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Anti-Tesla Pickup Truck Drivers Take Over a Supercharger Station -- Again (electrek.co)
An anonymous reader quotes Electrek:
In what is quickly becoming a problem for some Tesla drivers, pickup truck drivers have again taken over a Supercharger station and yelled profanities in what appears to be an act of protest against Tesla. Earlier this month, we reported on a strange situation at Tesla's Hickory Supercharger in North Carolina where three large pickup trucks blocked access to the station and reportedly chanted "F*** Tesla"....
Now it looks like it's becoming a trend since another Reddit user spotted pickup truck drivers taking over another Tesla Supercharger. They reportedly were also yelling profanities to Tesla owners coming to charge at the Supercharger station.
Electrek also cites one Tesla owner's reports of being "coal rolled" -- intentionally targetted with extra black exhaust fumes from specially-modified engines.
Now it looks like it's becoming a trend since another Reddit user spotted pickup truck drivers taking over another Tesla Supercharger. They reportedly were also yelling profanities to Tesla owners coming to charge at the Supercharger station.
Electrek also cites one Tesla owner's reports of being "coal rolled" -- intentionally targetted with extra black exhaust fumes from specially-modified engines.
Redneck trump supporters being total dickheads. Not surprised by this at all.
Nice, have these idiots vehicles legally towed and let them enjoy their ridiculous impound fees that most communities have. Maybe they'll direct their far right rage towards the bullshit government attitude towards the privatization of impound lots. Your car was towed on a Friday? Good luck low income person being able to afford getting your car out of impound on Monday.
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no one asked for article implying incidents at a whopping total of 3 stations out of 16,000+ were indicative of anything either.
I live near one of the largest cities in the United States (also one of the "top ten EV friendly cities"), nothing like that has ever been reported here.
In short, what this article is trying to make a news item out of, mostly is not happening anywhere, to anyone.
Yep.
Tesla Model X easily tows Chevy Silverado 1500 from Supercharger in âDe-ICE-ingâ(TM) feat
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-x-tows-chevy-silverado-1500-pickup-truck-de-ice-ing-supercharger/amp/
Done in 1972 with a Chevy pickup. Except it wasn't a 787-9, it was a 747 that weighs 170 tons. It's really not that impressive; in fact, here's a man pulling a 142 ton 777. I guess the model X comes up short here...
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Most likely it is because they keep hearing EV's are the future, that gasoline and diesel fuel is wrong and you know, the whole 'global warming is fake' thing. Probably listen to guys like Rush and Alex who'll say anything so they've probably heard there'd be people coming to take their truck away from them like the Gun Police they constantly talk about coming to collect their guns. So all of This gets focused on those who are proving EVs are viable.
"Anyone who stands out in the middle of a road looks like roadkill to me." --Linus
This one. The operating empty weight of a 747-100 is around 172 tons. That was the model pulled in the 1972 commercial.
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