Cops do it again. Now it's "Charging Your Electric Vehicle While Black".

[Warpy]

80. The park itself is open to 11 PM

but the charging stations were supposed to be closed at 8 PM.

While I can see closing a city park in a fancy ass area like Santa Monica (they like to discourage "undesirables" from sleeping there), I can't really understand why the charging stations had an earlier closing hour without being shut down...or why they're closed, at all. There are 2 stations inside the park and 2 in the park parking lot, which is where it sounds like he was.

It also looks like a lot of the charging stations there are in public parks or at public buildings, a few associated with dealerships and one at a Whole Foods. All probably close when the facilities or businesses do.

I also think the problem will eventually solve itself as charging stations are offered at restaurants, shopping malls, and other establishments to draw customers away from businesses without them, but it's not happening yet.