EV charging spots in garages are perpetually blocked by fully-charged cars with no enforcement

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Parking garages install EV chargers to meet green building codes or attract tenants, but provide zero enforcement when a fully charged Tesla sits connected for 9 hours during a workday, blocking the charger from other EVs that actually need juice. EV drivers who depend on workplace charging to make their daily commute arrive to find every charger occupied by cars that finished charging at 10am, forcing them to leave work mid-day to find a public charger or risk not making it home. Garage operators won't tow because the EV owner is a paying parker, and idle fees only apply on the charger's app — which the blocking driver simply ignores. This persists because charger installation is driven by code compliance and marketing, not actual usage management, and no garage operator wants the liability or tenant conflict of enforcing charger turnover.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles/comments/16bqfzn/ev_charger_etiquette_in_parking_garages/

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