I will now explain my reason for starting the thread. I have read the comments and fully understand them. I have been a BEV user for 18 months and still learning.
I have never charged on a fast charger, but I understand that if I did it is accepted practice to charge up to 80% then let others get a charge. I normally only charge at home at 7kWh. I have only charged once at Tesco and the car gained about 2% so I won’t bother again.
At Tesco there are 4 chargers at 7kWh and yesterday only one space was vacant, I noticed a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV charging and later in the day it was still in the same charging space and plugged in. A woman was exiting the door and I politely asked her if she worked at the Tesco store, answer was yes and how long the vehicle had been there, answer was 8 hours. I thought she was out of order and when I said this she laughed in my face and said it was none of my bloody business, and she always left it on charge there for as long as her shift was, either 8 or 4 hours.
Her vehicle should charge 0-100% on a 7kWh charger in 3.5 hours so why leave it standing there for 8 hours denying others use of the charger. Why not move it after it has charged.
This has now got me wondering how many other Tesco employees are doing the same thing at other Tesco sites, at the detriment of Tesco’s customers.
I phoned Tesco customer service and was informed that the chargers are for Customers and staff but my comments would be noted.
Now here are a couple of thought’s would she be so keen to charge it there if she had to pay say 35p a kWh or would she charge at home on a cheaper rate.
Also, if I left my car there charging from say 10% walked home and then went back for it about 8 hours later, saving myself around £8 would Tesco say I was out of order and taking the P.
Just out of interest, does anyone on this forum do that?
Dan.
