Hogger85@feddit.uk to

United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year ago

Is charging electric car at holiday house "theft"?

www.express.co.uk

53

Is charging electric car at holiday house "theft"?

www.express.co.uk

Hogger85@feddit.uk to

United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year ago

Airbnb host left shocked after electric car drivers ‘steal’ her electricity | UK | News | Express.co.uk

www.express.co.uk

One problem for holidaymakers renting electric cars is that the charging infrastructure in rural areas isn't as thorough as it is on the UK's motorways.

Airbnb owner claims holiday makers running cables out the window is theft if electricity.

Chat

TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk
link
fedilink
English
arrow-up
4·
1 year ago
Technically, no, as in the UK, you can’t steal electricity… you can only abstract electricity, which is an offence in its own right. (IANAL)

I’ll get my coat.

United Kingdom@feddit.uk

unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

General community for news/discussion in the UK.

Less serious posts should go in [email protected] or [email protected]
More serious politics should go in [email protected].

Try not to spam the same link to multiple feddit.uk communities.
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.

Posts should be related to UK-centric news, and should be either a link to a reputable source, or a text post on this community.

Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.

If you think “reputable news source” needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread.

Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.

Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

38 users / day
654 users / week
2.09K users / month
5.82K users / 6 months
148 local subscribers
4.08K subscribers
1.99K Posts
19.1K Comments
Modlog