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I get it all, but maybe you all have had a better experience. In GA Atlanta area it was an utter nightmare trying to travel to FL. The Bolts were left unattended, on every charger and a line. I'm not talking a 15 min or even 30 min wait, I'm talking hours and nobody showed up.

I charge to 80 and 90 if heading into Mississippi as my route and desire is a terrible EV charging options. Never sat for 100% in the middle of a trip, if I did have to, I'd drive an ICE car instead.
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I fully expect Tesla SC to start being overwhelmed with ridiculous slow charging Bolts sitting for hours to 100% like they do at Walmart RA in the SE.

Maybe they will be too cheap to pay the rates and buy adaptors. One can hope...

https://insideevs.com/news/734739/charging-chevrolet-bolt-ev-tesla-supercharger/
Bolts won’t charge any faster at Tesla SC than they do anywhere else; it just costs them more to charge there, plus having to purchase a $200 adapter. I don’t see it becoming a problem, except in locations that only have Superchargers.
At locations with people waiting to charge, raising the rates seems appropriate; at $1/kWh, no one’s going to buy any more than they need to get home on- except road trippers, who ought to have priority anyway. If you’re local, use your own darned Level 2 charger, or don’t buy an EV in the first place.
 
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I get it all, but maybe you all have had a better experience. In GA Atlanta area it was an utter nightmare trying to travel to FL. The Bolts were left unattended, on every charger and a line. I'm not talking a 15 min or even 30 min wait, I'm talking hours and nobody showed up.

I charge to 80 and 90 if heading into Mississippi as my route and desire is a terrible EV charging options. Never sat for 100% in the middle of a trip, if I did have to, I'd drive an ICE car instead.
Unattended Bolts = bad pricing policy. Easily fixed.
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