UK-- Tesla owners blast Christmas car charging chaos with dozens of electric vehicles forced to wait in THREE HOUR queues at charge stations

MAILONLINE ^ | 28 December 2022 | JONATHAN ROSE

[dennisw]

Members of a Facebook group called 'Tesla Owners Club UK' expressed their frustration at the queues.

One said: 'Someone taking the mick at Tebay? Beien here over an hour. Still 15 in front of me in the queue for a charger. Easily another 2 hours to wait - minimum.'

A second added: 'We need more superchargers. I love Tesla, but this country is not up to standards if they want total electricity!'

A third said: 'New Tesla owner and I’m super disappointed with the charging lark. Nobody told me that a winter charge would barely achieve half the performance.

'Tesla are charging too much to use their chargers. Finding podpoint at 40p avg best value for money.'

Another wrote on Twitter: 'Really upsetting to have whole family wait for two hours to charge car.'

Elsewhere, the supercharger at Telford services was impacted, with one person saying: 'Absolute carnage at Telford supercharger today. 4 teslas parked waiting to charge.

Around 24 owners were waiting to charge in a Waitrose car park in South Mims The Tebay Southbound supercharger in Cumbria also saw a high volume of cars

Tesla owners have blasted car charging chaos across the UK during the Christmas holiday with dozens of electric vehicles forced to wait in three hour queues.

Cars were logjammed up and down the country, with snaking queues spotted in Hertfordshire, Cumbria, Westmorland and Telford.

The huge queues came as rail strikes forced millions into having to take to the roads to get home for the festive period. A further 12 million cars were also expected to be on the UK's road network today amid the ongoing industrial action.

The Tebay Southbound supercharger in Cumbria, by the M6 Junction, was also seeing a high volume of vehicles attempting to charge yesterday.

[rxh4n1]

I recall seeing a family standing beside their Tesla in the middle of the night up in Truckee while it charged so they could drive home. So convenient.

You wait, the Fedgov is going to spend $5 billion to build more charging stations. Of course, for equity purposes many will be in “underserved communities”. Imagine having to lurk around a charging station in Newark for three hours.

[Reno89519]

Ah, will our more financially challenged citizens get Biden Cars much like they previously got Obama Phones? And can illegals be excluded even though they are already apparently getting phones?

[rxh4n1]

Ah, will our more financially challenged citizens get Biden Cars much like they previously got Obama Phones? And can illegals be excluded even though they are already apparently getting phones?

Hmmm, I hadn’t thought that far. At least massive subsidies to buy. The streets in so-called poor neighborhoods are filled with cars. It is difficult to find a parking spot. These people will need to use the public stations like most others. I foresee fights over line jumping or someone taking too long to charge. Someone is going to get killed because of this idiocy.