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Supercharger - Petaluma, CA (EXPANDED Jun 2018, now 20 V2 stalls)
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Merrill
Merrill
The unfortunate part of this kind of action is that there really is no way to police it, you will always find idiots doing stupid things. As you can see they have dirt bikes and 4x4's and a mind set of clueless reactions. Not sure if they have security but pictures of the vehicles and license plates taken to the local police is one option.
republic
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Put water in their gas tanks.
Not really my style. I did consider putting a note on the car saying something to that effect, though. "You might want to think about what ended up in your tank, seeing as you've left it open here." But again, not my thing and I don't think it gets anyone anywhere.
The only regret I have is that I didn't get a better angle so the three trucks were in view with the cables tied to their cars, and the sign "DICKS" centered above them. That would have been a keeper.
Cottonwood
Roadster#433, Model S#S37
The nav often screws up in street directions during the end game. The actual Lat/Log (GPS) position is usually very accurate. Zoom all the way in on the nav screen, and then put the nav screen in "sat" mode. That will give you a great view of where you are, where the Supercharger Site is, and the local surroundings. Ignore text directions.
Merrill
Merrill
ddimit
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I would have posted the plates as well, there is no expectoration of privacy in public. If it had been just 1 truck i might have given them a pass but 3 of them and then doing that to the charging cables! They knew what they were doing and it was a big F*** y** to electric vehicle owners
jeffro01
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This is why CA needs a law making this behavior illegal, that way when morons like this pull this type of stunt it'd be much easier to have them towed. I promise you, they'd only need to get towed once to stop this type of behavior.
Granted if I had seen what they did to the supercharging cables I'd have handled it much, much differently than simply putting them back where they belonged. I'll simply stop there but suffice to say that they'd have regretted doing that...
Jeff
Granted if I had seen what they did to the supercharging cables I'd have handled it much, much differently than simply putting them back where they belonged. I'll simply stop there but suffice to say that they'd have regretted doing that...
Jeff
AMPd
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I would have called a few buddies of mine driving G class mercs, have them park behind the trucks, then proceeded to block them in and charge my car to 100%
Of course I would start charging once they returned, I mean I don't want to remove the cables from their car, I'm not that disrespectful, they obviously needed the charge.
rpo
Member
Put water in their gas tanks.
I would not have hesitated to do this. Water in diesel is much worse than water in gasoline, and those pri*cks deserved it.
A picture is worth a thousand words. How can we get this picture in the hands of someone in legislature? It may greatly help in getting such a law passed.
I have a number of other photos in addition to the ones posted. I will look into how to get these in front of people who matter. Any suggestions are welcome.
Merrill
Merrill
Tesla needs the pictures as well as the security for the complex and the Petaluma police department. As far as I'm concerned they attempted to destroy private property and that is an offense that can be prosecuted.
rpo
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To update, I've sent the photos to my state and federal representatives' offices. The accompanying message was for them to use these as visual ammunition when legislation regarding EVs and/or EV parking come up, and to share them freely. I think they send a powerful message about some of the remaining attitude against EVs (yes, even in California). Taking the constructive path, I'm hopeful that they wind up being useful in supporting positive legislation.
I included the plate numbers in the photos I sent to the officials.
I included the plate numbers in the photos I sent to the officials.
Panoz
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When you see ICE vehicles with charging cables in their gas tanks, I think of two things you can do: 1) unplug their cars! Put the cable back. 2) call the fire department and report an electrical cable is in someone's gas tank. When the fire truck arrives, maybe the owner will come out...
I watched the testing guy send the email back to the mothership saying it was OK to announce the opening of Buffalo SC. That was maybe 4:00 in the afternoon. The car had the new pushpin on the map the next morning.
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