BeyondBeLeaf said:
As I was sitting at the charging station, a guy in a Tesla pulled up and I started wondering about charging etiquette. Has anyone ever has someone unplug their car so they could charge their own? And given how some derps are into "ICE-ing", anyone had their cars vandalized while sitting at a charging station? I may go ahead and install my dashcam just as a deterent but I hate that it essentially means that I'll have less range. Maybe I got into EVs too soon....
Oh, that is another can of worms and the responses will vary a lot here.
The etiquette I follow is:
Shared, public (free) charging. Park next to the person charging, leave your charge door open. When they leave or finish, they can plug you in. Follow the same if you are charging and someone parks next to you and leaves their charge door open. Plug them in when you leave.
Paid charging, check the EVSE to make sure it is actually "finished", then you should be able to unplug the other EV and get a charging session started for your EV. I usually *gently* close up the charge port, doors for the other EV as a courtesy as I've had others do it for me too.
Quick Charging, same as the L2, check if the session is finished before paying for your session if the cable can reach your EV.
Overall, newbies will do a double take when they come out and see the charge cable missing and the door closed, but when they get in the EV and see they have 100% (or whatever they set it at if driving a Tesla or Bolt for example), you see a smile and they probably "get it" at that point.
It varies from person to person, but most will figure it out.