Swampnut, from my recollection. The Supercharger stations, they have to see the car next to them, there is some sort of communication and identification, and that turns the station on to charge the car. Otherwise, there is no other external turn on device that I am aware of.
The easiest way I think would be to have an app, which uses your phones bluetooth, wifi, etc etc. to talk to the station, or scan a barcode or something to turn it on for the non tesloids wanting to use the station. One would still need the dongle thing, which IS available on E bay for those not too lazy to look, to convert from Tesla to CCS-1. Even though there is not currently a use for them on superchargers, they CAN be used on other chargers that may have a tesla tap, but not a CCS1 on it.
Overall, the more chargers we can get, of any type, that can do CCS charging, the better it will be for all Energica users, as a fairly quick stop can top off another 100 miles of range in under an hour. I did a run saturday, ran about 80 miles, they had a CCS in the location, was able to top it back off in what I could squeeze in about 50 minutes, which was plenty to let me run around town a bit, and get back home with still 23 percent to spare at highway speeds.
If you NEED to get somewhere fast, yah spending 40 minutes may seem like an eternity, but if you are doing a poker run, or something just running about, spending an hour here, hour there is no big deal really. Grab a drink, take a bite to eat, stretch your legs, etc, you'll be back on the road before you know it.
Aaron
