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Write a note.Well I can see a time when I will have to get mad at a Fisker parked running in the Tesla ...
That's interesting. Should pure EV's get priority in charging spots over PHEVs, (REEVs, EREV, whatever)?
Part of what I was getting at is that (assuming they have compatible connectors) should pure EVs have some priority since the PHEVs have the option of getting home on gas? (vfx's note mentions the EV driver being stranded.)That's interesting. Should pure EV's get priority in charging spots over PHEVs, (REEVs, EREV, whatever)?
Definitely not funded by GM. The EAA paid for those out of member funds and many of us still use them todayApparently Saturn funded these.
Interesting. I have my own version of this note that I use regularly when a charger is ICEd. I've never had a problem. In fact each time after I place it on a car, my next move is to find security or parking enforcement and let them know that I'm being blocked. Most places realize that spending $20-40k for a charging station that can't be used is money poorly spent.I can tell you from experience that such notes can cause issues.
I wonder if that same logic can get us out of a ticket for parking in a handicap spot since the signs are just suggestions?? It is a poor precedent to set that parking signage is not enforced... though we see it all the time.Just because the spots say EV reserved doesn't mean that everyone feels EV owners are entitled to exclusive use of them.
It all depends on the situation. Private lots (that you're speaking of here) are different than public lots. The owner of the private lot gets to determine enforcement. If a public lot is signed correctly, then the vehicle code certainly makes it illegal to park a non-EV in an EV spot.I don't think there is a law being broken when an ICE is parked there.
A problem that we're dealing with right now. In San Francisco as well.I noticed some spots at Stanford have signs saying they are reserved for EVs only and another sign saying available for ZipCar rental returns too.
I just had some added to our public spots here in town. Just to make it VERY clear that today's hybrids are not electric cars. What'll screw it all up is when we have plug-in hybrids, of course. Then what? This is gonna get ugly.That has come up too. Someone (EVnut?) has replaced many of the signs with newer ones that specifically say that hybrids are excluded.
Yeah, this is exactly what is happening here. An EV charger being blocked by an EV that cannot use it. So it was suggested that the car has to actually be charging to be parked there. But what happens if somebody comes along and unplugs me? I get a ticket?Once one of the public spots I planned to use was blocked by GEM NEV that couldn't even use the Avcon charger.
Originally Posted by vfx
Apparently Saturn funded these
You caught me. I was looking for but did not find the version that had the spinning arrow on a dial at the bottom, sort of a "Back in X minutes" type card. I do remember that one saying printing was funded by Saturn.Definitely not funded by GM. The EAA paid for those out of member funds and many of us still use them today
With 5 EV parking spots at work, and 3 EVs (a NEV, another Ranger EV, and me), and me only being able to use 4 of the spots ...
But I really don't want to see some #$&^&$^% Volt or Fisker in an EV parking spot. If it's half-assed, it doesn't belong there.
Perhaps (like with handicapped spots) people should have special placards or license plates to be entitled to park in the reserved spots so that it doesn't end up being subject to interpretation and dispute?
Yeah, this is exactly what is happening here. An EV charger being blocked by an EV that cannot use it. So it was suggested that the car has to actually be charging to be parked there.
Actually, the Roadster will let everyone know that you're done charging.What if I plug in even though I don't need the charge? Then no one but me knows I'm being unethical.
Actually, the Roadster will let everyone know that you're done charging.