Yes, and when the lady in the next spot makes a mistake in swiping her card she will drive off in a huff, leaving you to find your car charged (to her account!) and the cable locked to your card. It took m the best part of half an hour to get the company to unlock my cable.WAH64 said:My domestic electric tarif gives me two years free access to the Polar public charging network. However, a condition of retaining free access is that you have to use one of their charging points at least once every six months. I find myself making a special trip to my nearest Polar public charging point to plug in for a couple of hours just to maintain a free service that I otherwise never use. Go figure!
To use the public chargepoint you need your own type 1 (car end) to type 2 (charger end) cable. With Polar you use a membership card to turn on the charger. Once activated the type 2 connector is automatically locked into the charger. It can only be unlocked using the membership card making it difficult for anyone else to steal. At least this is what happens at the two Polar chargers I have used. I can’t speak for any other networks.
NightPHEVer said:I don't think that public chargepoints take this type of 3-pin 'domestic' charge cable (not actually sure as I've never used a public chargepoint).
(me and every other sensible person has one of these at home, along with the charge point to plug it into).
I think only people who can afford a Tesla currently enjoy that particular privilage.
Do Tesla driver's have no choice but to stay at expensive hotels .
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