Mid-day on Thanksgiving, we pulled into the San Mateo Supercharger. The nav showed 1 of 12 stalls available, but when we pulled in, all 12 were full. We became the first car in a waiting line. While waiting, the nav still said 1 was available. I counted cars and stalls: 12 of each. I have wondered just how real-time the stall availability stats are, and didn’t think much more about it.
Soon someone left, and we pulled in and started charging. We went for a short walk. When we returned to our car, I happened to notice that the Tesla to our right was not plugged in. This was the same car that had been there when we arrived. The driver was busy tapping away on his phone. The passenger was similarly engaged. And so they sat for the duration of our charge. We finished and left. Two Teslas were awaiting stalls.
This definitely explained the nav reporting one stall free.
I suppose in his defense, maybe the car had died and they were waiting for a tow.
But do we still call it ICEing when it’s not an ICE car blocking the stall?
Soon someone left, and we pulled in and started charging. We went for a short walk. When we returned to our car, I happened to notice that the Tesla to our right was not plugged in. This was the same car that had been there when we arrived. The driver was busy tapping away on his phone. The passenger was similarly engaged. And so they sat for the duration of our charge. We finished and left. Two Teslas were awaiting stalls.
This definitely explained the nav reporting one stall free.
I suppose in his defense, maybe the car had died and they were waiting for a tow.
But do we still call it ICEing when it’s not an ICE car blocking the stall?