Yes TESLA come top of the list for their supercharger network, very exclusive though only TESLAs can use them.
Meanwhile TESLAs can happily plug into the rest of the charging infrastructure as well. Case in point big battery TESLA Model S hogging number 1 Northumberland chargepoint today. The little green indicator on the charger was less than half-way, so with a long wait in prospect headed for charger 2 some 4 miles away.
Bit black fat cat ie a Jaguar I-pace was plugged in. Green indicator was at 85% even then 5% above a considerate public charger charging session so prospect of a lesser wait so did just that. Looked at the charger info the Jag had only been on 10 minutes so when he started he must have been at 80% anyway. By the time the owners returned the Big Black Jag was up to 99% charge.
Now they have as much right to use the charger as me but hogging a public charger to take the car from 80% to 100% is just bad manners. Highly unlikely that the Jag's existing battery reserves when they arrived could not have got them to their destination. Long distance travel being pretty much a no no right now.
They are single user chargers, you cant charge 2 cars at once. While we were in the middle of waiting an optimistic, new red leaf arrived but would have been back of the queue, so they departed.
I usually like a chat with ev charging buddies, but the returning Jag hogger returned without as much as a glance across, sorry to keep you waiting etc, touch of ignorance or arrogance, so I didn't feel inclined to exchange pleasantries.
While we were charging up along came an equally large Landrover Hybrid thing. I told the driver as he was hovering by the charger, that two cars would not be able to charge at the same time even though 3 cables sprout from the charger, of which he was blissfully unaware, but that we only charge up 80% so wouldn't be long seeing as we were up to 61%. He was pleasant enough, as was yours truly.
- 100% Black Jag
Regards Neil
