I have a PHEV and when I bought it, also bought a type 2 connector so that I can charge it when out and about - not just using the granny charger at home. Its slow to charge but if I park the car up for 2 to 3 hrs I can get a reasonable charge in.
However I parked in a local supermarket and was berated by an EV owner for using the charger when I could easily run on petrol! Even though there was 3 other empty parking bays each with their own charging point which was fully operational....if there weren't I may not have used the charging point as clearly I'm not so thick to recognise that EV needs it more.
So now I am reluctant to use the type 2 when out and about and think I should sell it as its just sitting in my lounge gathering dust. Doing my bit for the climate - bollox to that of this is the agro we'll get.
I was quite annoyed by this ev owner. I can lookout for myself and stood up to this EV bully boy but I know that others wouldn't and may impact them considerably.
He didn't even go in to shop - just sat in his car topping up his electricity for free!
So whats the unspoken rule on this? Are PHEV owners regarded as sub class by EV owners? Should I not use these charge points in my dirty sub standard PHEV?
It hasn't affected me....much
However I parked in a local supermarket and was berated by an EV owner for using the charger when I could easily run on petrol! Even though there was 3 other empty parking bays each with their own charging point which was fully operational....if there weren't I may not have used the charging point as clearly I'm not so thick to recognise that EV needs it more.
So now I am reluctant to use the type 2 when out and about and think I should sell it as its just sitting in my lounge gathering dust. Doing my bit for the climate - bollox to that of this is the agro we'll get.
I was quite annoyed by this ev owner. I can lookout for myself and stood up to this EV bully boy but I know that others wouldn't and may impact them considerably.
He didn't even go in to shop - just sat in his car topping up his electricity for free!
So whats the unspoken rule on this? Are PHEV owners regarded as sub class by EV owners? Should I not use these charge points in my dirty sub standard PHEV?
It hasn't affected me....much