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S Sig Perf 414, VIN 814
Oh, that reminds me, I forgot one other charging related story of our long road trip...
While charging at the Natick Mall on Sunday afternoon on our way out of the Boston area after a visit to the south shore that chewed up a decent amount of charge, we'd stopped in at the Tesla store and chatted with the store manager, then headed over to the Cheesecake Factory to get some sweets to eat. Wife is now joking that owning an EV is going to fatten us up, as every stop seems to involve more treats than healthy food, doh!
Anyhow, while we were waiting to pay our check, got a call from the Tesla store manager, who was coordinating with an incoming owner in need of charge. At that point the smartphone app was showing enough charge to get us to the Darien CT SuperCharger, so we had no problems heading to the parking garage and passing the charging cable on to the other owner (also heading down to CT I think) who was now waiting for their turn. Also saw another vehicle there with a roof rack (Thule?) with a bicycle attached, first time seeing one of those on a Model S!
Since Tesla can easily determine ownership and location of any Model S based upon VIN, I'd certainly be willing to sign up for some Tesla coordinated / brokered scheduling service for SuperChargers / Tesla store chargers, and even public chargers. Since I didn't leave any detailed contact info with the store manager, not sure if they looked me up by VIN to get my cell phone number or what, as we hadn't left any sign on the car in this case, as we expected to be back well before it was done charging.
While charging at the Natick Mall on Sunday afternoon on our way out of the Boston area after a visit to the south shore that chewed up a decent amount of charge, we'd stopped in at the Tesla store and chatted with the store manager, then headed over to the Cheesecake Factory to get some sweets to eat. Wife is now joking that owning an EV is going to fatten us up, as every stop seems to involve more treats than healthy food, doh!
Anyhow, while we were waiting to pay our check, got a call from the Tesla store manager, who was coordinating with an incoming owner in need of charge. At that point the smartphone app was showing enough charge to get us to the Darien CT SuperCharger, so we had no problems heading to the parking garage and passing the charging cable on to the other owner (also heading down to CT I think) who was now waiting for their turn. Also saw another vehicle there with a roof rack (Thule?) with a bicycle attached, first time seeing one of those on a Model S!
Since Tesla can easily determine ownership and location of any Model S based upon VIN, I'd certainly be willing to sign up for some Tesla coordinated / brokered scheduling service for SuperChargers / Tesla store chargers, and even public chargers. Since I didn't leave any detailed contact info with the store manager, not sure if they looked me up by VIN to get my cell phone number or what, as we hadn't left any sign on the car in this case, as we expected to be back well before it was done charging.