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Turns out the US Secretary of Energy is the devil when promoting EVs (www.npr.org)
submitted 9 months ago by Staccato@lemmy.world to c/evs@lemmy.world
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Her advance team realized there weren't going to be enough plugs to go around. One of the station's four chargers was broken, and others were occupied. So an Energy Department staffer tried parking a nonelectric vehicle by one of those working chargers to reserve a spot for the approaching secretary of energy.

That did not go down well: a regular gas-powered car blocking the only free spot for a charger?

In fact, a family that was boxed out โ€” on a sweltering day, with a baby in the vehicle โ€” was so upset they decided to get the authorities involved: They called the police.

The sheriff's office couldn't do anything. It's not illegal for a non-EV to claim a charging spot in Georgia.

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[-] darganon@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Government official travel and publicity stunts often inconvenience the public at large, this is only notable because it has EV in the title.

[-] Staccato@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

This one just hits a bit harder. I've been blocked out of critical chargers several times recently by cars that are not charging. It's so frustrating.

[-] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

The article is so much more than that. It's a good read and summarizes all the issues with the state of our charging infrastructure today.

[-] Astroturfed@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

And if they'd decided to drive a gasoline vehicle because of there being no EV charging there's be a rage bait outrage article over that. This is what "journalism" is now.

[-] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago

While it is frustrating that this person did this, I do not think this is a fair take. The secretary certainly didn't do this action.

Also, the article is about so much more than what you make it out to be.

[-] Staccato@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

Your second paragraph is absolutely true. Hope you enjoyed the read!

[-] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

I did! Thanks for posting it.

this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2023
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