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Truck owners are blocking Tesla Superchargers in 'ICE-ing' protests (TSLA)
Graham Rapier
Dec. 29, 2018, 09:18 AM
A recent spate of traditional vehicles blocking Tesla Superchargers has some drivers comparing the practice to "rolling coal."
One Tesla owner told Business Insider a group of truck owners harassed them in the parking lot of a Sheetz convenience store in North Carolina.
CEO Elon Musk said recently that the company is working to expand the charger network across the nation.
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 chanting 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 isnt on land owned by Tesla. Rather, its 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."
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Read more: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/truck-owners-are-blocking-tesla-superchargers-in-ice-ing-protests-2018-12-1027836536
dhill926
(16,339 posts)I mean what the hell.....
Girard442
(6,075 posts)rownesheck
(2,343 posts)they'll really be sticking it to us if they park in their garage, shut the doors, and sit in their trucks rolling coal for several hours.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Someday, and it's likely not far off ... someone (or ones) are gonna get shot in one of these stupid little 'stand-offs'.
Sanity Claws
(21,849 posts)A part of the story seems to be missing.