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# I think I’ll Stick With Petrol
- URL: https://goodoil.news/i-think-ill-stick-with-petrol/
- Published: 2019-12-10T01:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-12-09T09:58:23.000Z
- Author: WH
- Tags: Technology, World Climate change, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

The *Daily Mail* reports: (Emphasis added)

> Dozens of Tesla drivers in California were forced to wait in an extensive line after what should’ve been a quick stop at a Supercharger station **turned into an hours-long ordeal**.  
>  
> Shanon Stellini was travelling through Kettleman City on November 30 when she stumbled across a **backlog of around 50 of the electric cars waiting to recharge** in a half-mile line outside of at a station near Interstate 5.  
>  
> ‘Bet they wish they had gas’, quipped Stellini’s partner in a video she captured of the chaos – but for the drivers stranded in the stagnant line the issue was certainly no laughing matter.  
>  
> The Kettleman City Supercharger station – located halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco – is already immensely popular, but **even with 40 charging stalls** on-site the facility was still overrun by the overwhelming demand that one of the year’s busiest travel times brings.  
>  
> To make matters worse, **simultaneous re-charging slows down the speed of charging for everyone** – encumbering a process that can already **take up to as long as 75 minutes**.  
>  
> It’s unclear how long the Tesla drivers were forced to wait, however, **one disgruntled commuter tweeted that he’d been waiting in the line for 40 minutes but only appeared to be ‘half way there’.**   
>  
> With Tesla’s Model 3 now being produced in mass, there are currently thought to be more than 400,000 Teslas on the roads of America.  
>  
> But the surge in popularity has exposed a series of flaws in the Supercharger network’s operations this holiday season, which is sure to give the Elon Musk-owned company food for thought as the fallout seen in Kettleman City was **not an isolated incident**.  
>  
> A day earlier, a video titled ‘Tesla Energy Crisis’ revealed **a sizable line of 15 Teslas waiting for their turn at a Supercharger station** in San Luis Obispo around 4.45pm on Thanksgiving day  
>  
> Teslas could be seen wrapping around the outer edge of the Madonna Inn as families waited inside the running cars for a chance to refuel.  
>  
> For a Model S Tesla at a Supercharger station, it will take about 20 minutes to charge 50 percent and 40 minutes to charge 80 percent.  
>  
> Tesla’s website says that drivers will have enough to finish their trip on 80 percent, but owners can reach 100 percent fueled in 75 minutes. \[…\]

Full video of queue [here](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7755753/Chaos-California-Tesla-drivers-stranded-hours-half-mile-long-line-charge.html?ref=goodoil.news#v-2897863544232524030)