In many cases, access to the building's power panel is closer to parking that is around the side or in the back. Too many times, non-plugin driving people are making the stupid decision to make EV parking 'showcase' (up front). That make make for good PR for them, but horrible non-access for the plugin drivers, and forever leaves a bad taste in non-plugin driver's minds (?why do they get special treatment? - who cares/I will teach them!, I will just park there!).
... -There was a follow up post I had made (perhaps not on this thread) where I mentioned that I had researched and found that in most cases you do not need their EVSE card ahead of time, but that as long as you have access to a phone, you can call to use your credit card to pay for the charge (example when having to use a wired phone that is away from the EVSE: Park and plugin, note the EVSE location, serial number, and the toll free EVSE telephone number on the EVSE, then lock and leave the plugin to make the call. I would bring with you a list of all EVSE contact numbers encase the EVSE had theirs rubbed off - I had listed those numbers in the post). There is a newswire post 'EV parking wars' I will be making soon, that shows giving ice drivers any opportunity to be disobedient will result in blocked (ice'd) EV spots. Since the 1990's when I began my EV experience, taking the brunt of abusive ice drivers has shown me that strong EV spot signage is required at each and every space, mounted at windshield height (so many idiot EVSE installers mount EV parking signage at too high a height which only good for semi-trucks, thus making them useless). There is existing CA state law, and the recent plugin laws (that GM had lawmakers stop what they were doing and create) to allow non-plugins in EV spots be tow-away. But neither the police nor parking control officers know about them, and even after they do, neither want to enforce them as they aren't part of their SOP (standard operating procedures - they do not get measured/paid enforcing EV parking laws). So, until cities get serious about enforcing existing EV laws by communicating to their local police and parking enforcement officers that the city expects vehicles in EV spots that are not plugged in should be ticketed and towed away, it is up to hosts to put strong tow-away signage. EVSE sales teams sell a package-deal that usually has wimpy signage that keeps the purchase price low, and their company profits high (= their wimpy signage is useless) http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/electric-car-quandary_1.jpg http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/17/automobiles/wheels-evsigns/wheels-evsigns-blog480.jpg The public EVSE sites I went to that had 'EV parking only" (like above) were usually ice'd. I never saw ice'd parking spots in the Palo Alto, CA EV spots. That is because the plugin community had an EV driver on the Palo Alto city council: their parking garage EV spots had in red lettering "tow-away" signage (anything that isn't red lettered is ignored/considered not-serious) http://coolshitindustries.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/l_2048_1536_E985DC44-1A6E-4557-92EB-1D14C64C0393.jpeg http://www.stopsignsandmore.com/images/Product/medium/2004.gif That all sounds rather EV militant, but it has to be done. It might even take a local EAA Chapter or EV group to fund strong EV signage for it to happen. {brucedp.150m.com} -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
