Charleston SC Vacationing Experience

It has always amazed me that Tesla never defined a queuing system for the chargers. Now that so many other brands have access to the supercharger network crowding could become a problem.

Tesla is building more superchargers every day. But also there are more EVs eligible to charge as @TeslaFan01 noted.

I assume this was end of the day Sunday when everybody was thinking the same thing? Maybe you needed to go over in the morning?

I was down there for a decade and recently moved back to the northeast so know the area well. SC in some ways is like Texas: they don't bend much to outside influences. There are a bunch of Teslas in Charleston but they are generally run locally (people charge at work and again at home). You won't see many on I-26, I-77 or I-95. There's just not a huge incentive for purposes of long-distance assistance. Our friend elected to use a Tesla as a company car for a few years (just switched back to internal combustion) as there's no way she was going to make a 5 1/2 hour trip to the mountains of NC with it and and bank on charging-up in Rock Hill (if a spot would even be free) and not turn that into a 6 to 7 hour trip. A lot of people have second homes to get out of the humidity... The vehicle of choice is a white Silverado or Tahoe. Gas is also cheaper as well as insurance and taxes so very few care about fuel costs there. That's the current state.

Charleston is a high traffic area for the Tesla demographic but the surrounding towns not so much. So the end of the weekend you got a perfect storm. Next time go off hours to fully recharge before leaving.