Video Provides Rules of Road for Electric Vehicle Charging

Thomas Simon, an expert of electric vehicle etiquette, provides a useful guide to the social rules of charging an EV. Using the Ford Focus Electric as a teaching tool, Simon examines some of the most difficult challenges facing plug-in drivers, such as:

• When, where and how to pull the plug on a parked electric car
• The appropriate response when an internal combustion car is parked in an EV spot
• The charging pecking order of a pure electric car versus a plug-in hybrid
• Accounting techniques to repay family and friends when charging at their house