Street rage has been round for some time. A more moderen phenomenon that’s cropping up is EV charging rage — the sensation when a fellow EV proprietor cuts the road to seize one of many solely working cost ports.
It’s frequent sufficient that individuals posted altercations between EV drivers on social media and boards. In at the least one case, the EV charging rage turned lethal.
In response to this rage, and particularly to a combat that broke out at a packed Supercharger station, Tesla introduced in a submit on X this week it could begin digital queuing pilots within the second quarter at “choose websites.”
“Objective is a web buyer expertise enchancment for the ~1% instances of a wait time,” reads the submit, which doesn’t point out the widespread problem of wait instances or that Tesla homeowners have introduced up the thought for a queue system in homeowners boards and social media.
Tesla stated it could implement a wider rollout this yr if the suggestions is constructive.
“We additionally proceed to broaden the community 20%+ year-over-year, intently monitoring site-level demand,” Tesla’s X submit reads.
It’s not clear if drivers of EVs that aren’t made by Tesla could have entry to this queue system from the beginning. A number of automakers, together with GM, Ford, Nissan, and Lucid, have already gained entry to Tesla’s Supercharger community.
