This behavior is so inconsiderate. When they had/have an ICE car do they park at the gas station and walk away to do their shopping? What makes them think it is acceptable to do this at SuperCharger? I would like to see some kind of enforcement. 1st a warning, then 2nd, banned from using any SuperCharger. Level2 charging for life...that'll be fun on a road trip.
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Tesla Owners That Hog Supercharger Spaces
- Thread starter GregKo
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Dariushd
Member
Some states (like Ca) have laws that state you cannot block charging access, so you could have them towed by complaining to the property owner. Ca.’s law states:
the owner or person in lawful possession of a privately owned or operated offstreet parking facility, after notifying the police or sheriff’s department, may cause the removal of a vehicle from a stall or space designated pursuant to subdivision (a) in the facility to the nearest public garage if the vehicle is not connected for electric charging purposes.
NJ is not one of those states though. :-(
Legislation Reference - Reserved Parking for Plug-In Vehicle Charging | PlugInSites
A very simple solution.
Yeah, I keep meaning to make a little stack of notes to drop on the windshields of these guys. It's pretty damn rude. The note would be a friendly reminder, like "I tried to charge, but you blocked the last spot. Please be respectful of your fellow Tesla owner that might be travelling a long distance and need to charge"
Saw this yesterday.
Plenty of open spaces but two things (besides the obvious) bothered me about the Model S parked at the charger:
1) it was the closest spot to the storefronts (even though there were closer non-charging spaces) and
2) it was the pull in spot which is supposed to be for those pulling trailers.
Clearly, somebody who thinks the car comes with reserved “parking” spaces wherever s/he goes so, no, I didn’t try plugging it in during a rainstorm. Guess I could’ve parked behind and plugged mine in then waited to see them try to leave but I left before they did so...
Agree that this behavior is worse than ICEing but I had more trouble with illegible cabinet numbers (or the ones hidden by the urban SC cables) and Tesla nav directing me to full locations during my recent trip (still can’t change route!).
Last thought, shouldn’t it be ICEing rather than ICing?
Plenty of open spaces but two things (besides the obvious) bothered me about the Model S parked at the charger:
1) it was the closest spot to the storefronts (even though there were closer non-charging spaces) and
2) it was the pull in spot which is supposed to be for those pulling trailers.
Clearly, somebody who thinks the car comes with reserved “parking” spaces wherever s/he goes so, no, I didn’t try plugging it in during a rainstorm. Guess I could’ve parked behind and plugged mine in then waited to see them try to leave but I left before they did so...
Agree that this behavior is worse than ICEing but I had more trouble with illegible cabinet numbers (or the ones hidden by the urban SC cables) and Tesla nav directing me to full locations during my recent trip (still can’t change route!).
Last thought, shouldn’t it be ICEing rather than ICing?
Tesla needs a charging station Sentry mode to record and charge the trasspasers
Jeff Hudson
Lovin the Tesla Life
It might be more effective if you take a picture of the VIN and another of the vehicle not plugged in and send the information directly to Tesla. Note: Tesla might need to set up a special email account to receive the data.
Now that's a good idea. Take away the opportunity to be rude. I go for that.
swengl
Member
This is probably the least aggressive way to handle it. Whether it is effective or not remains to be seen, unfortunately.
I've seen plenty of cars parked at gas pumps while the owner was inside shopping. It seems that some of these inconsiderate jerks have upgraded to Tesla.
It would be great if you could do this. They would get a little reminder from their app that they're full and about to be charged, lol.
lmorda
Member
This is more of a people being people problem than a Tesla owner problem. Some people are just rude, selfish, self absorbed. Some people really are dumb enough to think they're not doing anything wrong. I like the idea of taking a pic of VIN and sending to Tesla, does this actually work?
Enginerd
Member
I hope that is the norm. Every week I stop at the supercharger in Florence, SC. They put it right in the prime spot, not only at the mall entrance, but right at the food court. It's frequently pretty heavily ICED.
I thought we had previously settled that one cannot plug in a locked Tesla, no? I'll try to remember to shut off my Bluetooth and try that. It's kind of a jerk move, and doesn't get you the charge you may need at the time, but in the long run it may help.
Silicon Desert
Well-Known Member
Gee, glad you aren't my neighbor. I'm wondering if your distant ancestors put people in stockades in front of town square and threw rocks at them because the person took a loaf of bread
I'd take a simpler more effective approach.
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I was surprised to see this when traveling once. I could understand if they started pumping fuel and had to rush in for a restroom need but to just park at the gas pump and not even be fueling was quite unexpected when I was waiting to fuel while driving our ICE SUV before buying our Model 3. Maybe bad parenting leads to a sense of intitlement for some. In my younger more fit and quick to anger days, I'd give them the ass whooping they must have missed out on...;-)
Yes take a photo of the car not plugged in, and plate number and then post it here on this site. Also send the vin to Tesla with the photo. Maybe Tesla could come up with a way the car would sence the location when parked at the superchanger over 5 mins and not plugged in, then century mode could send a warning telling you to plug in or get the idling fee charged to you. Yes very sad people do this.
FMinMI
Member
For over an hour? I see folks go in to get coffee or pop or snacks but it only takes a few minutes...
I learned something today,,, I thought your key had to be present to open your charge port. YIKES!! I don't understand why people think they can just park their vehicle at a charging station. Obviously they have never waited to charge up? Did these people do this when they drove ICE vehicles? Parking their vehicles at a gas station out of convenience? Why do they think this is different? I don't know about you but, I park my baby the furthest away from general public as possible, always! SMH I say call a tow truck... There needs to be a sign,.... VIOLATORS WILL BE TOWED AT OWNERS EXPENSE... I only leave my vehicle to go to the bathroom (if there is one) while charging.
