Sir, – Your correspondent (Letters, July 1st) asks where are the Tesla drivers.
When comparing the chargers at Birdhill the “non” Tesla free chargers are only a modest speed of 50kW while the v2 Tesla Superchargers at that site can deliver approx 130kW which on some Tesla models allow charging at over 1,200km/h.
So Tesla drivers don’t need to hang around because the infrastructure they funded through the purchase of their car is so fast. They get the top-up they need quickly to get them on their way home to likely cheaper night-rate electricity.
If other brands want better, faster infrastructure they too have the option to fund it.
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Also, if you are getting electricity for free you might lower your expectations in terms of reliability and availability like the bad old days of all-day charger hogging. You get what you pay for.
– Yours, etc,
GAVIN TOBIN,
Celbridge, Co Kildare.