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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.
Truckers drive trucks, including Teslaâ(TM)s. These rednecks are in coal/oil, which pumps money in piss poor towns. They have picked a losing fight.
-The art of programming is the pursuit of absolute simplicity.
We will replace you. And all your coal rolling desperation does is tell us you know it too.
Take our your cell phone, take pictures of the trucks (and license plates if you can). Then call the police and report that trucks are blocking a public entrance. When the cops finally show up, show them the pictures and file a report.
How hard is that?
Or I guess you could just pull out your guns and have a showdown. Seriously are people this stupid?
First they ignore Tesla
Then they laugh at Tesla
Then they fight Tesla <--
Then Tesla wins
What exactly do the truck drivers think they’re accomplishing? And what do they think they’re protesting?
I realize these guys are likely not the brightest bulbs in the box... but seriously, they must have at least a vaguely-defined reason they are choosing to do this.
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I have a Tesla and own several guns. If this was happening to me, I would construe it as a threat upon my being and I wouldn't hesitate to put the assailant(s) to death.
This is why a mental health assessment should be required for both gun ownership and a drivers license. You should have neither.
Really-- call a tow company in there, block them in, and hook up towing gear, and charge them a stiff fee.
If it isn't a tow away zone then somebody screwed up.
They don't need a tow truck. Teslas have a lot of low-end torque and a Model S or X could easily drag those pickups out of the parking spots.
Pain is merely failure leaving the body
Then I have good news for you: He has neither.
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.
Really-- call a tow company in there, block them in, and hook up towing gear, and charge them a stiff fee.
If it isn't a tow away zone then somebody screwed up.
They don't need a tow truck. Teslas have a lot of low-end torque and a Model S or X could easily drag those pickups out of the parking spots.
Forget a damn pick-up truck, a Tesla Model X P100D can, and has towed an actual Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. That's a 130 tonne aircraft being pulled 300 meters.
See one of these many, many articles. Or this one.
For a Model X, a pick up truck isn't going to be a problem.
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/
They aren't protesting anything. They are just being jackasses. I think the pickups should be crushed into little cubes. It would not particularly upset me if the owners were inside during the operation.
This should be stated more clearly: Tesla Model X easily tows Chevy Silverado 1500 with the Chevy's rear wheels locked!
Pretty cool!
Although I don't see the point of ICEing. Is this people trying to be stupid for stupid's sake?
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The Trepel Challenger 280 is the recommended tug for the 787; it uses a 180 lb-ft 4 cylinder diesel engine. Probably 80% of cars for sale today have more torque than that. Yep, just about anything can tow a 787.
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
The right-wing in the USA operates under a lot of myths that they tell themselves about the other side. One thing they believe is that if it ever "came down to it" their side would obviously win in any kind of civil war that they like to fantasize about.
It's because they operate under the belief that they must be an entirely homogenous group so the other side must be as well. Since they perceive the "typical" left-winger as some kind of weak willed pansy they assume they must all be like that.
Which as an aside, a right-wing myth is in play with the gov't shutdown as well, which is the right-wing pushes the narrative that almost all gov't employees are democrats that are leaching off their tax dollars when the reality is the gov't employees are split much in the same proportions as the rest of the country, about 30% republican, about 30% democrat, and the rest independents.
You also see it in rhetoric about who receives gov't social welfare benefits. They love to present the myth of them all being inner city and minority when the reality is that there are more rural whites receiving social welfare benefits than city minorities.
But back to my original point, one myth they love is that republicans surely have all the guns and make up all the military and law enforcement when the reality is that an estimated 45% of guns are in the hands of democrats and that while it's true republicans have a majority in military and law enforcement, it's only a little more than half.
In spite of what the NRA likes to push there are loads of gun owners and enthusiasts who see no issue with some common sense regulation around guns, and that's not just democrat gun owners but republicans as well.