Public CHAdeMO and J1772 are usually installed by governments or organizations who intend for them to be used by everybody. The fact that Tesla owners use them does not entitle the general public to use Destination Chargers which were paid for indirectly by Tesla owners. That said, the network is currently underutilized so I don't mind helping out people like John and Angela. But they should put pressure on the manufacturers of their vehicles to contribute to the network instead of expecting Tesla to just give them a free ride while no other car makers do anything significant.
Yes, but it's common practice to give Nissan drivers priority at their charging stations. The same is true with the Destination network that Tesla has paid for. If it's not needed by a Tesla driver, then perhaps non-Tesla drivers can use it. If other manufacturers were helping expand the network, I'd feel differently.
I agree. It even says on Tesla's site for potential hosts "For out mutual customers". Tesla has very generously installed J1772 stations at many of these locations for other vehicles. If they intended for all the chargers to be for all vehicles they would have only installed J1772 chargers. The cost of the hardware and installation that Tesla paid usually significantly exceeds the cost of the electricity.
Once again it boils down to what the other carmakers are doing to contribute to the network. We all benefit from an expanded network but if John and Angela have no incentive to pressure Nissan or Smart to do anything because they can just ride on the back of Tesla, everybody will be worse off.
@bonnie and
@jaguar36 summed it up nicely.
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