Legally you would have a hard time in court arguing that the "presence" of the outlet implied consent.
Maybe you could get away with it once :roll:
I'm not saying that
THIS is the correct way to do things, but.........
A couple times a month I have to drive to another State for meetings.
It's about 40 miles one way with AC on at 70+ MPH on I95, which for my 2012 can be tight , and a round trip is now out of the question.
The meetings are at big commercial property (office) with an integral below grade parking area.
I've been going here for years, and I discovered if I go down to the lowest level, about 7 floors down, there is, at the very end of the lot, a 120VAC outlet.
I pull in so tight so that I'm within 1" of touching the wall, pop the charger port, plug the Nissan EVSE in, and place the unit and spare cord/cable under the front of the car, Twist-tied to the lower grille/ front plate bracket.
I lower the charge door over the J1772, and you would have to be REALLY observant to ever see it, especially once the lot above gets full, and people start filling in this remote area.
It's a dead end, so no one is going to casually pass by.
I left a note on the EVSE for the first few times with my cell phone # just in case.
Technically, this is theft of service/utility, as it is unauthorized and has measurable value.
I would be happy to pay them if they had any sort of system to do so, but many places (locales) are very restrictive about the reselling of utility services.
Anyway, that's my less than perfect solution.
Unrelated story:
I also took my son to the Hospital outside of my round trip range years ago.
They were doing some exterior renovation, and I found their "Power Pole".
I used to carry a 100' 12Gauge extension cord (I was sure I was going to run out of power, but never have).
I plugged into one of the 16+ outlets that were about half full of cords, and followed them until i was about 50" away from the pole, then I diverted to my vehicle.
6 Hours plugged in, and came back and all was well.
But I digress.
EDIT (p.s.) Legally, my solution is less legally defendable than simply overtly plugging in.
It could be argued that my way shows premeditated intent, QED implying that I knew it was unauthorized and I then attempted to conceal the "theft".
Just FYI - Before someone else said it