If it was full then it would be a wonky diagonal park as close as possible. Should reach then. You are right. It is even shorter than Shell cables.

 

[Pozuelo]

The reason high-amperage charging cables are normally short, is they need less or no cooling as the resistance is lower. This however limits the flexibility, when a car maker decides to put the charging port anywhere that is not in one of the corners of the vehicle. Ionity, among a few others, is an exception due to to expensive and sophisticated liquid cooling.

 

[gusone]

I reckon it's a 2m cable and the car is 2m wide. You will definitely need to invade the right bay at an angle if you can't use the charger in the left bay.

 

[simonc]

Boo! No one wanted to park next me.

The older (non-250kW) Superchargers are set up so that each pair of chargers (i.e. 1A-1B, 2A-2B etc.) share a supply and if someone plugs in next to you (Tesla or not) the charge rate will reduce by about half - so generally you will always want to leave a gap where possible at Tesla chargers (or at least if someone is in 1B then use 2A rather than 1A - subject to cable accessibility etc). The newer v3 chargers (250kW) don't have this limitation.

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