Sadly, I don't think most economists would agree with you. I also would agree with you that social pressure would apply more if there were better established e

Sadly, I don't think most economists would agree with you. I also would agree with you that social pressure would apply more if there were better established etiquette. Many EV drivers honestly think that charging spaces are "EV parking spaces" not "EV charging spaces". This doesn't make much sense, except that we have given such a huge goodie bag to EV drivers already (free charging, tax rebates, access to HOV lanes) that many of them just assume this is another benefit tossed to them by society. And, four years ago, when EV's were so rare that the local Leaf club drove in the Christmas parade as a novelty, it probably didn't matter much if you parked in the charging spot ... But, to take an example from your daily life -- if your car is legally parked on the street in a non-timed space, do you feel obligated to go out and move it every so often so someone else can take a turn? If not, why not? Finally, if EV parking spaces are 1% of the available spaces in a given lot, it only takes 1% "sociopaths" (or, alternately, normal people who don't understand the rules or who are "just popping into the store for a second" or who are late for their morning meeting) to park them in and make them useless ...