At an apartment complex, there are a bunch of wall connectors (like what is in the tesla store).
They were free to charge on them for a few months.
On my last visit, I was billed $1.50 to my Tesla account. Apparently these wall connectors are "destination chargers" now capable of billing.
This is apparently a new feature of Tesla. That is fine to do, but there was no notification of billing or rates.
There were no signs about billing (bad apartment owner),
but more importantly, there was no indication on the wall connector itself or on the car display saying you are going to be billed (bad on Tesla's part).
I find it shady that it is possible for a normal-looking wall charger to be able to automatically bill drivers without notification.
I have no idea what rate I was charged, and since there is auto-acceptance, it seems the apartment could have charged whatever they wanted.
If that's the case, I'd like to move my wall connector closer to the street, and auto-bill at $100 per hour.
This should be fixed - the car display should pop up a message. "This wall connector bills at a rate of $1 per kwh. Do you want to continue?" YES button, NO button.
Until then, be wary of charging on someone else's wall connector.
They were free to charge on them for a few months.
On my last visit, I was billed $1.50 to my Tesla account. Apparently these wall connectors are "destination chargers" now capable of billing.
This is apparently a new feature of Tesla. That is fine to do, but there was no notification of billing or rates.
There were no signs about billing (bad apartment owner),
but more importantly, there was no indication on the wall connector itself or on the car display saying you are going to be billed (bad on Tesla's part).
I find it shady that it is possible for a normal-looking wall charger to be able to automatically bill drivers without notification.
I have no idea what rate I was charged, and since there is auto-acceptance, it seems the apartment could have charged whatever they wanted.
If that's the case, I'd like to move my wall connector closer to the street, and auto-bill at $100 per hour.
This should be fixed - the car display should pop up a message. "This wall connector bills at a rate of $1 per kwh. Do you want to continue?" YES button, NO button.
Until then, be wary of charging on someone else's wall connector.