There is another side to the issue besides being inconsiderate. I have been an occasional user of Tesla SuperCharger stations. Two items to consider:
First, you need a certain amount of energy to make it to the next station, so even if it isn't as efficient to charge slowly, you need what you need. Since Tesla rates their energy usage at 65 mph, and Interstate speed limits are 80 mph, you sometimes need to charge past 80% SOC. Second, at least at the SuperCharger stations, there aren't options to move to Level 2 chargers. There aren't any. However, to make up for that, Tesla installs multiple chargers. There are usually 6 to 8 chargers, and I've only seen 1 or 2 cars charging typically. This is in areas outside the most common Tesla regions, though. Mike On March 29, 2016 3:32:55 PM MDT, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > >Since after 80% SOC the level 3 charger's current drops dramatically >(down >to about the L2 rate), the wisest and most prudent use of the L3 EVSE >is for >the driver to disconnect at 80% SOC and move out of the space to allow >another driver to use the L3 charging (meaning if they want to finish >their >charge to 100%, they would plug into a L2 EVSE elsewhere). > >But that does not happen. Once a driver is in front of the L3 EVSE, >they >consider it theirs, and they do not care about anyone else. So there is >the >best use of the more rare L3 EVSE, and then there are how inconsiderate >humans misbehave. > > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
