Tesla has been hanging from a charging station in Amsterdam for eight weeks | NOW
Daniƫlle Smit from Nieuw-Sloten is completely done with the Tesla that has been hanging at the charging station in front of her door for eight weeks. Smit complained to the municipality and heard that the owner is on vacation.
“And then leave your car”, says Smit cases. The fact that the car has been there for a while can be seen from the cobwebs around the car. “I think this is a really bizarre display.”
No time limit
The owner of the Tesla can leave it for a while. In Amsterdam there is no time limit for parking at a charging station. Then of course you have to pay your parking fee, but that is exactly 0 euros. A saying that the municipality does not see a problem with hot ‘charging stations’. “We have a large network of charging stations in Amsterdam.”
And Danielle Smit doesn’t understand that at all. “If you park here on the sidewalk, you will be fined 150 euros, but you can appropriate a charging station”.
Regulations
It is remarkable that the elders in the country have been handed out fines to motorists who stayed too long at a charging station. In Arnhem, a judge ruled that a man had to pay a fine of 95 euros because his car had already been full for two hours, but had not yet been removed from the charger.
There is no national policy on the use of public charging stations yet. Smit understands that it can get started, but not when it comes to the car in front of her door. “This issue goes a little further.”
The municipality says it will contact the owner as soon as he returns from vacation.