Parking for EVs only... While Charging?

[TEG]

So I am limping home almost out of charge in my decade old EV that uses an old style charge connector.
I look up a local public charge spot that has Avcon & SPI, but when I get there the lot is full with an EV in the spot, but not charging. (May not even have an adapter to plug in there.)



Disappointing...


I guess the same sort of thing is bound to start happening with Leafs in Tesla spots too...

[zack]

You can't just tow a Tesla, btw. It has to be put in tow mode or you can destroy the transmission, violating the warranty.

[vfx]

This car should get a ticket like a capable person parking in a handicap spot.

I hope you put a ticket on his window.

(by the way, I do this with a local broken charger)

[benji4]

What a sad story, I hope you could get home alright... In Tokyo I've never even seen another EV (or non-EV) in any of the public EV parking sports other than Roadsters charging at the 2 HPCs Telsa has in their showroom parking spaces. I think people here take it pretty seriously that they shouldn't get in somebody's way who really needs a charge. Looks like you had some space on the right side of the Roadster, where you able to squeeze in and charge?

[vfx]

We have a real problem here in legacyville. The chargers have been around for 10 years with little use. People ignore them as there is no downside to parking in their prime locations.

[TEG]

What a sad story, I hope you could get home alright...

Yeah, I made it, just barely. There was another public charge spot (luckily available) a few blocks away so I made it to "Plan B".

Looks like you had some space on the right side of the Roadster, where you able to squeeze in and charge?

Close, but no 'cigar'. I couldn't quite fit in there. Another funny thing is that this is the one charge spot in a city hall parking garage right next to the police station.
If it were any other car, I would have likely left a note on the windshield, but it was a Roadster after all.
(Struggling with some internal debate over entitlements... 'Hey a Roadster!... so cool... wait?! it is blocking my spot!...ummm... drats...')

[doug]

I figured this was downtown PA. Not a nastygram but an informative note would probably have been a good idea to let the guy know that people still use and need those spots.

[vfx]

Here is a start

Hello new EV owner. Thank you for saving the planet. However parking in the EV charging spot while not plugged in has now lessened my chances of getting home on my EV. Next time will you please park in a regular parking spot and let those of us who need a charge use the facilities? There are more us us every day.
Thank you.
(low mileage) EV driver

[doug]

Funny thing is, I see Roadsters in that underground parking structure all the time, but rarely in that EV spot.

[benji4]

One great thing about the Roadster is that since it has so much range, most of the time you don't really need to plug it in when just doing stuff around the city. I find myself hardly ever needing to charge away from home, so most of the time even when I'm in a lot with a charging station I don't need to take up the space that another EV might really need -- better to leave it for a LEAF or iMiev that's probably out of juice!