franknesss
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The first part of your statement is just not true. I understand there was confusion and Tesla thought pairing HPWC with dual chargers would eliminate that confusion, but the fact remains that Tesla emphasized the dual chargers were to charge with HPWC at home. Even before the short-lived bundling of HPWC and dual chargers, people who didn't need 80A charging at home were told there is no reason to order the car with dual chargers if you're not getting HPWC. I'm one of them.
I'm not blaming anyone, this was before Tesla thought of a destination charging program, and when in most of the U.S. the J1772s were all 30A. It's just that dual chargers have turned out to be more useful than they were thought to be when they were intended to be paired with a HPWC installed at home. Given these facts, and the upgrade price calculates to 12 hours of service center labor above the price of the factory installed option, I think it would be reasonable for Tesla to provide a more reasonable upgrade price if the installation doesn't actually take 12 hours of work.
My daily commute is about 85miles. I was told that due to my driving habits and accessibility to Level 2 chargers in my apartment complex, there was no need for the dual chargers. However, since we were already considering installing a 30A unit at our home (second location) I thought it would be nice to add the HPWC to the house as well. So I got lucky with adding on the dual chargers.
Long story short, I was told I didn't need the dual chargers by the sales reps, but I think they did not foresee the possibility of Tesla utilising their HPWC unit as a formal way to extend the Tesla charging network. What I mean by "formal" is having the location on the Teslamotors.com page. I would assume most people would rather not have their private residences listed.