When home I do charging via my installed home charger.
However, I recently (3/6 - 3/13) took a road trip from DFW to Taos NM (11 hour drive) and back, for family vacation - using superchargers for the transit, but home wall charging while there. After my return, and having instituted a hard lock-down with family members, I realized that I had been handling the Tesla Supercharger cable without sanitizing or protection. Since this was several weeks ago - without illness, I was not overly concerned, nor am I planning on any more travel. I was however curious if there might have been a issue that I avoided.
I realize there is extensive anecdotal/misleading/hearsay Covid information - some of it rather dubious - so I typically go to the expert source for my Covid information.
The New England Journal of Medicine published a study on Covid virus Surface Stability.
Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1
https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2004973
Note: SARS-CoV-2 = (formerly called HCoV-19)
Couple of excepts from that Study - "…SARS-CoV-2 was more stable on plastic and stainless steel than on copper and cardboard, and viable virus was detected up to 72 hours after application to these surfaces (Figure 1A), although the virus titer was greatly reduced (from 103.7 to 100.6 TCID50 per milliliter of medium after 72 hours on plastic and from 103.7 to 100.6 TCID50 per milliliter after 48 hours on stainless steel…". I read this to mean the virus can remain viable on the connector for up to 72 hours.
In short, when using the charging connector on the Tesla Supercharger, disinfect it, or handle with paper towel, and then, as always, Wash Your Hands.
However, I recently (3/6 - 3/13) took a road trip from DFW to Taos NM (11 hour drive) and back, for family vacation - using superchargers for the transit, but home wall charging while there. After my return, and having instituted a hard lock-down with family members, I realized that I had been handling the Tesla Supercharger cable without sanitizing or protection. Since this was several weeks ago - without illness, I was not overly concerned, nor am I planning on any more travel. I was however curious if there might have been a issue that I avoided.
I realize there is extensive anecdotal/misleading/hearsay Covid information - some of it rather dubious - so I typically go to the expert source for my Covid information.
The New England Journal of Medicine published a study on Covid virus Surface Stability.
Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1
https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2004973
Note: SARS-CoV-2 = (formerly called HCoV-19)
Couple of excepts from that Study - "…SARS-CoV-2 was more stable on plastic and stainless steel than on copper and cardboard, and viable virus was detected up to 72 hours after application to these surfaces (Figure 1A), although the virus titer was greatly reduced (from 103.7 to 100.6 TCID50 per milliliter of medium after 72 hours on plastic and from 103.7 to 100.6 TCID50 per milliliter after 48 hours on stainless steel…". I read this to mean the virus can remain viable on the connector for up to 72 hours.
In short, when using the charging connector on the Tesla Supercharger, disinfect it, or handle with paper towel, and then, as always, Wash Your Hands.