However, the secretary’s advanced team realized there weren’t enough chargers at the station, as one was broken and others were occupied. A staffer then tried parking a non-electric vehicle by one of the working chargers to reserve a spot for the US Secretary of Energy.<\/p>\n
This did not go down well with EV users who were also trying to charge their cars there. Actually, a family that was blocked from charging their EV \u2013 which had a baby in it on a very hot day \u2013 was so upset by the display of governmental “ICEing” that they called the police.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, since it’s not illegal for a non-EV to claim a charging spot in the state of Georgia, the sheriff’s office couldn’t do anything about it.<\/p>\n
Of course, Energy Department staff rushed to fix the situation, freeing up chargers for both the frustrated family and the secretary by sending other vehicles to slower chargers.<\/p>\n