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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Imherebecausebored on 2024-11-04 19:12:28+00:00.

Update as promised.

Bit if an anticlimax really. I was prepared to drive around finding somewhere until the van van out of juice and needed rescue, potentially wasting the whole day and prompting a change of policy.

What actually happened was my line manager saying “try to find one and see how it goes.” Sadly the 2nd one I tried worked with the fuel card and I only managed to waste about 40 min filling up including the time it took to find it. I guess the network is improving.

This would only be about 48 hours a year on charging if thats a consistent time. Which is an insignificant amount of money to the company.

It did however cost about £20 which only gave me 100 miles range so it’s now just about more expensive to run than the diesel vans.

Original text below;

“So, background, I drive an Electric van for work, which is one of the few in the fleet of give or take 400 that are ICE cars/vans. I charge it at home using a smart plug to calculate usage then submit mileage via the tracker along with a photo of the plug and my most recent electric bill to calculate what l’m owed back. I do have a company fuel card but its not accepted at probably 99% of fast chargers near me, and none of the local slow chargers, and maybe 0.05% chance my job site will have one I can use. Last Friday head office sent out an updated policy for milage/travel/expense etc. claims that states electric vehicles can now only be charged using the provided fuel cards I messaged my line manager on Friday telling him that on Monday he can find me driving around trying to find somewhere to charge the van then sitting there waiting for it to fill up which will leave me good to go for the next two days, before having to repeat the charging dance. Still no reply. I start work in 12 hours. I have jobs scheduled that are not movable without big complaints. I will be sat in my van trying to find a charger before my ~ 20 miles i had left in Friday run out. My travel time is contractually paid. Im gonna be paid for at least half a day just charging a van at somewhere that costs far more than my driveway. If I can find one the fuel card works at.”