Warning: This is just a boring charging story, for those who are interested.

We stopped in Bega to charge, since it was the last fast charger (50kW DC, free from The NRMA) before the 400km stretch to the next one in Sale. We needed to fill up to get through Gippsland.

When we arrived, a blue MG was already charging and another Tesla was parking in the next spot. I checked into PlugShare as "Waiting". But the MG had not checked in, and the owner was nowhere to be seen. So, I didn't know how long they would be or how to contact them. The other Tesla driver, Sue, kindly offered to forgo her spot, since she could charge when home in Tathra. She told a story of previously waiting elsewhere for EVs to move, long after being charged and said "no one wants to be that guy".

After a while, when the MG was at 94%, the owner showed up. He said he doesn’t use PlugShare because "I don’t want people knowing where I am". He said he plans to charge to near 100%, even though he knows it's very slow after 95%. It did point out that his old(?) MG only gets about 200km of highway driving, so 5% can make a difference. He didn’t seem to care that others have to wait longer and have no idea of when he will return. Then he walked off.

I waited through the 90s, and later checked the "pump", which was had reached 100% some time ago. Still no sign of the owner, so I attempted to remove the CCS2 cable from the MG. To my surprise, it was not locked in. I had already parked my Tesla in the diagonally adjacent spot (which was fortunately vacant), since of course I couldn't move the MG out of the designated charging space.

Soon after, the MG owner returned. I told him I had removed the plug after 100%. He said "yes, you can do that on this model". I said that others wouldn't know that nor should have to do it. I also suggested that he use a pseudonym on PlugShare if he's really concerned about some sort of identity theft.

My takeaway, again, is that we need a queuing mechanism, that is incorporated into the same app we use for charging. And, of course, more than one fast charger at these locations.