The encounter between a Rivian driver and uninformed Tesla owner highlights ‘a need for better education and communication within the EV community,’ the Rivian driver says.

  • mox@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 months ago

    There’s no question that Tesla’s signage and policies should have been made more clear, but the main problem I see here is neither of those things.

    The problem here is the aggressive and hostile Tesla owner, who chose to pick a fight and call the cops rather than communicating, or even just minding his own business.

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      3 months ago

      This is really just stereotypical Tesla driver behavior. They are far and above the most entitled drivers in the SF Bay Area.

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    3 months ago

    genuine question: why call the police anyway? say the tesla driver was right and there was no compatibility. what were they thinking the rivian driver is gonna do? worst case scenario is they are gonna realize their mistake and… leave?

    like how is this different from me seeing someone accidentally filling a minivan with diesel and calling the fucken cops about it? i feel there is something more malicious going on here than “a need for education” unless i am missing something.

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        3 months ago

        reading these comments i didn’t realize there was a whole subculture around teslas and how pervasive and trending toward toxic it was. wild.

        thank ya!