Parking Fines at new Oxford charging hub

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Parking Fines at new Oxford charging hub

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Be careful if you're planning on using the new Fastned/Tesla charging hub in Oxford
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Doesn't it make you think that with EV's sitting in heat (overheat protection kicking in) that planners & designers of car parks are going to have to sort the heat island aspect out pretty sharpish via shaded canopies & decent planting / mutistorey from the outset.

Back on proper topic, it should be easy for a car these days to remind you (location services) to get a ticket via the proper route, OR to connect with a car parking algorithm & present an option on your screen / trigger audible instructions as to charge limit / free WITH ticket for more modern cars, if you can register with london for (for now) exemptions then it is surely not rocket science to register a car when you anticipate using a car park with anpr cameras regularly,...however the business model clearly thrives off issuing fines, so why would they?
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Charged here (Oxford) today which may be in future my charger of choice on the way back south but I could not remember what was said in the video regarding parking charges. :?

Very confusing and contradictory info on some of the signage. :evil:

I could not remember the 1hr free ticket from the machine so I paid 1 hour for 40p on RingGo which I already had on my phone. Next time I will walk to the machine to get a free ticket.

I only stayed 10 mins as I was getting near 200kW charging rate. :twisted:
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Needed a top up at Moto Rugby today. All 12 of Gridserve's chargers were in use.

Had to wait about 10 mins for a charger and three became free for the three of us waiting. I put about 60 miles in my ID4 and finally arrived home with 70 miles of range. At least no range anxiety.

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Does any one really plan. ?????

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ClockmanFRA wrote: Sun Jul 31, 2022 12:57 pm Does any one really plan. ?????

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