I would be ok without a charge cord coming with my car, but I would not have been ok with that hat on my first plug in vehicle...or the second. I have two EVSEs hardwired in to he garage and two outlets (14-30 dryer plug and 16-20 plug). Our xc90t8 came with an EVSE that works on 120v or 240 x 16 amp on a nema 16-20 plug. From 2013 I have a clipper creek evse that was supposed to be hardwired, but I attached a dryer cord in a junction box to its wiring. I do not use this often (20 amp maximum), but it was used for many years without any problems. It has been unplugged maybe a dozen times so I am not worried about poor connections causing a fire. I would not travel anywhere in an EV without a functional emergency evse, just in case.
Shipping EVs without EVSEs is a bad idea for first time owners. It may also lead to current EV owners hanging on to their evse and subsequent owners not having a charge cord when needed. If it is going to be someone's first plugin they really should have a charge cord and Tesla should be trying to sell to new owners, not just repeat EV owners.
Shipping EVs without EVSEs is a bad idea for first time owners. It may also lead to current EV owners hanging on to their evse and subsequent owners not having a charge cord when needed. If it is going to be someone's first plugin they really should have a charge cord and Tesla should be trying to sell to new owners, not just repeat EV owners.
