Pod Point
Sainsbury's Leicester North
Leicester, LE4 7SJ
7 kW AC, bring a cable
Sainsbury's Leicester North is a Pod Point charging site in Leicester, Leicestershire, with 6 charge points and a top speed of 7 kW. Bring your own Type 2 cable. Not every Tesla comes with one in the UK. The nearest Tesla Supercharger is Tesla Supercharger Leicester – Beaumont Leys, 2.5 miles away. At 7 kW you add roughly 25 miles of range per hour of charging.
- Address
- 501 Melton Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 7SJ
- Coordinates
- 52.66922, -1.10616
- How to charge
- Bring your own Type 2 cable. Not every Tesla comes with one in the UK.
- Access
- Public - Membership Required
- Status
- Operational
- Cost
- 1
- Phone
- 020 7247 4114
- Website
- pod-point.com
Phone is the support line for the charging network.
Send it to your phone, sat-nav or Tesla
- Any map app (Android)
- Google Maps pin
- Apple Maps pin
- what3words square
- Bing Maps
- OpenStreetMap
- GPX (sat-nav)
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Send to your Tesla: open the Google Maps or Apple Maps pin on your phone, tap Share and choose the Tesla app; the car picks it up as its next destination. The what3words link gives the exact 3-metre square, handy for meeting someone at the right bay or telling a breakdown service where you are.
Connectors
| Type | Count |
|---|---|
| Type 2 socket | 8 |
Fastest DC: Speed not listed. Fastest AC: 7 kW. 8 connectors in total. Listed as: 8x Type 2 (Socket Only) 7kW.
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3 closest chargers to Sainsbury's Leicester North
If this charger is busy or out of action, these are the nearest alternatives.
- Sainsbury's Leicester North 10.1 miles south-east · Pod Point
- Address
- Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 7SJ
- How a Tesla charges
- AC, bring a cable · 1× Type 2 socket, 1× 3-pin/Commando
- Access
- Public - Membership Required
- Cost
- Not listed
- Phone
- 020 7247 4114
- Website
- pod-point.com
- Leicester East1.2 miles south-east · GRIDSERVE Electric Highway
- Address
- Fletton Close, Leicester, LE4 9LP
- How a Tesla charges
- Rapid DC · 6× CCS2
- Access
- Public - Pay At Location
- Cost
- DC: £0.79/kWh
- Phone
- 0330 808 8121
- Birstall Park & Ride1.5 miles north-west · bp pulse
- Address
- Loughborough Road, Birstall, Leicester, LE4 4NP
- How a Tesla charges
- AC, bring a cable · 8× Type 2 socket
- Access
- Public - Membership Required
- Cost
- Inclusive; for Polar Plus subscription members only. Bus ride mandatory
- Phone
- 01582 400331
- Website
- bppulse.co.uk
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- ASDA Leicester Abbey Lane Superstore1 Exploration Drive, Leicester, LE4 5NUAC, bring a cable, bp pulse1.8 miles
- Tesco Extra - Leicester HamiltonMaidenwell Avenue, Leicester, LE5 1BJAC, bring a cable, Pod Point2.0 miles
- Leicester Community Sports Arena (Morningside Arena)31 Charter Street, Leicester, LE1 3UDRapid DC, The GeniePoint Network (EQUANS EV Solutions)2.0 miles
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Charger fault or car fault?
If a charge won't start, try another connector, then restart the session in the operator's app or call 020 7247 4114. If your Tesla fails at more than one charger, charges far slower than usual everywhere, or shows a charging alert, the car may need looking at. The nearest Tesla Service Centre is Tesla Service Nottingham, about 18 miles away. For independent servicing, tyres and bodywork, find a Tesla specialist on TeslaService.co.uk.
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