no one is saying you shouldn’t be able to charge to 100%. It should just be much more expensive in order to prevent people who don’t need to charge to 100% from restricting access to other drivers. We need this precisely because there *isn’t* robust charging infrastructure.Because until we have a robust charging infrastructure sometimes we need to charge to 100%.
Sorry that my travel plans and needs impact you but it is not your charger and I was there first.
Now if all DCFC stations had a handful of 40 amp a/c stations I would support your cut their balls off at 90% approach.
As I said before here people need to chill and rely on the golden rule. I don’t understand while so many on here feel privileged and entitled.
But why should I be penalized because you are impatient or unwilling to drive to the next station?
Doesn’t Europe have a hard cap? I think that is the appropriate way.
When you fill your truck, then go inside and shop in the convenience store without moving your truck, we'll give you plenty of evil eye...
i don’t understand why you think you have the right to spend as much time on the charger as you want. The charging companies have full control of how their chargers are used. If they see more people having a bad experience because a large portion of people are spending an extra hour at the charge station to get from 90 to 100 then it is their right, and the smart thing to do, to incentivize people to leave chargers sooner. You have absolutely zero right to pay the same amount for the first 10% of your battery as the last 10% of your battery. That’s entirely at the discretion of the charging provider.
Because it is a commodity and I am paying the vendor. So that gives me every right to use the service I am paying for.
And actually read my posts, I said I don’t do that, and I said people that need to should offer up the space, but as a user of a charging station that person has absolutely ZERO right to tell someone how to think or act.
You have the right to set the rules of how a private company does business?
EV charging isn't a right. This discussion is entirely about how charging providers efficiently service customers. Right now there's a major problem with people hogging chargers when they don't need to. Just because you "need" to charge to 100% doesn't mean everyone needs to. If you end up suffering because of the situation it's because of the bad behavior of other drivers who don't care, or appreciate, the importance of using public charging infrastructure efficiently. It has nothing to do with anyone being impatient.
Sounds like a you problem. Maybe relax chill and wait
. You clearly have the belief your need is more important than the person charging when you arrived and that is totally on you. Might be something to ponder the next time you reflect on your life, your priorities, and how to be a good person?
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