Many early EV charging stations ended up close to the store or other building they shared a parking lot with. Why? Because putting copper in the ground is expensive. The copper wires themselves, the conduit, the trench work, and the repaving all cost more the longer the wire run is. To save some bucks, many stores put the stations right up front.
But, as we’ve seen on YouTube and social media, people can get pretty crazy over parking spaces. Countless people have gotten in fistfights, and a few people have even resorted to deadly force (cars, guns, baseball bats, tire irons) over a parking space. Obviously, it’s stupid, but there are a lot of stupid people out there.
So, when the store gives the “rich people driving $100k Teslas” special spots right up front, it gets some people fuming mad. So, to get back at the stupid green new deal communists and the snobby rich people…
Read the full article originally published at cleantechnica.com.