tomdfw1
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Curious people's thoughts on when it is appropriate to unplug a public charger from a car.
Is it acceptable to unplug someone's car from a charger if it is 100% charged...? 90%? Never?
I for one think it is acceptable to unplug the charger if the other car is 100% charged and they are nowhere to be seen. Then again, most/all EA stations have two chargers per pod and I think you can plug in the second one and it should work when the first is 100%? (Can anyone confirm?) (Porsche will not allow someone to unplug charger if doors are locked, but many cars will permit this)
However, for other charging stations where maybe only one charger per pod is used...would you unplug an unattended car fully charged?
Please consider all circumstances...for example You have 5 miles left of range and the next closest charger is 10 miles or more away. The only available charger is being used by a car that has been fully charged. You've waited an hour after that and the car is still plugged in. Is it acceptable to remove the charger? (If physically enabled?) When is it acceptable to you?
(It is my desire that stations post a sign similar to following: By using this charger, you accept responsibility to unplug car within 10 minutes of being fully charged or allow others to do so in your absence.) I do not see this happening at pay stations as they do typically charge an idle fee per minute, which is actually more than per minute charging fee. EA starts idle fee 10 minutes after fully charged and .40/minute!
Here is the latest poll made on Facebook in the Taycan User's Group (over 25k members):
What would you do?!
Is it acceptable to unplug someone's car from a charger if it is 100% charged...? 90%? Never?
I for one think it is acceptable to unplug the charger if the other car is 100% charged and they are nowhere to be seen. Then again, most/all EA stations have two chargers per pod and I think you can plug in the second one and it should work when the first is 100%? (Can anyone confirm?) (Porsche will not allow someone to unplug charger if doors are locked, but many cars will permit this)
However, for other charging stations where maybe only one charger per pod is used...would you unplug an unattended car fully charged?
Please consider all circumstances...for example You have 5 miles left of range and the next closest charger is 10 miles or more away. The only available charger is being used by a car that has been fully charged. You've waited an hour after that and the car is still plugged in. Is it acceptable to remove the charger? (If physically enabled?) When is it acceptable to you?
(It is my desire that stations post a sign similar to following: By using this charger, you accept responsibility to unplug car within 10 minutes of being fully charged or allow others to do so in your absence.) I do not see this happening at pay stations as they do typically charge an idle fee per minute, which is actually more than per minute charging fee. EA starts idle fee 10 minutes after fully charged and .40/minute!
Here is the latest poll made on Facebook in the Taycan User's Group (over 25k members):
What would you do?!
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