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I'm not taking sides, but I thought the chargers at the stores are reserved for Tesla Demo cars only, if you need to use them, you should've asked the store manager before using them. That's my understanding.
If the "offender" asked the Tesla store and they said "Sure, if one of ours is plugged in you can grab it" then maybe they thought they were doing the right thing. It is common knowledge that the store cars are going to be parked/plugged in there. Did the OP notify the store they were going to plug in?
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Being able to text other owners would be very handy. VIN to VIN would preserve privacy. I'd bet there are gobs of situations like this where the person charging doesn't really need more charge and someone pulling up is in desperate need and a simple text could allow them to take it without harming others, being a douche, or living with guilt.
I wonder if a phone camera could get a good enough image of the VIN for that to work? Maybe Tesla should include a QR somewhere?
I'm not taking sides, but I thought the chargers at the stores are reserved for Tesla Demo cars only, if you need to use them, you should've asked the store manager before using them. That's my understanding.
So left work earlier today and decided to stop by Tysons Mall (Virginia) and parked in the designated Tesla parking that has HPWC (tesla store has parking for about 6 Tesla's in a secure location with two HPWC and 1-2 40A wall sockets). There were four spaces taken so I took one of the remaining and then used the 40A wall socket and my own charger to plug in.
I then went and ran some errands at the mall that I needed to do and then met my wife and Kids for dinner (they drove out on their own due to it being a snow day). Towards the end of the dinner I received a notice that charging had been interrupted, so I promptly left my wife and kids and went back to the car. What I found was an out of state (NEW YORK) plate Model S which had unplugged my charger and left it at the rear of my car and subsequently plugged in his/her own charger into the socket. I had 50% charge so I was ok and didn't have far to get home, but it annoyed me for a few reasons:
- I left dinner early because of the warning
- My charger was just unplugged directly from the wall in mid charge
- No note was left. Now, I get it if you are driving to New York overnight. However, there is a supercharger 15 miles each way of that location. Leave me a damn note, I would.
Basically its rude that's what my conclusion is.
I could post a photo of the offending S but I wont....
I hope that people are not assuming a car's charged because you don't see a green ring lit. That goes dark when the car locks up, regardless of State Of Charge.... I was traveling to the Bethesda SC and every spot was filled with a Tesla - yet all of them were charged...but no plug-in was available.
They are not. 100% free to use for all owners.
I'm always happy just to park there and not charge so no one door dings me (larger spots).
To be clear to those that have never been to Tysons corner mall, at this location there are more tesla spots than EVSEs or outlets. It can accommodate 7-8 cars, and there are two HPWCs and 1-2? 14-50's.
I too have parked there when the lot is full, and purposely parked in a slot that was away from the HPWCs because I did not need to charge. I also leave either my superchargerQR code or my cell number on the dash just in case.
I would never use a charging parking spot and not charge. I won't even park at a charging spot at the airport because I can get home without charging, and I would rather leave it open for someone who needs it.