sleepydoc
Well-Known Member
I use my mobile connector at our cabin. There's someone at work that plugs theirs in in the parking ramp. I think you're right that there's not a lot of people that use the mobile connector on 120V away from home but there are a lot of people who do use the mobile connector.And, do they do a lot of charging using their mobile connector away from home?
I've been driving pure BEVs since end of July 2013. The only time I've ever charged my BEV w/my EV's L1 120 volt EVSE (that's all they come with) at someone's home was to once test their outlet because they were thinking of getting a Chevy Volt.
The other times I've used my L1 120 volt EVSE away from home were ages ago when work had limited L2 J1772 handles so I'd just use the 120 volt NEMA 5-15 outlets as a courtesy to stay out of the way (and it was enough to replenish my round trip commute) or in the past, some free 120 volt outlets (now gone) near some formerly free L2 public charging while waiting in line. That all ended many years ago for me, as there's no longer a need for that and the latter outlets are gone.
I don't disagree that there's a subset of US Tesla drivers who use their mobile connector to charge at home a lot or is their primary means of charging (note I told people to do so instead of wasting $ installing a Tesla wall connector), but they likely do it at 240 volts, not 120 volts (so not NEMA 5-15 nor 5-20).
I don't know how large that subset is... I doubt it's 50% or higher but I doubt it's lower than 10%.
Another facet - did Tesla decide to do this expecting that more people would purchase the more expensive wall connector?