Street rage has been round for some time. A more recent 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 widespread sufficient that individuals posted altercations between EV drivers on social media and forums. In no less than one case, the EV charging rage turned deadly.
In response to this rage, and particularly to a fight that broke out at a packed Supercharger station, Tesla introduced in a post on X this week it will begin digital queuing pilots within the second quarter at “choose websites.”
“Objective is a web buyer expertise enchancment for the ~1% circumstances of a wait time,” reads the put up, which doesn’t point out the widespread concern of wait instances or that Tesla homeowners have introduced up the concept for a queue system in homeowners boards and social media.
Tesla stated it will implement a wider rollout this yr if the suggestions is constructive.
“We additionally proceed to develop the community 20%+ year-over-year, intently monitoring site-level demand,” Tesla’s X put up reads.
It’s not clear if drivers of EVs that aren’t made by Tesla can 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.