WannabeOwner
Well-Known Member
answering my question of "Can I charge at a Type 2 plug" with "Yes, the UMC cable will do that" was wrong on Tesla's part.
Yes, but maybe no
They may have said, or said badly / sloppily, or even meant-but-didn't-say, "Type-2 cable comes with the car" and/or you might have understood that to mean "UMC fits a Type-2 charger" rather than "yes you can charge at a Type-2 socket"
I always find the Type-2 chargers a bit primitive because they don't have tethered cables. So users have to get a long cable out and trail it on the ground ... and then put it away wet / dirty / scuffed ...
... when you charge from a lamppost, in future, it will look something like this:
3rd Party Chargers with tethered cables are no better. Unlike Tesla - all vehicles chargeport at rear-left-corner - they have to be long enough to reach wherever the charge port is ... so they usually trail on the ground and sometime get left on the deck afterwards ...
The Plugs the Rest use:
The Tesla plug:
and the Supercharger Experience:
... nothing trailing along, nor left lying on, the floor ...