As EVs and hybrids become more popular and numerous, the number of idiots who drive them also increases. The lack of etiquette amongst EV drivers is pretty high as I've come to experience.
One particular location that has a really high number of morons who bring their hybrids and EVs to charge at is the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, CA.
The parking structure across from the Galleria and right next to the Americana is the one I'm speaking of and has 4 chargers total in the entire parking structure of what probably holds about 2000 cars at peak times.
Pretty much every time I go there, I swing by the charging stations and spots are almost ALWAYS taken up by Volts, Prius hybrids, or Fiat 500e's. There's one Volt in particular where this guy is there 24/7...fully charged or not he takes up a space almost every time I've visited this spot. Sometimes he's even sitting in the car (seen him do this a few times). It's truly pathetic.
Volt and 500e drivers seem to be the biggest jerks of the lot....leaving their cars plugged in even though charging has completed and Volt and Prius plug-in owners are too cheap to run their cars on fuel and give EV drivers the first in line chance to charge because we actually have a more immediate need.
With that said, I went to today and found a spot on the 5th floor...the 2nd bottom floor had 3 Leafs, 3 Fiat 500es, and a Volt parked and the Volt and Fiat500e were charging. At the 5th floor there was a black Fiat 500e that was charging and a gray one that wasn't charging and wasn't in the EV spot. So I plugged my car in, set my timer to 2 hours and headed out to do my thing.
Upon returning, I find the charge chord has been removed and is plugged into a white Fiat 500e that isn't even in a charging spot. No note, no sorry, no anything. I was furious. I had gained only 4 miles total...so this ahole had removed my cable about 15 minutes after I had arrived.
I was truly furious. I wrote a really nasty letter and returned the courtesy by removing the cable from their vehicle. I would NEVER ever do that to anyone else and I've gone without charging plenty of times even though I could have used it on some occasions...even when seeing EV's parked there fully charged. I never touched someone else's car.
It's gotten pretty bad. I don't know what it is about these 500e drivers but it's not the first time I've noticed they have some really crappy attitudes.
Anyway, thought I'd give some Spark EV owners a heads up as I've seen a couple parked there too
One particular location that has a really high number of morons who bring their hybrids and EVs to charge at is the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, CA.
The parking structure across from the Galleria and right next to the Americana is the one I'm speaking of and has 4 chargers total in the entire parking structure of what probably holds about 2000 cars at peak times.
Pretty much every time I go there, I swing by the charging stations and spots are almost ALWAYS taken up by Volts, Prius hybrids, or Fiat 500e's. There's one Volt in particular where this guy is there 24/7...fully charged or not he takes up a space almost every time I've visited this spot. Sometimes he's even sitting in the car (seen him do this a few times). It's truly pathetic.
Volt and 500e drivers seem to be the biggest jerks of the lot....leaving their cars plugged in even though charging has completed and Volt and Prius plug-in owners are too cheap to run their cars on fuel and give EV drivers the first in line chance to charge because we actually have a more immediate need.
With that said, I went to today and found a spot on the 5th floor...the 2nd bottom floor had 3 Leafs, 3 Fiat 500es, and a Volt parked and the Volt and Fiat500e were charging. At the 5th floor there was a black Fiat 500e that was charging and a gray one that wasn't charging and wasn't in the EV spot. So I plugged my car in, set my timer to 2 hours and headed out to do my thing.
Upon returning, I find the charge chord has been removed and is plugged into a white Fiat 500e that isn't even in a charging spot. No note, no sorry, no anything. I was furious. I had gained only 4 miles total...so this ahole had removed my cable about 15 minutes after I had arrived.
I was truly furious. I wrote a really nasty letter and returned the courtesy by removing the cable from their vehicle. I would NEVER ever do that to anyone else and I've gone without charging plenty of times even though I could have used it on some occasions...even when seeing EV's parked there fully charged. I never touched someone else's car.
It's gotten pretty bad. I don't know what it is about these 500e drivers but it's not the first time I've noticed they have some really crappy attitudes.
Anyway, thought I'd give some Spark EV owners a heads up as I've seen a couple parked there too
