Please correct me if I'm wrong as I don't currently have an EV. Our local train station has had 1 charging point installed. (Hooray you may say). I can forsee a few issues as follows:
1. The charging point space is one of the disabled spaces (out of 7)
2. The sign above the spaces says for disabled parking only with no mention of for EV's only.
3. In theory an ICE car could park in the space.
4. The space could be taken up all day if a commuter was using the space.
The car park is a decent size so there would be plenty of room to install a charger or chargers elsewhere. I presume the reason for the siting of this charger is cost as it's only about 20 feet from the pavement where the connection was made. What do people think? Am I being unduly cynical? Or am I overthinking this? I'm not against disabled spaces, in fact I think there could easily be 10 or more disabled spaces provided for at this location instead of 5. (It's a Polar Chargemaster point by the way, 30p per KWh)
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1. The charging point space is one of the disabled spaces (out of 7)
2. The sign above the spaces says for disabled parking only with no mention of for EV's only.
3. In theory an ICE car could park in the space.
4. The space could be taken up all day if a commuter was using the space.
The car park is a decent size so there would be plenty of room to install a charger or chargers elsewhere. I presume the reason for the siting of this charger is cost as it's only about 20 feet from the pavement where the connection was made. What do people think? Am I being unduly cynical? Or am I overthinking this? I'm not against disabled spaces, in fact I think there could easily be 10 or more disabled spaces provided for at this location instead of 5. (It's a Polar Chargemaster point by the way, 30p per KWh)
Thanks
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