Tesla Fights Back Against Supercharger-Blocking Truck Owners

The act of physically blocking Tesla Supercharger stations with gas-powered vehicles, also known as 'ICEing',is on the rise, and Tesla owners are not pleased. We've reportedpickup truck owners purposely parking their vehicles in front of the charging stationsbefore mocking Tesla drivers who come to recharge their cars.

Clearly, something has to be done to stop this anti-social behavior and it appears that a solution may have been found in China.

Electrekreports that Tesla's China division has begun deploying lock devices in parking spots with QR codes specifically linked to an app for Tesla owners to unlock them as needed.

It's a really simple idea that could solve part of the problem. Why only part? Because what's to stop a Tesla-hating truck driver (or any other gas-powered vehicle driver) from physically parking and blocking the entire spot without pulling in between the lines?

Here's another problem: Tesla typically does not own the parking lots where these Superchargers are installed, thus making it even more difficult and expensive to add a gate of some sort. And unless Tesla installs gates that also need to be unlocked via an app, the problem of ICEing could easily continue.