Love it. Its nice to see a standalone EV station rather than one nailed to the side of a regular station.

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Yes it’s cool, and nice to see they didn’t add petrol too! Ev only!

If only we had a motorway in Norfolk!

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Haha true!

Another great video, one minor correction - for 400V cars (such as Tesla) the V3 Superchargers, as installed at that site, are actually faster. The headline "KW Rating" of the Gridserve units is only achievable for 800V architecture cars. The current (amp) limit for these Gridserve units is 500 amps, which gives a real world max for 400V cars at about 190 KW.

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Marcus 👍 so would the Tesla Model 3 charge slower on these?

@robturner724

Жыл бұрын

@@MBrown yeah. I think Tesla are 400v it's only ioniq 5 and the ev6 that are 800v as far as I know.

I think these type of places will be the replacement for garages

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, yes I hope so! Love it

I just completed a 6,000 mile US road trip in my 2021 Model 3 SR+ Over 13 days of driving (July 10 through July 31, 2022, with time in Kentucky) from Sacramento CA to Louisville KY and back (with numerous side trips), I drove nearly half what I drive in a year. The final analysis: Wow. This is definitely a road warrior vehicle, despite so-called “conventional wisdom.” I am still plugging in metrics and numbers, but I estimate about 60 charging stops. In all those stops, I only had ONE 5 minute wait, at Glenwood Springs, CO. One. 5 minutes. I’ve waited longer in a grocery store line. I drove through and charged in major cities (LA, Amarillo, OK City, Little Rock, Memphis, Nashville, St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Salt Lake City) and countless small towns and wide spots in the road. Typically, I was either the only one there or one of two Teslas. My typical stop was 20-25 minutes. Enough time to have a short walk about, use the bathroom, grab a bottle of water, and then get back on the road (the breaks, and auto pilot, assured I’d be rested and relaxed after hours of travel). Weekdays, weekends, rush hour, nighttime, huge supercharger (50+) or small (4), interstate or blue highway… I drove and charged through them all. No cherry picking. ~60 superchargers. 6,000 miles. 13 days of driving. In July 2022. One wait. 5 minutes. I can’t speak for others. But a complete success in my book.

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ernest, wow sounds like a great roadtrip. And amazing you did all those miles and charging stops without any issues.

A great and professional video Mark. The quality only gets better each time. I think I’ll shot up the A11 just to check this place out after this!

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Chris! 👍

Look great! Thanks for sharing with us.

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Richard

Looks great, hopefully we will see them spreading across the UK very quickly.

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Yeah would be great to have a load more!

Looks great. We need more of these around the UK! I presume they use solar too for some of its energy generation?

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Hey Dave they had a lot of solar on the roofs but I’m not sure if it powers just the building?

Absolutely. Would love to see one of these facilities in my area right now and many more in the near future.

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I’m hoping they grow fast!

This is brilliant, let’s hope it’s the first of many round the UK

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Hey Tom, yes me too! They’re really nice.

@tommendoza1812

Жыл бұрын

@@MBrown any new Tesla videos coming? Road trips? I cancelled my model 3 at the weekend and ordered the new standard model y which got announced last week!

If Gridserve decide to go international , please come to Canada they’d revolutionize the place.

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Hey Victor, hopefully soon!

Best place to be if charging early in morning or late at night.

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was really impressed!

Sure Wisconsin could use one.

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully you'll get one soon! Love to the USA!

Fantastic! Gives a reason to go to Norwich & see that engine coffee table. & Was that an ice Vauxhall next to your 3 towards the end. They shouldn't be allowed here 😂😂

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Haha Haresh I know I should have let the tyres down 😂

@robturner724

Жыл бұрын

@@MBrown I heard they could be staff.

@OneGuyPolitics

29 күн бұрын

Don’t tell me you’ve never seen an EV parked at a petrol station so the owner could go in and grab a coffee or something

Looks great, is that now 2 sites they have? They're planning 100 if I remember rightly....98 to go!

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Hey yes this is the second one! Really hope they open loads more

Has to be the way forward. The sooner the better.

