Hey everyone. There was a great surprise this weekend here at the Austin Hilton downtown on 4th Street.
They have a Chargepoint 30 that I have used several times staying here, but when I planned on charging, it was ICE'd by my antithesis, TWO side by side diesel dually pick Ups. Parking got tight, and they just evidently said "scr---- you EVs", and locked it up.. There are clearly marked EV parking only signs, but no "You'll be Towed" signs.
I talked to the ConCiegre, and first told them how much I appreciated that there was an ability to charge here, and told them how forward thinking their Hilton Company was for having absorbed the Chargepoint charge fees every time I Charged there. She got a big smile from this. Then , I apologized for what I was about to do, which was to bring about a problem, but I told them, that before I divulge this problem, that I had a solution to it.
I explained that as a Tesla owner, ( she said " oh! My dream car!!") we only have a limited number of places to " re-fuel" much like if you drove a gas car, there were only 3 places to fuel up, but when you get to the pump, low and behold, an electric Car had blocked the pump, and you couldn't get close enough to re-fill. I told her about what ICE-ing is.. She got a bang out of that, but the solution was to put Tow if you are not a qualified vehicle, signs up. Also, I asked how they would Handle the transition to that here at this location, like was she the right person to bring this problem to in the first place, and second, do they have meetings to bring up problems like this, to which she said, Yes, there is a sustainability group, and she is at those meetings regularly, and she was the correct person to bring this problem to.
Well, there you go, I said, you now have something of great import to bring to this meeting, and you'll look great! I left, and she was pretty excited, and I gave my name and phone number for her to use at the meeting, with permission granted to call me to talk about anything concerning this, hopefully adding a little weight to this dilemma.
Wait and see, but there were at least 3 Tesla's here on this Hilton property this weekend of 6/13/14/2015 that had two big a-- trucks blocking the charger. Can't wait till next time to see if there are TowSigns up.
They have a Chargepoint 30 that I have used several times staying here, but when I planned on charging, it was ICE'd by my antithesis, TWO side by side diesel dually pick Ups. Parking got tight, and they just evidently said "scr---- you EVs", and locked it up.. There are clearly marked EV parking only signs, but no "You'll be Towed" signs.
I talked to the ConCiegre, and first told them how much I appreciated that there was an ability to charge here, and told them how forward thinking their Hilton Company was for having absorbed the Chargepoint charge fees every time I Charged there. She got a big smile from this. Then , I apologized for what I was about to do, which was to bring about a problem, but I told them, that before I divulge this problem, that I had a solution to it.
I explained that as a Tesla owner, ( she said " oh! My dream car!!") we only have a limited number of places to " re-fuel" much like if you drove a gas car, there were only 3 places to fuel up, but when you get to the pump, low and behold, an electric Car had blocked the pump, and you couldn't get close enough to re-fill. I told her about what ICE-ing is.. She got a bang out of that, but the solution was to put Tow if you are not a qualified vehicle, signs up. Also, I asked how they would Handle the transition to that here at this location, like was she the right person to bring this problem to in the first place, and second, do they have meetings to bring up problems like this, to which she said, Yes, there is a sustainability group, and she is at those meetings regularly, and she was the correct person to bring this problem to.
Well, there you go, I said, you now have something of great import to bring to this meeting, and you'll look great! I left, and she was pretty excited, and I gave my name and phone number for her to use at the meeting, with permission granted to call me to talk about anything concerning this, hopefully adding a little weight to this dilemma.
Wait and see, but there were at least 3 Tesla's here on this Hilton property this weekend of 6/13/14/2015 that had two big a-- trucks blocking the charger. Can't wait till next time to see if there are TowSigns up.
