Electric car gets parking ticket while using public charger

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Meter maids in the UK have come under fire after ticketing an electric car while it was juicing up at a public charger in Conventry. A parking warden spotted an electric Tata that overstayed the three-hour time limit and ticketed the vehicle on the spot.

A passerby – actually, a city worker who wishes to remain anonymous – snapped pictures of the ordeal and told the local newspaper that:

I took the picture because it made me think that weve got all these new charging points and were pushing this big green agenda, but when people start taking it up the first thing that happens is that theyre hit with a fine. I presume it got the ticket because the driver had left it there for more than three hours. Yes, there are restrictions there but I think it comes back to the point that if you want people to adopt new technology dont penalize people for using it.

via Doh! Electric car gets parking ticket while using public charger — Autoblog Green.

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