Let me correct those with misinformation because this thread is out of control.
1. I am not mad about the policy, I like it. It's needed. I'm simply informing people so they don't have happen what happened to me.
2. The fee is 40 cents per minute, not hour.
3. The fee happens when 1/2 of the bays are full and goes away when someone leaves. In my case, 8 bays, 3 people must have been there at some point.
4. I was not notified or even emailed. I didn't even know until I logged onto my account to check on my model 3 reservation.
5. I paid $16.40 and the invoice lists 41 units at .4 per unit. If someone wants to call me out, I'll post the invoice. Even still, this is less than a tank of gas. Electric FTW here.
To those calling me out about details.
It was 3am. I was in Lexington. I got sick in my road trip and was throwing up on the side of the road (motion sick, drove tail of the dragon).
I had to get a place and rest, it was unsafe to keep driving. I thought it was reasonable to assume a place with no one ever there, that spots would not fill up. I could not get up at 4am to move the car. I was sick. I was sleeping. I was 20 minutes away. I stayed at a friends place. To charge and move was not efficient. I'd have paid $100 at that point for an extra hour of sleep in a bed.
Here's what Elon first said about the idle fees:
Elon Musk
✔@elonmusk
We are going to modify this so that people only pay a fee if most bays are occupied. If the site is basically deserted, no problem to park.
9:52 AM - Dec 17, 2016
That is different than 50%. That is what I'm saying. I'm just posting here to inform people because Tesla/Elon has a habit of saying one thing and it changing later. Elon specifically said it was 'no problem' to park if it is deserted. That's what I did.