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Home Posts tagged "Charging Etiquette"

Tag: Charging Etiquette

Every plug-in vehicle has the right to access charging stations

December 28, 2019 December 27, 2019

Does an electric car owner have priority over a plug-in hybrid owner to use electric car charging stations? We see this question come up all the time, a Chevy Volt owner, or Plug-in Prius owner, or other PHEV owner, being told they have less right to use a charging station…

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Bitcoin-based charging stations to reduce need for charging network operators

September 6, 2015 September 6, 2015

I’m learning about Bitcoin and now know that it’s not a piece of techno-fluff that won’t amount to anything.  It has serious technical depth, and the capability of transforming the monetary system.  Maybe.  One possibility is to solve for the supposed necessity of charging station networks. If applied correctly, Bitcoin based charging…

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Electric car drivers aren’t entitled to violate other laws, like handicapped parking

September 17, 2014 March 30, 2015

Access to charging stations is a fundamental need for electric vehicle drivers.  But does that mean an electric car driver can park in a handicapped spot just to access a charging station?  If the charging station is blocked, does that transfer rights to the electric car driver to violate the…

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The word for a Tesla Model S hogging an EV Charging spot? Musked?

August 17, 2014 April 14, 2015
Tesla Model S

Electric car drivers must have access to electric vehicle charging spots.  That means we, the community of electric vehicle drivers, have developed an etiquette for sharing charging station access.  Not everyone knows or follows the etiquette, making for friction and anger. Usually it’s a gasoline car blocking access to a…

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Squatting, useful for certain human functions, is bad charging station etiquette

July 1, 2014 January 9, 2016

Electric car owners need access to electricity – all of us do.  Unfortunately there often aren’t enough charging stations to go around, leaving us to either practice good sharing habits, or to replay childhood games equivalent to “hogging the ball.”  In other words, some people don’t have any qualm hogging…

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Electric car road rage, electric car etiquette, and sharing charging stations

June 19, 2012 April 13, 2015

An inconveniently unplugged electric car can leave the owner of that car stranded with an unexpectedly flat battery pack, potentially inciting Hulk-like rage, but following common sense etiquette can avoid a whole world of outrage. The rise of electric cars will give us new ways to accidentally offend others. An…

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