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Thanks George

I love these - think they’re handy and allows more people to charge as Superchargers are getting more crowded - but 350kW charges… you’re not going to be there that long, are you? I would arrive with

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Hey Alex yes they are super fast, they did have some slower ones around the side so I guess if you wanted to do some meetings you could use the 11kw ones or move the car into one of the spaces. But yeah i agree a lot of people will have a quick toilet break and be done!

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@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

🚗

I love the idea. I don't have the data but as car charging speeds trend towards only needing ten minutes would the facilities that cater to long stays ever get used? In which case, the current service station design has already been optimised for.

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Hey James yes my M3 takes around 30 mins from 20-90% so I tend to grab a fast coffee. I think its the kind of place where once I'm done charging I might move the car and then head back up to finish off the emails.

Looks great 👍 Anything better than nothing!! There’s a dearth of charging here in Spain Mark

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed they’ll open something similar soon!

It’s a very good idea, aimed at the professional market more than the family market, but there is a place for that with the meeting booths in a world where Teams calls are all the rage. Do you know if these will be franchised or if Gridserve are rolling them out directly?

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Hey Daniel yes I think Gridserve has plans to roll out around 100 of these across the U.K.

Looks like a we work office. Really smart. Be good to see more of these locations around the UK

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Yes it’s nice to have it as an option!

Ah Postwick!!

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

That's the one! Great place, have you been?

@nathan_woodgate

Жыл бұрын

@@MBrown not yet as I don’t own an electric car, although my new office is being built the other side of the road😉👮🏽‍♂️

Looks epic and great video. My only concern is that m&s seems massive with lots of fresh food. Does it have the large volumes at the moment at gridserve to actually sell all this fresh food? Can’t help but feel loads will go to waste! Not so eco friendly. This is the future though and can’t wait to visit one. TESLA FOR LIFE

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike, I didn’t film it but there are loads of offices and building going up around this so I think there will be a few thousand people working just over the road which will hopefully help

Do thet advertise the charge costs for each type of charger?

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Hey Peter yes they are all shown on the screens, I’m not sure they may also have an app too

Mark how can you recommend that tesla owners use the plebs cheaper priced chargers but the plebs are only allowed to use 15 tesla expensive sites, naughty boy🤣 This type of charging stations should be in every service station on the motorway network its the way forward. Keep up the good work and with the warm weather I can see a Cornwall trip video coming up 👍

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Haha! It’s a free for all now! Yes would love to see more of these on the journeys! 👍

Been here a couple of times now, I find the food overpriced but most was marked down to £1 as they weren’t sold, they were giving away some food a few nights ago I read on FB. I didn’t realise the Superchargers were more expensive until I left which seems daft as Tesla’s using the chargers that other car manufacturers need to use would only cause issues if the place was busy. They had one of the poshest WC’s I ever used, very posh wash hand basins..

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Hey yes it’s a nice little place! Handy you can get some decent food rather than just a Burger King which is at most! Oh I didn’t check out the toilets!

@miggy8011

Жыл бұрын

In New Zealand Tesla changers are often more expensive and slower than some chargers just down the road, so it pays to pick and choose if you want to save money.

You are looking a bit warm.

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

It was boiling! Haha

Better PCP 280-300£

@MBrown

5 ай бұрын

Cool, that sounds good

@Krasimir_Mitev8686

5 ай бұрын

@MBrown will be affordable I think 🤔

The future

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

It sure is!

Mark, a serious question. Would you buy your tesla again but at current price (£60k) or would you rather buy a different car. Please be honest.

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Hey I would certainly consider other brands. I love the Tesla but when I purchased it no other EV came close, now there are loads of choice so I would personally take a look at the Mercedes options (as I love the build quality of a Merc) but I would buy a Tesla again too

It's horrific that renewable energy costs so much

@MBrown

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I’ve never thought about it like that, but you’re right! It shouldn’t be going up like regular fuels

@johnnyforeigner11

Жыл бұрын

The large cost of building this facility has to be recouped and profits made to build more of these charging stations.