electric car has warned other motorists about the possibility of being fined when charging their car at his local supermarket.Max Wilkinson, a councillor in Cheltenham, recently bought his Mini Countryman and went to his local Lidl supermarket to give it a charge.He left the vehicle charging as he went to get groceries and returned around two hours later, Gloucestershire Live reports.
But a week later Mr Wilkinson was slapped with a fine of £90 (reduced by half if he paid quickly).The councillor hadn't seen signs around the supermarket car park that specified you could only park for 90 minutes – which included the EV charge points.
Mr Wilkinson decided to pay the fine and not dispute it, although he feels that it doesn't make sense to restrict car charging to just 90 minutes.
He said: “I’ve paid the fine and it’s a fair cop. However, it seems illogical that quite a lot of EV and hybrid owners won’t be allowed to spend enough time in the car park to get a full charge. “The company probably should make that clear on the app or the charger itself.
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