Truck owners are blocking Tesla Superchargers in 'ICE-ing' protests

[TomCADem]

I have an electric car and I have had folks in pick-up trucks with a flag flying in the truck bed inexplicably speed up, and try to cut me off out of the blue. There is just a lot of anger being stirred out there.

https://www.businessinsider.com/truck-owners-are-blocking-tesla-superchargers-in-ice-ing-protests-2018-12

Tesla drivers are reporting a spate of "ICE-ing" (an acronym from Internal Combustion Engine) by large trucks at Superchargers across the country.

In one instance, Reddit user Leicina said a group of trucks blocked all of the charging spots while changing "F Tesla" before being asked to leave by an employee of the store.

Like most superchargers, the location where the incident occurred — behind a Sheetz convenience store in Hickory, North Carolina, about 40 miles northwest of Charlotte — isn't on land owned by Tesla. Rather, it's leased from third-parties, giving the company no control over how the Supercharger spots are used from day to day.

"I was really uncomfortable," the Tesla owner said, adding that the Sheetz employees were "really understanding and sent someone out immediately."

I guess this is just a continuation of the rolling coal "protests."

[underpants]

1. Yeah I've seen this bs on Facebook

Literally displaying their ignorance

[Delarage]

3. How stupid / nt

[htuttle]

4. Tesla is making a very nice truck, but it's too big for Bubba to handle in the Walmart parking lot

Looks like they might be making one small enough for Bubba's tiny hands, but no confirmation yet:

https://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/here-s-everything-we-know-about-the-tesla-pickup-truck-ar181660.html

[Squinch]

5. Pollution is their favorite thing. They get upset when it is threatened.

[MichMan]

6. repost

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11601343

[brush]

7. You can't get any stupider. Results of repug education cuts over decades.

[ooky]

13. +1

That's my exact first thought every time I see one. There goes a moron.

[mainer]

8. I don't understand why they're so angry. What's a Tesla done to them?

Pickup truck owners, as a class, seem to have anger issues. They're always the most likely to tailgate. Esp. the drivers of big black trucks.

[Aristus]

9. IMO, pickup trucks are probably the most visible symbol of toxic masculinity other than guns.

When one is an insecure little boy in a man's body, everything is viewed as a potential threat to that perception of masculinity. Even something as progressive, harmless, and forward-looking as an electric car.

[NickB79]

16. +100

[JDC]

10. Douche Bags being douche bags.

Aka bullies. Sad little men picking on people they feel threaten their identity of being a dumb fuck - and proud of it.

[spanone]

11. Assholes.

[jberryhill]

12. They love cyclists too

When I’m out on the shoulders of country roads, they have an inexplicable need to show off.

It’s like they are three year olds with their toys.

In most instances, that truck is their most valuable asset, so I think they feel threatened somehow, but I don’t know why.

[winstars]

14. Clearly these idiots are... idiots... But could you call the cops? Is this illegal???

I am kinda sure whose side the PD in Hickory NC would want to be on but could blocking a charging station actually be an infraction???

[NickB79]

15. Tiny, tiny penises

So sad for them 😂