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dhanson865
Well-Known Member
statisticsmike
Member
brucet999
Active Member
I have to unlock my late 2015 S before I can open the charge port, either by walking close enough to the driver door to activate auto-present or press the back door handle to get it to present.
Shygar
Member
We just need a button to activate their summon feature and move the car out of the spot 
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xrayangiodoc
Member
I believe that if you press the charging handle button the charge indicator light will flash if the car is still charging.
whitex
Well-Known Member
I can plug in either of out 2015 or 2017 Model S without having a key (my wife sometimes forgets to plug-in once every couple of weeks or so, I never run to get the key or use the phone, just click the HPWC and plug in for charging). IIRC the 2013 worked the same way.
whitex
Well-Known Member
Try holding the charging handle a little above the port and behind the car - the antenna is on the rear windows. I can plug in my 2015 MS without a key no problem.
whitex
Well-Known Member
My first reaction was I wouldn't do it, but then thinking about it, why not? If someone parks at a supercharger spot without charging, they should pay the idle fee. It's not like you're towing them away (that only the property owner could do). It would probably only take paying idle fees once and the owner would stop doing it, not because they would get any more considerate, but simply because they would become away that supercharger spots can be quite expensive to park in. Even if the car does end up charging until the owner comes back, they will still lose some of their free credits (something they were probably trying to avoid by not plugging in).That looks like the sort of person who can't be helped, unfortunately.
I am guessing this supercharger is prime parking?
I don't advocate this, but you could have plugged him in, gotten him some idle fees.
I think it is probably a bad idea to touch someone's $150,000 car.
This has been discussed extensively in other threads. Do some testing for yourself. What I believe it does is interrupt the charge, then start it again. This sends a notification to the owner who will probably think someone is trying to steal their car. So they will come running, definitely upset and possibly armed, to rescue their violated prized possession.
Meanwhile, the green light will probably start blinking again because you just restarted the charge. So nothing accomplished.
RTPEV
Active Member
I don't think I would hesitate in the slightest. I would just assume that the owner somehow forgot to plug in and I was doing them a service.
I was somewhat wrong about this. Briefly pressing the charge handle button does cause the light to come on showing state of charge and does not (I think) send a notification to the owner. Pressing and holding the charge handle button as if wanting to remove the handle brings about the notification and restarting the charge that I had experienced.
I still wouldn't touch someone else's car. Golden Rule thing, I guess.
HankLloydRight
No Roads
But what that also does if there is someone charging on the paired stall, it will give the other car charging priority if the first car was sucking the majority of the juice.
Don't touch charge handles plugged into others' cars. That's all. For now just rely on idle fees/Supercharging fees (Model 3) to disincentivize overstaying a charge.
Chopr147
Active Member
I had noticed this on S's parked next to chargers in Syosset. Had not thought of why but now that you mention it................
4! stalls in such a populated area is way too few. But Tesla has some slated for 2017. Looks more like Tesla time and expected in 2018, hopefully
HankLloydRight
No Roads
I had noticed this on S's parked next to chargers in Syosset. Had not thought of why but now that you mention it................
4! stalls in such a populated area is way too few. But Tesla has some slated for 2017. Looks more like Tesla time and expected in 2018, hopefully
Not only that, but every time I've been there, I see local people dropping their car off to charge and getting a ride "home".
Chopr147
Active Member
Yes, have observed that myself. Add the cars in service charging and it's easy to see why all 4 stalls are usually full. Of course California owners scoff at us
Why would you put a price on that? Why is it ok to touch someone's $1,000 car?
Thank you kindly.
Puggle
Member
Only on MS. Not on MX. No idea about M3.
I'd regularly press the button in the service centre carpark and open every single MS, but not a single MX.
Can't confirm what the documentation says, that the charge port will only open on model 3 when the car is unlocked. That's because I can't get the charge port to EVER open from the cable plug on my model 3. Locked or unlocked. I know it isn't a problem with the cable because it opens the model S every time. Have to open the charge door from the screen inside the model 3. Something for my next service visit...
