Tesla L2 Charging

Our road trip planning since leasing the ID.4 now includes charging stops. In the past, our stops were planned on the fly as we needed gas or a stop for restroom break or a meal. Now, we spend much more time considering and planning charging stops to coincide with a meal or extended restroom/dog walk stop. Since we have the free Electrify America charging plan, these stops revolve around EA stations wherever possible, which further complicates our planning.

When selecting a hotel for example, I search using a EV charging filter. For example, our recent East to West Coast trip had 7 overnight stays of which 5 hotels had EV charging available. 

While 5 out of 7 stays had charging, what we discovered only too late was that 2 of the five had Tesla level 2 chargers and we did not have an adapter! so now we have a Tesla to J1772 adapter and can use it at the many hotels (especially ones in California) with Tesla level 2 chargers.

We purchased the WOLFCAR adapter:

Wolfcar Tesla to J1772 Charging Adapter with Safety Lock

Most of the ones I looked at had a hole in the release button, so that someone cannot take the adapter. The Wolfcar came with a small padlock and storage bag, which was nice.

First plug the adapter into the car and then plug the Tesla cord into the adapter:

And now we are charging (this is one of the hotels we stayed at):

Happy trails!