hmmm (thelemmy.club)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by to c/hmmm@lemmy.world
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 52 points 7 months ago (16 children)

Yeah, that's supposed to be impossible. Either they're not moving and it's a staged shot (unlikely, since they're in the middle of traffic and there appears to be motion blur), or they've fiddled with the car to make it think the charging door is closed, or it's an edit.

I'm suspicious of the motion blur, personally, because the traffic looks too tight to be moving much, so I suspect an edit

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 16 child comments
  • [–] 44 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    Giving the photo the benefit of the doubt, it's also possible that this Tesla owner had to bring a generator somewhere for unrelated reasons, and thought it would be "funny" to hook it up to the charge port on his car as a joke.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 9 child comments
  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (8 children)

    My point is that wouldn't work, unless the car was in park. A Tesla will simply refuse to move if a charger is connected

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 8 child comments
  • [–] 23 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    That's not a charger though. EVs can't take the direct power from a generator. It needs to communicate with a base. So that "cable" is impossible and is a joke.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Doesn't matter. The car knows something's plugged in, even if it can't talk to it

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    You 100% can plug in an unpowered mobile connector and drive away. If it's not actually on a circuit, it does not detect it, does not light up, and does not lock the charger (the plastic notch underneath).

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    While EVs won't allow starting the car whilst charging, they will allow the charger to be open, and the cable is likely a dummy so wouldn't be registered as "plugged in". Thus allowing this joke outfit to drive around like this.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I own a Tesla, and I also own a broken charger. I assure you it won't let this happen

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments