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Fastned Helen Street Glasgow G51 3HF - Junction 24 Retail Park 8 x 300kW CCS 3 x 50kW Chademo Opened about two weeks ago....

Two from MFG opened last week

Excellent job not blocking the other post.

PoGo are the Ultra-rapid charging arm of SWARCO/eVolt. Hence why they work with Electroverse as all of SWARCO managed charger do now.

Its hard to keep up with all the hubs opening, so here is another stolen post from Speak EV... SSE, Pompey Cen, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 8SH. 5x 150 kW CCS, 1x Chademo Osprey, Chineham Shopping Pk, Basingstoke, RG24 8BE. 8x 300 kW CCS/Chademo MFG, Morrisons Colindale, London, NW9 0AS. 16x 50 kW CCS. Sainsburys, Bitterscote Drive, Tamworth, W Mids, B78 3HD. 9x 150 kW CCS, 1x Chademo MFG, Lincoln Rd, Newark, Notts, NG24 2NY. 7x 150 kW CCS/Chademo . Near A1M junction. Ionity, Warmsworth, Doncaster, DN4 9UX. 6x 350 kW CCS. PoGo Charge, Northgate Retail Cen, Heckmondwike, Yorks, WF16 9RL. 10x 100 kW CC

And another Gridserve HPC hub...

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Has your charger firmware been updated recently? My Wallbox charger does similar when on a delayed charge, sometimes the car gets a charge error instead of being told to wait by the charger. I've concluded its to do with the the way the 'random wait' mandated by the government is implemented on my charger, sometimes giving an error. Like you replugging solves it or I have found pausing the charger via the Wallbox app then starting again also fixes it.

Osprey expansion in Glasgow

Gridserve upgrade to Stafford services northbound has gone live. There are now 15 plugs and up to 350kW charging.

I forgot about the Gridserve forecourt. They make such a hoo-haa about building them, when they finally arrive I've mentally filtered out the news.....

Shamelessly stolen from SpeakEV forum, these have opened in the past two weeks... Instavolt, Frankies Farm Shop, Staplehurst, Kent, TN12 0JT. 8x 160 kW CCS/Chademo. Instavolt, Cobbs Farm Shop, Hungerford, Berkshire RG18 0SP. 6x 160 kW CCS/Chademo. Shell Recharge, Arno's Vale, Bristol BS4 3EX. 8x 300 kW CCS, 4x Chademo BP Pulse, Hounslow, W.London, TW5 9BA. 6x 150 kW CCS, 3x Chademo BP Pulse, Crown Walk, Milton Keynes, MK9 3AE. 7x 50 kW CCS, 1x Chademo EVC, Great Park, Rubery, Birmingham B45 9FP. 6x 300 kW CCS PoGo Charge, Farmhouse Way, Solihull, B90 4EH. 10x 200 kW CCS Gridserve, Phoenix Park Spar, Nottingham, NG16 1AE. 6x 360 kW CCS Shell Recharge, Waitrose Lincoln, LN2 4DS. 5x 120 kW CCS BP Pulse, M&S Pudsey, Bradford, LS28 6AR. 2x 150 kW, 5x 50 kW CCS. 6x Chademo PoGo Charge, Pavilion Shopping Cen, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9FF. 16x 200 kW CCS Ionity, Shawfair, Edinburgh, EH22 1FD. 6x 350 kW CCS

With Italian bikes, unreliable speedos was the least of your worries 😆

My speedo is pretty accurate, reading 20mph at gps speed 19mph - this is the important one for Wales. Its a digital display, so easy to keep in the limits. The numpty in the video should have made use of the speedo in his cars, then he wouldn't be banned. I don't understand people being so stupid as to get banned under the totting up procedure, you've had at least 2 and most likely three 'warning' speeding fines before being banned.

At least he acknowledges its not 'just an EV' thing. As he points out, list prices and actual sale prices of new cars has gone up massively over the last few years. EVs have turned up in volume during that time, so historically appear expensive to buy new. Unfortunately for all car buyers, the second hand car buyers -especially second owners - are not prepared or able to buy at the kind of price a 50-60% residual represents. Manufacturers could help by setting list prices as the same as what they are actually willing to sell for. The Astra EV is a prime example, where they can be bought for £8K off list. His program is focussed on the same effects to the supercar market and how huge the depreciation can be, but I see this as an any new car problem. An entry level Ford Focus is £27k now, far cry from when a factory worker could save up over a few years and buy a Ford Escort on 'ordinary wages'.

Love the colour!

Sainsburys have opened a new hub in Biggleswade. Bew to the charging market this year, they now have approximately 60 ultra rapid hubs in the UK.

I take it the adjacent AC post was not suitable? I'm guessing 7kW rather than 11kw? Was the Buzz waiting for a charger or was that just for 'cool points'? 😎

'now based in Australia'.... so knows very little about whats happening on the ground in the UK and evidently gets his news from the Daily Heil. Really balanced piece.... These VED changes will make ICE vehicles more expensive for most but I suspect the effect will be most stark on leasing prices where VED is paid as part of the monthly. For those buying (whatever form it takes), VED is an often overlooked part of the cost of ownership, so likely will not be a factor in the buying decision.

Another 6x150 Osprey hub opened today. 3 new Tesla sites opened last week, one of those open to all. A new Be.EV hub opening 7th November in Sheffield. (half price charging if you are around there for the opening day)

When I first drove a car I knew how to fill it up as I'd seen it done countless times. I'd even worked as a forecourt attendant as a summer / saturday job and had filled many cars. Its 'general knowledge' via familiarity. When I got my EV, I knew in theory how to charge but still did a trial charge to familiarise myself with the process as it was not 'general knowledge' - so I know real world how to charge before it was really needed. In future charging will be 'general knowledge' as more and more are exposed to it. I think these guys knew in theory how to charge but had not become familiar with it until crunch time. Just common sense to familiarise yourself with a new process.

Have you had the brakes cleaned / lubed or just done the TEMPORARY hard braking fix?

Well I feel they should have at least familiarised themselves with DC charging before setting off, but that seems par for Chinese designed cars. MG and now BYD have trouble with some chargers due to implementing the CCS specs a little loosely from all accounts. MG needed a few software updates to the MG4 to finally iron out the CCS gremlins with their cars. Tesla chargers are fine as long as you go to one that is open to all, just telling the sat nav to take you to a Tesla charger is no good if it is a Tesla only site - the video didn't say where they were or what the issue was. I still plan long drives, not trusting to just being able to turn up and charge. Mainly this is to minimise costs and is also something I did in my ICE cars.

Another hub opened on the 'edge of the world' in Wales. Eon Drive open a 10x300kW plug hub. (might be 150kW per plug if both plugs on the charger are in use) https://www.eon-uk.news/news/eon-drive-launches-first-ultra-fast-ev-charging-hub-in-wales