SO, who paid for the electricity for those Apples and Commodores? You have COMPLETELY missed the point, I see.
(PS- I had my Commodare64 for years before I finally sold it to a collector in 2002. And I paid for the electricity it used.)
So from that, I would conclude that he paid for the electricity through some kind of parking meter device or something....
I don't know how you jumped to the conclusion that he didn't pay for the electricity just because he's driving electric cars.