Much of the discussion in this forum is technical in nature, but we keep bumping up against questions of 'fairness' and even 'legality' when discussing various adapters that could allow a Tesla vehicle to charge at non Tesla charging stations, or a non-Tesla vehicle to charge at a Tesla charging station.
Tesla offers adapters so that Model S & X can charge at Non-Tesla charging locations.
Such as CHAdeMO adapter to use CHAdeMO DC quick/charge stations at places like Nissan dealerships.
And a J1772 adapter to do lower speed AC charging at places like Nissan dealerships and public charging locations.
For the sake of argument, let's assume that these adapters are safe, and only being used when the Tesla driver has permission from the owner of the station to use it.
Would it then be "fair" to think that a Nissan LEAF driver should/could have an opportunity to charge at Tesla HPWCs, or Superchargers if they got permission from the owner of the station?
I have seen comments like "that would be stealing since Tesla paid for the charging equipment and the power."
And "it wouldn't be safe since a car like the LEAF can't handle the power levels of something like a Model S."
And "Tesla has not approved their equipment for use by other makes of vehicles, so it isn't allowed."
Tesla chose to make a proprietary connector on their charging equipment, so that non-Tesla vehicles cannot plug-in.
Attempts to make adapters to the Tesla connector have been controversial.
I am starting this thread to collect up many of those comments that ended up in other threads.
Some related threads:
Supercharger to Chademo Adapter?
HPWC to J1772 adaptor
Photo evidence - Tesla Adapter to J-Plug-on-a-Mercedes-B-Class-EV
Overloading-a-NISSAN-EVSE-with-a-Roadster-UMC
Tesla offers adapters so that Model S & X can charge at Non-Tesla charging locations.
Such as CHAdeMO adapter to use CHAdeMO DC quick/charge stations at places like Nissan dealerships.
And a J1772 adapter to do lower speed AC charging at places like Nissan dealerships and public charging locations.
For the sake of argument, let's assume that these adapters are safe, and only being used when the Tesla driver has permission from the owner of the station to use it.
Would it then be "fair" to think that a Nissan LEAF driver should/could have an opportunity to charge at Tesla HPWCs, or Superchargers if they got permission from the owner of the station?
I have seen comments like "that would be stealing since Tesla paid for the charging equipment and the power."
And "it wouldn't be safe since a car like the LEAF can't handle the power levels of something like a Model S."
And "Tesla has not approved their equipment for use by other makes of vehicles, so it isn't allowed."
Tesla chose to make a proprietary connector on their charging equipment, so that non-Tesla vehicles cannot plug-in.
Attempts to make adapters to the Tesla connector have been controversial.
I am starting this thread to collect up many of those comments that ended up in other threads.
Some related threads:
Supercharger to Chademo Adapter?
HPWC to J1772 adaptor
Photo evidence - Tesla Adapter to J-Plug-on-a-Mercedes-B-Class-EV
Overloading-a-NISSAN-EVSE-with-a-Roadster-UMC
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