Black Friday Tesla Fail: Half a Mile Queue to Recharge

[Elderberry]

Watts Up With That? by Eric Worrall 12/7/2019

Tesla Car Owners were stuck in a massive queue at Kettleman City Supercharger station on Friday, as the facility was overwhelmed by virtue signalling Californians.

‘Bet they wish they had gas!’ Chaos in California as Tesla drivers are stranded for hours in a half-a-mile-long line to charge their cars on Black Friday

    Shanon Stellini was travelling through Kettleman City on November 30 when she stumbled across around 50 of the electric cars waiting in line for a recharge

    The stagnant procession reportedly spanned back more than half a mile

    ‘Bet they wish they had gas’, quipped Stellini’s partner in a video she captured of the backlog – but for the drivers stranded it was no laughing matter

Clearly the solution is more government handouts for Elon Musk, to build a network of recharging stations so extensive Tesla owners never have to feel embarrassed in front of deplorables driving gas guzzlers.

More: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/12/07/black-friday-tesla-fail-half-a-mile-queue-to-recharge/

[PeteS in CA]

Kettleman City is basically gas stations plus restaurants stop along I-5. It's about 50 miles from Bakersfield, Fresno, and Paso Robles. From an agriculture or possibly oil production perspective, it's significant. But for a specialty need like a Supercharger and on a holiday weekend ... yeah, no.

A coworker went from South San Francisco to the LA area for Thanksgiving. It should have been a 6-7 hour trip, but took about 12 hours.