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Tesla drivers are finding shameless Supercharger ICE treatments in China
Tesla drivers in China are receiving the ICE treatment: the act of gas-powered cars parking in charging spaces reserved for electric vehicles.
A common practice among the anti-EV supporters in the world, ICEing is a way to prevent Teslas and other electric cars from plugging into chargers. Commonly, ICEing is performed as a protest against the EV movement, and it is rarely an occurrence that takes place because of a lack of available parking spots.
First seen at the beginning of the introduction of mainstream EVs, ICEing has become an illegal act in many U.S. States and other areas worldwide. Perpetrators of the act of trolling are usually subjected to hefty fines that can exceed $125. That’s an expensive practical joke.
However, Chinese drivers of electric vehicles are feeling the effects of ICEing now. While this is not the first occurrence of the act in the Asian country, it may be the most recent. Tesla enthusiast @JayInShanghai shared a video showing multiple gas-powered vehicles occupying Tesla Supercharger spots. Owners of BMWs, Hyundais, and Toyotas all purposely parked in several EV charging spaces. The owners of these vehicles also did a double whammy to EV owners by double-parking.
Selfish ICE car owners are Ice-ing Tesla owners from Supercharging in China 🇨🇳 even with the floor lock solution. Any other solution for this? @teslacn #Tesla #Supercharger #ICEing #China #FirstWorldProblems #特斯啦 #中国 $TSLA pic.twitter.com/yov4xzLnFX
— Jay in Shanghai 电动 Jay 🇨🇳 (@JayinShanghai) October 9, 2020
Meanwhile, an innocent Model X sits just outside of the spaces, waiting for the opportunity to regain range before embarking on a new journey.
Unfortunately, the act of ICEing does nothing but make life inconvenient for two people. The owner of the EV is forced to wait for a charging space, and the owner of the gas-powered car is usually given a fine.
EV owners are no stranger to harassment from those who are stuck on gas and diesel-powered cars. ICEing is among many popular techniques used by ICE drivers; coal rolling is one of the other more notable pranks pulled on the environmentally friendly cars.
Teslarati has reported on other occurrences of ICEing in the past, including an incident in Germany, where the owner of a large Ford pickup was greeted by the Berlin Police Department and a tow truck. Another incident involved a Ford Mustang and a middle finger.
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Tesla has developed some preventative measures, like a “ground lock” that essentially blocks gas cars from entering a Supercharger space. However, the garage in the aforementioned video equipped these, but the gas car drivers just pulled in between them.
Other solutions are likely needed to prevent these incidents from occurring in the future. While one of the simplest solutions is to create more laws and harsher penalties for perpetrators, this strategy has not prevented ICEing incidents from happening. It appears that the only real solution to eliminate the problem altogether is to eliminate gas cars completely. Buy a Tesla instead.
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Tesla teases “Halloween Mode” update with Optimus rising from a graveyard
Tesla’s Halloween teaser hides a covered vehicle and an Optimus hand rising from the ground.
Tesla has started teasing a Halloween software update for its vehicles, with a short clip on X that reads, “Halloween is coming.” The clip opens on a glowing pumpkin before pulling back to the car’s center touchscreen, where the usual parked visualization has been replaced by a graveyard scene, and the vehicle draped with a white sheet so it reads as a cartoon ghost.
Halloween is coming pic.twitter.com/lM3ASUeOqX
— Tesla (@Tesla) October 1, 2026
The second detail is a robotic hand clawing its way out of the dirt like a zombie, which looks to be the hand of Tesla’s latest Optimus V3 humanoid robot. While Tesla still has not formally shown Optimus Gen 3 walking around in service, renders pulled from Tesla’s Android app last month gave the clearest look yet, including far more refined hands that Tesla has said carry 22 degrees of freedom. The hand has been the hardest part of the program. Musk has called it the majority of the robot’s engineering difficulty, and Tesla’s patents describe a design driven by tendons with the actuators moved into the forearm.
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Optimus also has a Halloween track record. Last October the robot handed out candy in Times Square, and a costumed “zombie” Optimus shuffled around the Tesla Diner in Los Angeles on Halloween night.
On the software side, Tesla’s 2025 Holiday Update expanded Santa Mode with a Santa sleigh, snowmen, snow effects, and a festive lock chime, so it wouldn’t be too far fetched if we saw something similar but themed for a Halloween Mode.
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Tesla’s newest feature lets you floor it out of a Supercharger while plugged in
Tesla’s new Emergency Drive Away feature lets owners flee a Supercharger while still plugged in.
Tesla has given drivers a way to escape while a vehicle is plugged-in at a Supercharger, in the event of an emergency. The company’s charging team announced a new feature on X called Emergency Drive Away, which lets a driver shift into Drive and pull away while the charging cable is still connected to the car.
Until now, a Tesla would not leave Park with a charge cable plugged in. Drivers had to release the latch from the touchscreen, the Tesla app, or the button on the charge handle, then wait for the port to let go. Emergency Drive Away removes that lockout, but Tesla is clear that it comes at a cost. “Use of this feature will damage your vehicle and the Supercharger,” the company wrote, adding that the function is meant for emergencies only and that deliberate misuse will lead to “additional penalties.” Tesla did not say what those penalties are.
Emergency Drive Away lets you shift into Drive while still plugged into a Supercharger pic.twitter.com/40GSzyP4lG
— Tesla Charging (@TeslaCharging) October 1, 2026
The in-car prompt is just as direct, with the warning reading: “Driving with the cable connected will cause damage to your vehicle and the Supercharger. Short camera recordings will be shared with Tesla.” That footage gives Tesla a way to separate a real emergency from someone who simply did not want to wait for the latch.
The feature requires software update 2026.38.3, and Tesla said in replies to owners that it works at every Supercharger in the United States without new stall hardware. Model S and Model X vehicles built before 2021 are not supported, and the company says the feature applies to U.S. Superchargers “for now,” leaving Canada and other markets out at launch.
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Tesla did not tie the announcement to any specific event, but it arrives two months after a gunman opened fire at an In-N-Out in Twin Falls, Idaho, on August 1, targeting three people in two Teslas at the neighboring Supercharger. One of them, a 66 year old man from Salt Lake City, was killed. Superchargers have been the scene of violence before, including a fatal shooting at a station near Denver in 2023.
In the weeks after Twin Falls, owners pushed Tesla for a native way to escape a stall, and many pointed back to EVject, the aftermarket breakaway connector Tesla sued in 2024 over claims it lacked overtemperature protection. The two companies later reached an agreement that led EVject to recall its earlier connectors in favor of a version with thermal sensors.
Our mission has always been about providing peace of mind and eliminating sitting duck scenarios.
We patented the built-in breakaway charger tip on Feb 15, 2023. Awarded Jan 30, 2024. Then shared the designs with @TeslaCharging
Thank you @Tesla for rolling out a solution. This… https://t.co/djOzswLw9N
— EVject (@EVject) October 2, 2026
Tesla’s Automatic Collision Evasion feature can be seen in one of the first owner videos of it in action.
Tesla owner Spencer (@scotsrule08) posted on Monday that the feature “worked flawlessly,” saying FSD reengaged itself just as he was about to hit a curb. Ashok Elluswamy, who leads Tesla’s AI team, shared the clip and wrote, “A guardian angel always looking out for you.”
The video arrives in the middle of a staged rollout. Tesla first shipped Automatic Collision Evasion with FSD (Supervised) v14.3.9 in software update 2026.27.6 earlier this month, which Teslarati covered as it reached cars. Update 2026.27.10, which began going out on September 19, carried the feature improvements with FSD v14.3.10, according to release notes tracked by Not a Tesla App. The newer 2026.27.11 build is now reaching another wave of vehicles.
The new Automatic Collision Evasion feature worked flawlessly! FSD reengaged itself just as I was about to hit a curb.
Kudos @Tesla_AI team! 👏 pic.twitter.com/Fbp15HhpL2
— Spencer (@scotsrule08) September 28, 2026
The feature only runs on HW4 vehicles, and it requires an active FSD purchase or subscription with both FSD (Supervised) and Automatic Emergency Braking enabled. HW3 owners receive FSD v14.2 Lite in the same updates, but that build does not include collision evasion.
Tesla’s release notes describe two triggers. The first is an imminent frontal collision that braking alone may not prevent, in which case the car can activate FSD to steer, brake or accelerate around the hazard. That scenario is limited to highways below 85 mph, with no pedestrians or cyclists detected and no slippery road surface. The second covers a driver who appears inattentive, such as reaching into the back seat, or who seems to have switched off FSD by accident. Spencer’s curb clip appears to fall into that second category.
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Once the system takes over, the accelerator is muted and light brake input will not cancel the maneuver. Drivers need to apply firm, deliberate steering force to take back control, and the car chimes to hand control back once the danger has passed.
Elluswamy recently noted that earlier hazard prediction, faster reaction time and better collision avoidance would arrive with FSD v15, the next major version.
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