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Here's my description of my first attempt to analyze in italics; I believe the TeslaFi raw data method above is much easier because you can see the context and have more confidence in the data:



---I believe I wrote about the Fresno incident: I was at Target in line to pay for items, and I got the notice that the charge was finished while in line to pay. By the time I walked to the car, it said it had started accruing fees.For the first Seaside incident, I was trying to rent a car when the service center didn't have a loaner available for the annual service, and I was walking back from the rental place when it didn't work out. That accounted for $4.80.For the second Seaside incident, the car was still charging when I went to the lounge to use the bathroom, and after the bathroom, I immediately returned to the car to unplug it since it reported that it was finished. That accounted for $2.40. (I always wash my hands thoroughly, and if this causes me to get more idle fee, then that's what will happen, since I'm not going to reduce my cleaning.)---Here's me paying (I redacted card info), the screen obtained by pressing "" red button:Waiting graphic obtained by pressing "" red button:Receipt screen (I redacted my name and address and card info):Here's how it shows up at my bank online:The idle fees show up as "POS DEBIT TESLA MOTORS DEPOSIT 650-681-5000 CA" (first line above), whereas paying for an annual service + new tires showed up as "POS DEBIT Tesla Motors Inc 650-6815000 CA" (second line above, for comparison). I believe "DEPOSIT" is an error in their naming for idle fees. It is probably the old code from the credit card processing for deposits in similar web forms.After payment, the box which said I had a balance disappears from the specific product (car) screen; there is no "zero balance" box.I received no email about it at any stage; not for the initial idle fees; not for the balance; not for the payment and receipt. I would like the payment receipt emailed. I also think the idle fees themselves should be emailed as they get to be significant.I do not know if the annual service triggered any type of Idle fee calculation. I was able to pay for my annual service and leave with the car without any knowledge of the Idle fee balance, and without it being mentioned to me by the Service person(s). The first time I noticed the balance is after paying for my service and getting my car.At no time did I accrue idle fees while the SuperCharger was full. Their temporary pallet pad SuperCharger pair helped this situation. Seaside SuperCharger commonly has most of its capacity used; I'd call it heavy, but they also have a smaller number of SuperCharger stalls, so it's more like "relatively heavy" with respect to the number of stalls. It doesn't get big lines like Mountain View and San Mateo. Fresno SuperCharger commonly has light use.The original announcement from Tesla regarding these Idle Fees as posted by the original poster of this thread can still be found at this URL: Improving Supercharger Availability