I was on an EV event driving from Brighton to London two years ago and ran out of electrons right under Big Ben. When the cells picked up a few volts to lift them over the inverter cut off setting, I crawled round the roundabout opposite the Houses of Parliament and stopped again just after in a side street about half a mile from the finishing line. Rather than give up, I had a look round, knowing that there is power everywhere for EV's. I found a door open to a Restaurant and although no-one answered when I called and looked around, I found a 240v socket and plugged in for 10 minutes. :-) Happy days.
Unfortunately, a camera crew spotted me from Reuters and asked if I minded being interviewed. :-( We chatted about EV's in general and of course he just had to ask about the impromptu charge point which we both chuckled over. I often wonder if it was ever aired! I went on to get a finishers medal and best private entry for the second year. Since then I have topped up in various places such as garden centres and pubs etc. when running low. None have ever said no as I always purchased something first. -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-EV-owner-charged-w-stealing-0-05-worth-of-juice-video-tp4666537p4666563.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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)
