There's no question that Tesla's signage and policies should have been made more clear, but the main problem I see here is neither of those things.

The problem here is the aggressive and hostile Tesla owner, who chose to pick a fight and call the cops rather than communicating, or even just minding his own business.

genuine question: why call the police anyway? say the tesla driver was right and there was no compatibility. what were they thinking the rivian driver is gonna do? worst case scenario is they are gonna realize their mistake and… leave?

like how is this different from me seeing someone accidentally filling a minivan with diesel and calling the fucken cops about it? i feel there is something more malicious going on here than “a need for education” unless i am missing something.

Tesla should have changed their signs when they opened up their charging network to other brands.

'a need for better education and communication within the EV community'

That Rivian driver is being way too nice about the situation.

Imagine someone calling the police on you because you bought pepsi instead of coke. It's not about education and communication. It's about a fucking asshole doing asshole shit. You can't reason with people like that. You tell them to fuck off.

Edit: hm, he was taking two spots. Not exactly his fault, but I can understand 0.00001% more the Tesla driver. Still an asshole, though.

Edit 2: If I was in a charging station that said "For Ford vehicles only" and I saw a BMW coming in and using it, I'd be more like "How is that possible? Huh. Interesting!" Then I'd mind my fucking business.

Ultimately, the Rivian owner's adapter didn't work, so he decided to leave and head to a nearby EVGo charger. That's when the Tesla driver confronted him. Trying to "steer the conversation towards a constructive dialogue only seemed to aggravate him further," so the Rivian driver got in his car and left. "As I drove away, I saw him angrily talking on the phone, presumably to an unfortunate 9-1-1 operator."

No surprise that the Tesla driver is an asshole. They drive like assholes, so this was known.

when a Model Y driver approached him, "demanding to know why I was there,"

insisted that it was ILLEGAL for me to be there and that he was CALLING THE POLICE! I was taken aback by his extreme reaction," the Rivian driver writes.

You insulted his pride. 🤣

They had signage saying tesla only, and the car was parked across two spots, so I can believe the owner looked like a massive dick without additional context.

This is an article about a dumb argument between two random people, not to mention the title is misleading anyway (the Rivian driver only assumes cops were called). Why post it here?

Are all Tesla users so pathetic?

Wow, what a wack job. I wish I had that much free time to worry about petty bullshit.

Like how could he come to the conclusion that it's illegal for anything other than a Tesla to charge there? Tesla equipment is private property, owned by a private business. State law doesn't give a fuck about that.

Tesla owners: known to always be super chill people.

Rivian driver is very diplomatic. I would have said tesla drivers are ignorant assholes.

This Telsa owner sounds like the BBQ Becky of EVs.

I thought of this and was confused.

Then I remembered a Rivian is electric too.

Like a Tesla was racing a gas vehicle and didn't like that its competition was blown.

Bro, I was so confused because a supercharger is an alternative to turbo for forced induction.

What a fucking idiot, makes sense he drives a tesla

Tesla Karen strikes again.

Holy shit, that site is AIDS. I got multiple popup/redirects to fake malware scans even though I’m running a PiHole and Firefox Focus.