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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.

  • BezierEnglish
    34•3 months ago

    They had signage saying tesla only, and the car was parked across two spots, so I can believe the owner looked like a massive dick without additional context.

    • @Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
      58•3 months ago

      The charge ports on non-Teslas, meanwhile, are also in a different spot on the vehicle, meaning they may have to park parallel to a Supercharger, taking up two spots. That’s what happened here; “I had no choice but to park in a way that blocks two stalls,” according to the Rivian driver.

      • BezierEnglish
        15•3 months ago

        Well yeah, that’s the additional context.

      • JohnEdwaEnglish
        7•3 months ago

        Specifically, they have to park on the next spot to the right of the charger they are using, as the port on a Rivian is on the left front corner and the Tesla cables are really short. This happens basically on any EV that has the port on anywhere else except the left rear corner, or the front right corner.
        Which is most of them, as it seems the standard spot to put it is in front of the drivers (left side) door.

    • HanrahanEnglish
      3•3 months ago

      Calling the police becase somones a dick ? If he double parked at CostCo woukd he have called the cops, or taken a pic and posted in /c/assholedrivers ?

      • BezierEnglish
        3•3 months ago

        If you’re reading this as me defending the tesla owner calling cops, I’d just like to point out that I’m not.