by cwerdna (Posted Sun, 01 Sep 2013 19:54:38 GMT)
1) That prepaid maintenance sounds overpriced, as RonDawg pointed out.
2) Yes, see your manual for the 3 modes of the charging handle lock. I don't turn it on. Even before I had the Leaf, I'd seen some of the bits that make up the locking mechanism. They look like white plastic or nylon to me and IMHO, someone could break it --> some $ to repair it.
My work has an internal voluntary (err... strongly encouraged) list of EVs and PHEVs w/info such as the make, model, color, year, owner and license plate #. We're pretty good about sharing the EVSEs and giving up our space/moving our car if someone really needs juice.
There are some informal rules like it never being normal to permanently interrupt the charging of a car that's actively charging, it being ok to swap around cables to optimize usage, etc. We also include a table of how to tell if a particular EV/PHEV is done charging (there is a list at viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13481 but we don't have ALL of those vehicles @ my work). We can also usually tell via the displays on the Chargepoint EVSEs.
1) That prepaid maintenance sounds overpriced, as RonDawg pointed out.
2) Yes, see your manual for the 3 modes of the charging handle lock. I don't turn it on. Even before I had the Leaf, I'd seen some of the bits that make up the locking mechanism. They look like white plastic or nylon to me and IMHO, someone could break it --> some $ to repair it.
My work has an internal voluntary (err... strongly encouraged) list of EVs and PHEVs w/info such as the make, model, color, year, owner and license plate #. We're pretty good about sharing the EVSEs and giving up our space/moving our car if someone really needs juice.
There are some informal rules like it never being normal to permanently interrupt the charging of a car that's actively charging, it being ok to swap around cables to optimize usage, etc. We also include a table of how to tell if a particular EV/PHEV is done charging (there is a list at viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13481 but we don't have ALL of those vehicles @ my work). We can also usually tell via the displays on the Chargepoint EVSEs.