My flat's underground car park has a handful of parking spots with electric chargers.
There's a persistent issue where both ICE drivers and EV/PHEV drivers park in those bays...even when the latter aren't plugged in and charging!
Totally frustrating - fortunately I don't need to charge everyday, but I did go through a phase of leaving notes on some cars asking them not to park there. Helped for a bit but has now reverted.
I confronted one of the drivers today - BMW i3 owner. He complained that he needs to because otherwise he doesn't get a spot and he only has 40 miles range unlike my Tesla's 200 miles (as if that's my problem?!)... I explained that he is basically part of the problem too though, by parking there even when he doesn't need to.
Anyway, clearly he's the lesser of the two evils, but am I wrong to have confronted him??
I see the inevitable consequence now though - he will do the same as before, but just plug in every time so he can't be accused of not needing to charge. Sigh.
(As an aside, I'm confident my Sentry Mode has caught him using his second car - an enormous ICE SUV - to hog electric spots - but I need to collect more evidence. In any case, he'll say he needs to because he needs to be able charge etc)
Bit of a rant, thank you for reading!
There's a persistent issue where both ICE drivers and EV/PHEV drivers park in those bays...even when the latter aren't plugged in and charging!
Totally frustrating - fortunately I don't need to charge everyday, but I did go through a phase of leaving notes on some cars asking them not to park there. Helped for a bit but has now reverted.
I confronted one of the drivers today - BMW i3 owner. He complained that he needs to because otherwise he doesn't get a spot and he only has 40 miles range unlike my Tesla's 200 miles (as if that's my problem?!)... I explained that he is basically part of the problem too though, by parking there even when he doesn't need to.
Anyway, clearly he's the lesser of the two evils, but am I wrong to have confronted him??
I see the inevitable consequence now though - he will do the same as before, but just plug in every time so he can't be accused of not needing to charge. Sigh.
(As an aside, I'm confident my Sentry Mode has caught him using his second car - an enormous ICE SUV - to hog electric spots - but I need to collect more evidence. In any case, he'll say he needs to because he needs to be able charge etc)
Bit of a rant, thank you for reading!
