Mastodawn

I managed to get dragged on Threads!
I hired an eTransit van for the weekend. Drove up to London, near my destination a meagre 5kwh lamppost, but it was free, so I plugged in the cable under the passenger seat and left it overnight - with misgivings. Still there (and the cable) the next morning.
Drove c87 miles back to the South Coast. Stopped at Pease Pottage services, 1am, rainy.
None of the dozens of damn chargers fit my van!

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Benjamin P. Taylor 4d ago

They all had an extra bit of plug, which didn't match my socket. Pulled out the cable and tried to make the two low-power stations work, failed.

Got back at 55% charge, got up at 6am and charged with the same cable on Lancing Beach Green. Dog was happy, got it to 79% and returned to Europcar without charge.

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Benjamin P. Taylor 4d ago

Turns out... there's a secret special hidden socket part flap under the main socket!
Can you see it?! I dunno, man - why do they make things complicated?!

Anyway, the best way to learn about electric vehicles is to be Wrong On Threads.

#design #affordances #PICNIC #usererror