Hello all! New X owner here. On our first road trip, we stayed at
Hilton West Palm Beach
600 Okeechobee Blvd
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Tesla lists it with one Destination Charger (which is why we picked it), and Plugshare lists it as one Tesla Charger with 50A and one J1772 charger with 40A.
It is Valet only for $22 per day, free to charge.
Long story summary: If you charge at the Hilton West Palm Beach, make sure the valet plugs you into the Tesla HPWC if you need the best charging rate and reliability. They plugged me into their J1772 charger which had a lower charge rate and kept getting interrupted. They did not seem aware of the Tesla HPWC.
Long story:
Of note is that the valet folks did not seem familiar with Tesla chargers vs J1772. When we first arrived, I asked to have it charged, and the valet asked me if I had an adapter. I said I did but mentioned that the Tesla charger would not need it, they seemed confused by that and stated that it was ok, they have an adapter. I just let it go. The first charging session was from about noon to 5:30, I was seeing 30 Amps/17 MpH. About 2 PM I got a notification that the charging was interrupted, and to "check charger power". I let it go as we had enough charge to go to the concert (Muse!) later that evening. Sometime before that though, it started charging again (maybe overheating issue? It was hot as blazes). After we got back from the concert, I handed the X back off and asked to charge again, they did so and I was getting similar charging rates as earlier. Charging got interrupted again sometime in the morning, but it has charged up to 80%-ish already so we were good to leave. When the final valet delivered the car, she brought their J1772-to-Tesla adapter with her, because she wanted to make sure that it was not mine, confirming that they had plugged it into their J1772 instead of the Tesla charger. I mentioned again that I thought they had a Tesla specific charger, but she said they didn't. However, Plugshare has a picture with a Tesla HPWC and a J1771 charger side-by-side. I am guessing they were just not aware of the difference. Unfortunately, I did not personally go look to see if they indeed had a Tesla HPWC. If they did, I would have had a better charging rate (and more reliable) probably if they had used the HPWC. The valet lot was just next door but I am unsure if it was fenced off or not. Google street view still shows it under construction.
