What to do about someone who unplugged my car

[jonkMACHE]

Not much more to the story than the title. A Tesla drove up to my car in a parking garage, parked next to me, and unplugged a L2 charger from my car and plugged it in his.

Thankfully the car is fine. I have his license plate written down... is there any way I could look up this individual's information? Would like to give him a phone call and explain to him to never do that again.

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[SWO]

I assume you weren't finished charging?

 

[generaltso]

Let it go. Not worth the confrontation.

 

[ZuleMME]

A lot of people assume if you are done charging proper procedure is that its fair play to unplug the car and move it over. My work even mandates this as policy. But if you weren’t done charging thats kinda crappy to do.

 

[RickMachE]

A lot of people assume if you are done charging proper procedure is that its fair play to unplug the car and move it over. My work even mandates this as policy. But if you weren’t done charging thats kinda crappy to do.

Assume? It's good etiquette.

 

[Logal727]

Not much more to the story than the title. A Tesla drove up to my car in a parking garage, parked next to me, and unplugged a L2 charger from my car and plugged it in his.

Thankfully the car is fine. I have his license plate written down... is there any way I could look up this individual's information? Would like to give him a phone call and explain to him to never do that again.

Only if you know an unethical person in law enforcement

 

[Skip Towne]

Perhaps:
- the offender saw you were at max change, or near max charge.
- they really needed a charge to get home or get to the hospital to visit their dying mother.
- is new to all this EV owners and courtesy stuff, and is at this very moment is reading some Tesla forum and is sheepishly learning the errors of their ways
- or they are a jerk

No matter, because you'll feel better if you "give it away" . Imagine they approached you with one of the first scenarios above. Of course, you'd have happily given them the plug.

It's better to feel like you gave something away than to have it taken from you.

 

[mkhuffman]

Not much more to the story than the title. A Tesla drove up to my car in a parking garage, parked next to me, and unplugged a L2 charger from my car and plugged it in his.

Thankfully the car is fine. I have his license plate written down... is there any way I could look up this individual's information? Would like to give him a phone call and explain to him to never do that again.

One of things that drives me crazy since I got my MME is how people think they can occupy a charger even when they are not charging. I hope you were still charging, because then it is the Tesla driver who was inconsiderate. If you were done charging, however, you should have moved your car from that space. It is just as bad as an ICE car sitting in a charging space when a EV sits there and is not charging.

I unplugged a Tesla because his car was fully charged and I really needed a charge. In fact, his car sat there all day, ALL DAY, fully charged in that charging space. He does not own that parking space just because he got there first. There are lots of people who need to charge, and he should have never even parked there. He obviously didn't need the charge when it was fully charged at 8:30 in the morning.

Now you got me going... Arrg!

Wednesday I do my commute to DC and to the parking garage that has a lot of rude people parking their fully charged cars in charging spaces. I am already pissed off thinking about it. I need that charge because I cannot make it home. Most of them just sit there because it is "free".

 

[TonyaE]

Not much more to the story than the title. A Tesla drove up to my car in a parking garage, parked next to me, and unplugged a L2 charger from my car and plugged it in his.

Thankfully the car is fine. I have his license plate written down... is there any way I could look up this individual's information? Would like to give him a phone call and explain to him to never do that again.

What an ass! Just rude, I’m angry for you

 

[IamIA]

One of things that drives me crazy since I got my MME is how people think they can occupy a charger even when they are not charging. I hope you were still charging, because then it is the Tesla driver who was inconsiderate. If you were done charging, however, you should have moved your car from that space. It is just as bad as an ICE car sitting in a charging space when a EV sits there and is not charging.

I unplugged a Tesla because his car was fully charged and I really needed a charge. In fact, his car sat there all day, ALL DAY, fully charged in that charging space. He does not own that parking space just because he got there first. There are lots of people who need to charge, and he should have never even parked there. He obviously didn't need the charge when it was fully charged at 8:30 in the morning.

Now you got me going... Arrg!

Wednesday I do my commute to DC and to the parking garage that has a lot of rude people parking their fully charged cars in charging spaces. I am already pissed off thinking about it. I need that charge because I cannot make it home. Most of them just sit there because it is "free".

put one of those "Parking Violation Stickers" on this stinking tesla next time...

https://www.amazon.com/Parking-Viol...ace0ff&pd_rd_wg=pVc5c&pd_rd_i=B07X59N7F4&th=1

 

[silverelan]

Part of the problem is that Ford does not lock the plug into the charging port when the car is locked.

This fact worries me if I'm using my TeslaTap adapter and someone decides they want it more than I do then just unplug me and walk away with a couple hundred bucks of hardware.

 

[Logal727]

put one of those "Parking Violation Stickers" on this stinking tesla next time...

https://www.amazon.com/Parking-Viol...ace0ff&pd_rd_wg=pVc5c&pd_rd_i=B07X59N7F4&th=1

Lol, might as well handwrite “car bad parked sincerely police” it would be just as effective

 

[Logal727]

Part of the problem is that Ford does not lock the plug into the charging port when the car is locked.

This fact worries me if I'm using my TeslaTap adapter and someone decides they want it more than I do then just unplug me and walk away with a couple hundred bucks of hardware.

Don’t those have a way to lock them on?

 

[BMT1071]

Part of the problem is that Ford does not lock the plug into the charging port when the car is locked.

This fact worries me if I'm using my TeslaTap adapter and someone decides they want it more than I do then just unplug me and walk away with a couple hundred bucks of hardware.

Buy a couple padlocks. You can lock the Tap to both the cable and the car.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Wednesday I do my commute to DC and to the parking garage that has a lot of rude people parking their fully charged cars in charging spaces. I am already pissed off thinking about it. I need that charge because I cannot make it home. Most of them just sit there because it is "free".

In Arizona, it's illegal to park in a public EV charging spot if the vehicle is not actively charging.

I have no idea if that's the case in DC, but if it is, I would consider anonymously reporting people who ICE a parking spot, whether the vehicle is an EV or not.

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