unplugged by someone else

How rude.

 

What goes around comes around I believe.

 

Huh?

How did the text message get generated and sent to your phone?

Bob Wilson

 

Chargepoint, the charger provider is set up so you can get a text or email when certain events occur. On star does as well, not sure if Toyota has something like that.
John, very sorry to hear that. Hopefully that never happens again to you

 

I would have nicely confronted the *&^hole!!

 

I might have tried to take a cell phone photo of their license tag but that could escalate.

A better answer might be just pull out the wallet and flash a bunch of bills. While holding the wallet with the prime fingers, hold up the wallet up with the fingers pointed at the jerk. Finally, get in the car and drive by laughin' while shakin' your head.

Bob Wilson

 

What vehicle were they in out of curiosity?

 

Would have said something to them.
Charge point and Blink can be set up to IM you.

iPhone ?

 

You did the right thing. God knows I wouldn't have and one of us would have likely ended up in the hospital or arrested. Good for you John.

 

Was the suspect in another plugin car or a non-plugin? In almost 2 years of regular public charging station use I've never had my car unplugged or otherwise messed with while charging.

On a few occasions I have unplugged other cars that were finished charging when there were no other nearby places to charge and the existing users had a fair chance (15+ minutes) to unplug it themselves. In your case you were still charging so that excuse doesn't apply.

 

Now it sounds like a dummy hoping to see an electrical fireworks display.

Similar "superior" attitudes are (were) found with other advocates and it drives me nuts. A healthy, fuel efficient vehicle market should be like a pallet of colors, filled with options. No one color is the only answer but part of a spectrum. But a 'one trick pony' soon becomes repetitious and worse, leads to 'shaving' the truth.

Bob Wilson

 

Need a zap feature integrated with the Smart Key.

 

I completely agree. We need a variety of different vehicle types, battery sizes, and drivetrain designs so individual consumers have a marketplace from which they can pick what works best for them.

For the last decade or so, the Prius Liftback was the obvious choice for a compact/mid-sized highly efficient car. The many advantages of its design were overwhelming. However, it's no longer true that a Prius Liftback with an added 10-15 mile battery pack is the obvious choice when someone begins to consider a new hybrid plugin car. Having two different energy sources, gas/diesel vs. battery electric, makes the choice more complicated and dependent on driving pattern and grid power characteristics.

John makes the excellent point that we should be promoting highly efficient cars of all kinds over the vast majority of conventional gas hogs being sold today. There is going to be (has to be) a big transition away from conventional ICE cars during the next decade and if we cooperate and work together we can help that transition happen sooner.

 

"Please Dont Unplug My Vehicle" EV Sign for Your Charging Cord Volt Prius Leaf | eBay

I have a new style sign I am also thinking about making as well. But for now this is what I have to offer.

 

Wth, this really is a problem? Thought for sure this would be a rare event.

 

I suspect it is rare. But when it does happen, especially for people that need the power to get to their next stop, it is a real pain.
I am guessing the majority of the time this happens it would be because another EV/PHEV needed the charge and thought yours was done (obviously that isn't what happened in John's case).
After the elections hopefully this rare event will get even more rare.

 

Unfortunately the world doesn't work this way. With politics, women's rights, religion, and terrorists today a minority seems more bent on going backwards and determined to drag the rest of the planet with them--while we just watch.

I don't plan to do much charging, if any, outdoors. I wish Toyota had locked the charge door like the fuel door and left its direct appearance more non-descript without the shinny plug icon on it.

Heck, I even wonder how well, with the door closed, it is protected from high-pressure car washing? It sure doesn't look like there is a very tight or sealed protection to me.