Airport authorities explained that the decision to charge EV owners the regular $30-a-day fee was taken because the free parking deal is no longer sustainable.  If EV owners completely filled the two free terminal lots every day for a year, the city-owned airport would lose a total of $44 million in revenues.
In spite of the setbacks, the airport's decision has been criticized by local EV owners.
"No one understands why we're doing this—especially in today's economy," said Nancy Castles, a spokeswoman for the airport, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
The announcement comes as a blow to EV owners but all is not lost and they are still able to charge their car for free by plugging in to any of the airport's 38 charging stations.
