If the car is locked I thought the charger couldn’t be removed
No idea but there was a clear correlation to pumps having personnel and "lockable" nozzles and self service pumps without the locks.
On AC yes (your cable). Not so sure on DC. Both cars were locked (Renault zoe and volkswagen id 3 or 4) and both had the connectors fully unlocked. Not even a button was needed. Basically they fell out as soon as I grabbed the handles. Do keep in mind that neither was actively charging anymore.
If you don’t want your car touched, then don’t be inconsiderate and it leave it past the time you’re done charging.
I’m not going to get into a back and forth and make a charging post political, but there are extreme levels of irony in this statement.
As mentioned, down to country and customs, each will have their own ‘cause and effects’ of which may have unwanted escalation(s).
Wow, talk about being defensive of your favorite party. I never said one side of the political isle is better or worse. Just because some politician from another party did something worse, does not excuse the other side behavior. Using your logic, we should excuse people who charge to 100 and stay connected all day because there are worse people in the world. Perhaps we should celebrate people who block EV chargers for not being murderers or rapists, right?
I don’t have a party affiliation, I’m a registered independent. Your comparison was asinine within this context and I was compelled to highlight how hypocritical your statement was.Wow, talk about being defensive of your favorite party. I never said one side of the political isle is better or worse. Just because some politician from another party did something worse, does not excuse the other side behavior. Using your logic, we should excuse people who charge to 100 and stay connected all day because there are worse people in the world. Perhaps we should celebrate people who block EV chargers for not being murderers or rapists, right?
My point was that if even the current elected leaders would ICE a charger just for their convenience, why should we expect any better from citizens? I never implied voting for Trump would get you any better or worse than Biden - comparing sides would be making it into a political discussion, so a topic for a different forum.
You are the one bringing in political leanings (e.g. what does Jan 6th have to do with ICEing a charger). I was simply pointing out that blocking EV chargers purely for someone's convenience happens all the way up to the top leaders of our country, hence no surprise citizens do it too.
Pretty big stretch to get to the president didn’t condemn some random actions of an employee that affected probably 2 people. So yeah, you’re the one that brought the politics into this. Y’all make me lol.
When it's an employee directly reporting to the highest office in the land, it sets an example, therefore they should be held to a higher standard. People look up to their leaders and say "hey, if it's ok for them to do it, why would it not be ok for me to do the same". Any individual blocking of a single DC charger affects the same number of people, whether it's the Energy Secretary of the United States who didn't feel like waiting for a charger, or someone who wanted free parking while they were shopping. I respect your right to have an opinion that charging etiquette is a non issue because each incident only affects "probably 2 people" as you say. Maybe you use such reasoning to use DC chargers as free parking because you believe it's a non issue since you only affect 2 people, I don't know. I personally think it is an issue while the number of DC chargers is limited out there.
Come on... You really didn't "accidently" fell on your horn? ?On my return trip from RR7, I stumbled upon this fellow in a Polestar2, who was a copious 67min into overtime. He was (asleep in the car and) hogging one of the 2 working chargers of the 4 there, and the only working 350kW.
The other working charger was in use by someone else, and so I felt the temptation to stop his session (not disconnect) and plug mine in (edit) using the second cable of that station. I decided to wait, though - out of a mix of courtesy and self-preservation (midnight in a 'foreign' town).
Some time later, the other charger became available, and I began charging. Our sleepy driver woke up eventually at around 80min of idling (so a full 2 hours hooked up to that charger), studied the screen above intensely for a minute, and stormed off in the Safeway parking lot - no doubt to recover some of the time lost.
I was mad and tired, and this possibility didn't occur to me. But I like the way you think ?
I even have multiple excuses prepared
You are probably the most patient person I've come across. I would have knock on his window to wake him. He'd probably would have thanked me for saving all of $$$ on idle fees.On my return trip from RR7, I stumbled upon this fellow in a Polestar2, who was a copious 67min into overtime. He was (asleep in the car and) hogging one of the 2 working chargers of the 4 there, and the only working 350kW.
The other working charger was in use by someone else, and so I felt the temptation to stop his session (not disconnect) and plug mine in (edit) using the second cable of that station. I decided to wait, though - out of a mix of courtesy and self-preservation (midnight in a 'foreign' town).
Some time later, the other charger became available, and I began charging. Our sleepy driver woke up eventually at around 80min of idling (so a full 2 hours hooked up to that charger), studied the screen above intensely for a minute, and stormed off in the Safeway parking lot - no doubt to recover some of the time lost.
