Tesla Supercharger shooting sparks EV charging safety debate
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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/Tesla-Supercharger-shooting-evject.jpeg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">After a gunman opened fire at a Twin Falls, Idaho, In-N-Out with an attached Tesla Supercharger last week, EV owners flooded social media with the same suggestion: buy an EVject.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The breakaway charging connector lets you drive off while still plugged in. It sounds like an obvious fix for a horrifying scenario — but it’s a controversial device that doesn’t actually solve the problem, and it points to something Tesla and every other automaker should be building instead.</p>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/Tesla-Supercharger-shooting-evject.jpeg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">After a gunman opened fire at a Twin Falls, Idaho, In-N-Out with an attached Tesla Supercharger last week, EV owners flooded social media with the same suggestion: buy an EVject.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The breakaway charging connector lets you drive off while still plugged in. It sounds like an obvious fix for a horrifying scenario — but it’s a controversial device that doesn’t actually solve the problem, and it points to something Tesla and every other automaker should be building instead.</p>