Tedkidd
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Most of the "destination" locations seem to be hotels where overnight charging would be the norm. In that case, I would expect guests to essentially reserve a charging dock as part of the room reservation - in the past when we've driven our EV to overnight accommodations, we've always made sure to concretely confirm that we will be able to charge. At that time, a non-Tesla-owning, HPWC-using guest should be informed that, to allow for the possibility of a Tesla vehicle needing to charge, they will need to allow their vehicle to be unplugged and/or leave their keys with the front desk so that their vehicle can be moved on short notice.
So I'd take that a bit further...
If I owned the location I wouldn't put type of car preference into the mix. You are a customer, you called and I committed the resource to you, you show up I'm going to fulfill. You show up with a Leaf and someone else shows up with a Tesla, you get to charge because I committed MY charging resource to YOU, period.
Elon has been clear over and over again, the mission is to accelerate transition to electric.
At shorter-stay "destination" locations like restaurants, it might be easiest to simply disallow non-Tesla EVs at HPWCs unless there is a clear abundance of unused HPWCs or an EV owner is in a particularly desperate situation with respect to charge. Or, if there is an abundance of adjacent, unused parking spots, an "OK to unplug" note on the dashboard should suffice.
Again, if I owned the location I would have basic rules of EV etiquette apply and might even post them. One basic rule would be to hangtag if you are opportunity charging.
I had 2000 opportunity/necessity charging (ok to unplug) hang tags printed that I give to other ev owners - particularly PH EV owners...
This new announcement about HPWC being networkable makes this adapter even more important. HPWC's are now a super versatile, attractive solution for having 4 charge spots for all kinds of commercial and residential locations - if there is a way to adapt them to any car...