Network required non-refundable $20 top-up before charging
“At a Cambria property the charging network wanted a non-refundable $20 "wallet" top-up before it would start a session at all. I only found out when I was standing at the plug.”
Two stalls blocked by gas cars all week; staff unhelpful
“Had a week at an Anaheim hotel with 8 Tesla destination chargers and two of the stalls had gas cars sitting in them the whole week. Staff said the chargers were third-party-owned, so it wasn't really their problem either.”
Taken hotel L2s were other EVs, never gas cars
“I've never had a gas car in the spot. When a hotel L2 was taken, it was almost always another EV or a plug-in hybrid sitting on it.”
Hotel L2s blocked by gas cars or full for 24 hours
“I've had hotel L2s blocked by gas cars parked in the spot, and a few times every plug was full for a whole 24 hours, so the one I'd picked the place for was never actually free.”
Free hotel charger blocked by gas car; desk wouldn't act
“The free charger at a hotel I stayed at had a gas car parked in it, and the front desk just shrugged and wouldn't do anything about it.”