A Ram 1500 pickup truck was photographed at a Tesla charging station with a superb a part of the charging cable’s plug positioned inside its tailpipe. For the uninitiated, that’s one thing EV homeowners name “ICE-ing”, which is the observe of somebody with an inner combustion engine (ICE) blocking -in numerous ways- a charging station.

The picture, which was shared on Twitter by TheTeslaLife accompanied by a brief caption that tagged the Oregon Electrical Car Affiliation, sparked a web-based debate, with some condemning the act and others seeing it as nothing greater than a joke.

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The truck had Oregon license plates and a tailgate sticker saying ‘I establish as a Prius’ and, in all chance, its driver thought it will be humorous to pose the rig subsequent to the charging station. However, the plug did find yourself going up the exhaust pipe, and was possible coated in soot.

It actually is just not that unusual seeing ICE-powered automobiles blocking EV charging stations, a observe that would simply result in a battle with electrical automotive drivers.

These conditions may very well be averted with one thing known as ‘widespread sense’ and slightly little bit of respect. Since you possibly can’t depend on them, although, maybe, as consumer Toby Li identified, Tesla ought to undertake an answer like China’s, the place zero-emission car charging spots are remoted by distant locks that may solely be lowered by Tesla drivers.