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#2849387 12-Jan-2022 16:38

To be honest this is one of the things that would put me off buying an electric car. There needs to be strict parking enforcement to manage anti-social behaviour like this, otherwise you have no way of knowing whether a public charger is going to be available when you need it.

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#2849396 12-Jan-2022 16:51

alasta:

To be honest this is one of the things that would put me off buying an electric car. There needs to be strict parking enforcement to manage anti-social behaviour like this, otherwise you have no way of knowing whether a public charger is going to be available when you need it.

you'd also better not be doing any road trips over easter and school holidays when everybody has one!

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#2849397 12-Jan-2022 16:57

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To be honest this is one of the things that would put me off buying an electric car. There needs to be strict parking enforcement to manage anti-social behaviour like this, otherwise you have no way of knowing whether a public charger is going to be available when you need it.

Yours is a common impression of something that is seldom experienced by most EV owners, particularly because most EV owners do a very high proportion of their charging at home. It probably links back to the habit of going to a remote location to refuel your ICE vehicle being so ingrained in us.

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#2849399 12-Jan-2022 16:58

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To be honest this is one of the things that would put me off buying an electric car. There needs to be strict parking enforcement to manage anti-social behaviour like this, otherwise you have no way of knowing whether a public charger is going to be available when you need it.

It's really not as bad as that normally. And especially as the ranges are getting long enough now for very long trips to become feasible without stopping. On our way down to Taranaki this Christmas we went past multiple chargers that didn't have a queue. To be fair, if we had already gotten the M3 we would have wanted to stop in Te Kuiti and the New World there *was* already in use, but I think there's another one there now too.

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#2849413 12-Jan-2022 17:09

Ah, the joy of not being tied to school holidays anymore. And travelling away at Easter in any sort of vehicle is best avoided.

I have seen videos recently of EV drivers getting ICEd. I think it would be more apt to refer to it as an ICE-block. It is the height of rudeness, certainly as bad as parking in a ‘parents’ parking spot at a mall. Perhaps not quite to the level of using a mobility spot though.

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#2849466 12-Jan-2022 17:15

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Ah, the joy of not being tied to school holidays anymore. And travelling away at Easter in any sort of vehicle is best avoided.

I have seen videos recently of EV drivers getting ICEd. I think it would be more apt to refer to it as an ICE-block. It is the height of rudeness, certainly as bad as parking in a ‘parents’ parking spot at a mall. Perhaps not quite to the level of using a mobility spot though.

In four years of driving an EV, that's only the second time it's ever happened to me.

Agreed on not quite as bad as parking in a mobility spot although in that case at least you might be able to park in a different spot or a different car park. Tough luck when you have 20km range remaining and it's 85km to the next charger though.

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#2849932 13-Jan-2022 13:05

I called the council on a fellow EV parked in a charging spot. They were there when I arrived and still the after I finished after 25 minutes but the charger had only charged for 10 minutes then turned itself off as complete.

I think they were just using it as a parking sport.

When i rang up I said there's an EV just sitting on a charging spot not charging the the council worker correctly ID which charger it was so I ecoect someone has form for this...

They rang back to say person had been ticketed..

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#2849991 13-Jan-2022 13:21

afe66: I called the council on a fellow EV parked in a charging spot. They were there when I arrived and still the after I finished after 25 minutes but the charger had only charged for 10 minutes then turned itself off as complete.

I think they were just using it as a parking sport.

When i rang up I said there's an EV just sitting on a charging spot not charging the the council worker correctly ID which charger it was so I ecoect someone has form for this...

They rang back to say person had been ticketed..

Where else do you expect them to park? 😎

I'm guessing there wasn't a handy disabled park or a 5 minute loading zone nearby for this clown to be able to display their arrogant disregard for other users.

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#2849996 13-Jan-2022 13:32

yikes EV charging is a catfight it seems!

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#2849998 13-Jan-2022 13:35

Not really , but theres inconsiderate idiots everywhere

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#2850000 13-Jan-2022 13:38

If the car was fully charged as per the owners instructions. Ie 85% or 100% after 10 minutes which you can see on front on charging machine. Eg charge net machine was flashing disconnect and showed it had only charged for 10 minutes.

Then owner should return and move it to one of the non charging parks. Not charge for 10 then sit here for 50 minutes blocking the park for other EVs while also not paying for a normal parking spot 20m away..

Chargenet machines have app that tells you your state of charge in real time and can txt you when full to return to your car

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#2850049 13-Jan-2022 13:40

I have watched a few videos about the charging network in the UK. One was showing an instance where a car had been put on charge, which should have taken about 40 minutes. The charger stopped after 10 minutes, for whatever reason, well short of the intended recharge %. He had been caught out by the same site previously, hence the video. The only way he could get it to continue was to call the faulty charge complete and start again.

Is that something that can happen here? Does the display on the charger indicate the car’s battery level as well? Quite likely he was just trying it on, but afe66’s experience reminded me of that video.

Edit: I see afe66 posted while I was composing. The simple answer is, no, it wasn’t a malfunction.

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#2850052 13-Jan-2022 13:46

most chargers here are chargenet, you have an app and text notifications to help out.

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#2850069 13-Jan-2022 14:29

When charging the Chargenet machines show current cars charging state and what charge rate is currently how much time passed and running cost. Most likely because there is a cost bases on power used an time taken.

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#2850254 13-Jan-2022 17:07

So, excluding the fine, is the 25c a minute that Chargenet charge, cheaper or more expensive than the metered parking in that location? If it’s dearer, then they are stupid as well as arrogant.

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