EV Envy or ICE Regret?

[mike]

I had a good chuckle today when I opened my email at work and found this gem forwarded to me from my supervisor.  I have redacted it so as not to identify anyone.

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Hi mike's Supervisor,

I am Manager X for the Company Y in Brisbane.
 
I have observed mike's personal vehicle being connected to the electrical charge point which is installed for the Company Y Electric Vehicle. As mike owns a Electric Vehicle, he is charging his personal vehicle via Company Y’s charge point, at Company Y’s expense.

Can you please raise this with mike as I do not feel it is appropriate for the costs of “fuelling” his car to be at the cost of Company Y.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Regards,

Manager X

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I very much enjoyed forwarding the email authorizing me to use the 15amp circuit in the carpark of Company Y.  Company Y is quite progressive and has two electric car spaces in the carpark.  Heaven forbid that anyone should use the designated spots or the installed outlets.  I'll continue charging.  Too bad the email didn't read some like "Can I buy an electric car and charge at work too?"  My supervisor found this amusing and thought it might a good idea to buy an electric car for himself.

Clearly Manager X has a serious case of EV Envy....or maybe regret for purchasing an ICE vehicle.  Anyone else have examples of EV Envy or ICE Regret?

[gabzimiev]

this is why I don't charge at work... there are employees with this type of attitude. do you work for company Y I’m a bit confused.

[mike]

I'm a contractor for Company Y.  Oddly, all of the employees I've talked to have thought the idea of commuting to work in an EV and charging it during the day is a brilliant idea.

[caskings]

If I was still at my last employer I would have happily charged at work and even paid for the power. They ran a DC so their buy price about 12c per kwh, 15 amps would have been a blip in their usage graph

[Feng]

Can manager X contact whoever gave you permission and try to stop you?

I used to charge at work all the time but got paranoid about looking greedy, even though I had permission to do so. Now I just charge when I know I'm going somewhere after work. I think they pay something like 6c/kWh and already pay a large bill so my usage would look like a rounding error.

[mike]

I doubt Manager X would have much success to try and stop EV charging at the designated EV parking space....but plausible. I've had several conversation with co-workers about the merits of electric vehicle and how Company Y supports the effort to improve efficiency and air quality. Charging at the office is a bit "in your face", but raises more positive than negative awareness. Based on the slow start to electric vehicles in Australia raising awareness is much needed.

Anyone else have other examples of EV Envy or ICE Regret

[Brian]

I used to charge my electric motor bike at work - with the Manager's permission.

I knew the power used in the process, and paid for the first couple of months. After that, the Manager said ' That's peanuts, don't bother '.

However, an adjoining business owner ' coined ' my bike - but he was a nutter

[anthony]

Jun 25, 2014 1:41:36 GMT 11 Brian said:

This is the type of thing that worries me most about charging in public places. There is a lot of idiots out there who just sabotage something just because its different.