lpickup
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Then my opinion is that you should not charge there if you are not willing to vacate the spot when your charge is complete. Yes, I agree that it is a hassle (or maybe downright impossible, say if you are at a symphony concert) to get up and move your car when it's done charging. However, an EVSE spot is intended to be used for CHARGING, not a perk spot for EVs (at least until charging stations are ubiquitous). An EV that is taking up a charging station spot without charging (past a certain "grace" period to allow the owner, upon being notified that the charge is complete to physically get to the car and move it) is no better than an ICE vehicle occupying the spot.davewill said:I sure wouldn't. You actually think it's reasonable to expect someone to get up from dinner to move the car? I got news for you, I'm not going to get up in the middle of my concert or movie and maybe not interrupt my shopping trip at the mall, either. The real answer is more infrastructure, not bullying of PHEV drivers.lpickup said:.. And the real question is: since your PiP completed charging at some point during dinner, and assuming you had some way of knowing when the charge was complete, would you have been willing to go outside and move the car to open up the spot for another EV? (And if the answer is yes, why didn't you?) ...
And I'm not singling out PHEV drivers here...I would hold BEV drivers, and myself, to that same standard of courtesy.
And if you were in a position where you really NEEDED the charge because you were down so low you didn't have enough range to make it home, then there probably isn't a problem anyway on an L2 charger.