Tap worked on Moab Tesla unit, not on older 1st-gen EVSE
“In Moab the hotel's J1772 was taken, and the Tesla destination unit next to it was free and the Tap worked fine. At a relative's house the older 1st-gen Tesla EVSE wouldn't work with it at all.”
Plug stuck ~5 hrs until pushing down while pulling freed it
“About 5 hours before pushing down on the charger while pulling finally freed it. The emergency release cable did nothing for me either, and Rivian roadside couldn't fix it.”
Arrived 11 PM after 8.5 hrs; ~2h15 charging over 3 stops
“I drove my Niro EV from Dayton to Gatlinburg in January and got in around 11 PM after about 8.5 hours. Three stops on the way down added up to roughly 2h15 of charging, and the Niro is slow at DC fast charging to begin with.”
Built extra adapters to use dryer and AC outlets on trip
“I've got the Tesla 5-15 and 14-50 adapters plus a 30 ft outdoor-rated 14-50 extension cord, and I built a few extra adapters (about $120 in Home Depot parts, maybe 2 hours to put together and test) so I can use dryer outlets at Airbnbs or AC-unit outlets at hotels.”
Rental didn't work with hotel's Tesla charger; used another brand
“My Polestar 2 rental in February didn't work with the hotel's Tesla charger and I had to use a different brand.”
Valet couldn't say charger type; car never plugged in
“Same issue with the valet at my downtown Atlanta hotel. They said there were EV chargers but couldn't say if they were Tesla-only or ChargePoint, and the car never got plugged in.”
Hotel Tesla unit, no adapter in car; had to find other charger
“The hotel's charger was a Tesla unit and there was no adapter in the car, so I had to go find another network's charger.”
Valet unsure of charger type; car never plugged in overnight
“The hotel valet said they had EV chargers but couldn't tell me if they were Tesla or ChargePoint, so the car just never got plugged in overnight.”
NACS adapter ran ~1 min on Tesla mobile charger, then errored
“I tried it on our Tesla mobile charger and it ran about a minute, then threw a "charging stopped" error.”
Some Tesla cables were too short to reach the car
“Some of the Tesla cables were too short to reach the car, so the adapter being compatible wasn't the only thing to worry about.”
No hotel charger; nearest ones 5-10 minutes away
“The hotel had no charger at all and the nearest ones were 5-10 minutes away, so overnight charging there was out.”
Preconditioning failed; left at 9%, arrived with 7%
“I tried preconditioning from the app with navigation set to the charger, but the battery didn't seem to warm up at all. I ended up leaving at 9% and getting there with 7%, which I wasn't comfortable with in the cold. It did charge at around 88 kW once I was plugged in.”
No hotel charger, but Supercharger 2 miles away; no issue
“We stayed at a rural hotel near Yosemite with no charger and rolled in around 20%, but there was a Supercharger about 2 miles away, so it was a non-issue.”
Included adapter did nothing on V4; errored on mobile unit
“The Kia NACS adapter that came with my EV did nothing on a V4 Supercharger, and it ran about a minute on a Tesla mobile charger before erroring out.”
Fast stops every 150-175 mi; never relied on hotel charging
“We never counted on hotel charging. I planned in ABRP and checked each stop on PlugShare for status and a backup. Stops landed every 150-175 miles anyway, 30-60 minutes each, which lined up with food and dog breaks.”