Tesla owners blast Christmas car charging chaos with dozens of electric vehicles forced to wait in THREE HOUR queues at charge stations across the UK
- Vehicles were logjammed in Hertfordshire, Cumbria, Westmorland and Telford
- The queues came as millions took to the roads to get home for the festive period
- 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
- Are you a Tesla driver who was stuck? Email jamie.phillips@mailonline.co.uk
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.
A TikTok user claimed the wait at the station was around one hour, saying: 'Here they all are queueing up, waiting for an hour or whatever it is for their charging. They're everywhere.'
The Tebay Southbound supercharger in Cumbria, by the M6 Junction, was also seeing a high volume of vehicles attempting to charge yesterday.
Another Tesla driver told MailOnline of issues in Crawley, Sussex, where two of eight stations were out of order.
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.
'Everybody's charging is slow due to the amount of stalls used. People knocking on windows asking how long they will be charging for.
'Others knocking on windows asking how long they have been waiting.'
A driver in Westmorland, north-west England, added: 'Two-hour 30-minute wait for a charge. Worst journey as (a) Tesla driver. Q now 40 deep!'
At an unknown charging location, a Twitter user said: 'UK services this week have been insanely busy for Tesla charging, currently car 15 in a queue of over 20 ... but you can always rely on the British public to make an orderly queue.
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