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<\/div>Supercharger Vandalism<\/h2>
First, pickup truck owners started taking over Supercharger stations in apparent protest<\/a>. Now a vandal has struck one of Tesla’s electric vehicles chargers.<\/p> Last week, a 52 year-old man physically vandalized the charging cable and ports at all the docks of a local St. George, Utah’s Tesla Supercharger station, local news reports<\/a> — the latest skirmish in a simmering culture war about electric vehicles.<\/p> It took local law enforcement less than 24 hours from the start of their investigation to find a suspect named Johnny Doak. According to St. George News<\/em><\/a>, he had been drinking heavily that night and was “grieving the death of a family member.”<\/p> Doak later confessed to his crime. Whether it was his intention was to vandalize a Tesla Supercharger station in particular is unclear. Police estimate total repair costs to be $8,000.<\/p> The news comes after pickup drivers in the U.S. were found to park their trucks in unoccupied Tesla Supercharger spots. The trend became known as “ICEing,” due to the symbolic weight of vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICE) blocking access to electric vehicle charging stations.<\/p> Tesla developed a clever solution<\/a> to the problem earlier this year by installing metal hurdles that could be lowered using a QR code on the Tesla owner’s phone.<\/p> It’s an ominous trend, but incidents have thus far been uncommon. But it goes to show that not everybody is happy about the spread of electric cars — for whatever reason.<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Tesla Supercharger vandal has been arrested<\/a> [Electrek<\/em>] More on “ICEing”:<\/strong> Tesla Found a Clever Way to Prevent Supercharger ICEing<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Police Arrest Vandal Who Trashed Tesla Supercharger<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Read the original post: Supercharger Vandalism First, pickup truck owners started taking over Supercharger stations in apparent protest . Now a\u00a0vandal has struck one of Tesla\u2019s electric vehicles\u00a0chargers. Last week, a 52 year-old man physically vandalized the charging cable and ports\u00a0at all the docks of\u00a0a local St Continue reading Confession<\/h2>
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