The case of the vanishing Tesla Open to All Supercharger

[CuriousIslander]

Curious and curiouser.... I will shortly be taking a trip to east Anglia and intend to try out using a Tesla charger with my MG4. However......

I have looked at ZapMap on my laptop and it clearly shows 14 Tesla Open to All Chargers at The Waterfront Hotel (now renamed The Drift Inn) at St Neots Postcode MK44 3AL. This is an ideal stop for me on my way. However, looking at the ZapMap app on my smartphone this location does not exist!! In both cases I am logged on to my ZapMap account so I am rather puzzled. Do these chargers actually exist? and if so will they really work with my MG4? I haven't yet downloaded the Tesla app but intend to do so before I make this journey. Maybe this is the next step and to set up a Tesla account.

Can anyone shed any light on this please?
TIA

 

[Ian Key]

Looking on Google maps there are several chargers in the area:

 

[CuriousIslander]

Looking on Google maps there are several chargers in the are
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Yes I know but I specifically thought I would like to try out charging at Tesla. I have already earmarked several other potential charge sites for my trip, but this one would suit me admirably on both my outward and homeward journeys

 

[Ian Key]

It's showing on the Tesla app as available for everyone

 

[PeteC]

They exist in zapmap on my phone and also in the Tesla app so you should be ok. When I've had missing chargers in zapmap it's been when I've set a filter for power in the app. If the filter is set to, say, 50kW maximum then more powerful chargers don't show up so Tesla chargers wouldn't show.

 

[Tight Git]

Curious and curiouser.... I will shortly be taking a trip to east Anglia and intend to try out using a Tesla charger with my MG4. However......

I have looked at ZapMap on my laptop and it clearly shows 14 Tesla Open to All Chargers at The Waterfront Hotel (now renamed The Drift Inn) at St Neots Postcode MK44 3AL. This is an ideal stop for me on my way. However, looking at the ZapMap app on my smartphone this location does not exist!! In both cases I am logged on to my ZapMap account so I am rather puzzled. Do these chargers actually exist? and if so will they really work with my MG4? I haven't yet downloaded the Tesla app but intend to do so before I make this journey. Maybe this is the next step and to set up a Tesla account.

Can anyone shed any light on this please?
TIA

Yes - definitely open to all on the Tesla app and seems to be known as Wyboston.

 

[CuriousIslander]

Thank you all for your prompt responses. I will definitely give them a try when I sally forth to East Anglia shortly

 

[pjmmk]

Worth getting the Tesla app and checking beforehand. If an open to all Tesla supercharger station becomes so busy with non Teslas that it causes long waits for Teslas, they reserve the right to make them Tesla only. The supercharger network is a key selling point for Tesla's so if their customers are being seriously inconvenienced by other vehicles they'll sometimes reconsider keeping them open. They usually do this when there are other options close by.

 

[CuriousIslander]

They exist in zapmap on my phone and also in the Tesla app so you should be ok. When I've had missing chargers in zapmap it's been when I've set a filter for power in the app. If the filter is set to, say, 50kW maximum then more powerful chargers don't show up so Tesla chargers wouldn't show.

You have hit the nail on the head! I checked the filters that had been set in the app and discovered that the payment option had been set to contactless, although I have no memory of doing this. I deselected this and bingo (!) the location appeared.