Sadly, electrical car drivers proceed to be given the coal-rolling remedy by diesel-powered truck homeowners within the US. 

There is not any want to elucidate why rolling coal deliberately shouldn’t be solely unlawful in lots of states but in addition a mistaken and disrespectful factor to do on so many ranges. The unhappy actuality is this phenomenon stays a factor on US roads.

A Tesla Mannequin 3 proprietor skilled it himself just lately whereas driving on a freeway. In a brief video shared by Nathan (@NateWiki) on Twitter and picked up by Teslarati, we will see three pickup vans blocking all three lanes in entrance of the Tesla, successfully stopping the EV from shifting previous them.

As if that wasn’t sufficient, one of many vans additionally began rolling coal at one level, and the smoke was so thick that the Tesla driver may barely something in entrance of the car for just a few seconds. Thoughts you, he was touring at round 60 mph, so if any impediment had appeared in entrance of him, he would have had a tricky time seeing it.

The video captured by the Mannequin 3’s onboard digicam was additionally accompanied by an evidence from the Tesla driver. 

“Taking my Mannequin 3 out on a highway journey and these 3 a**holes kind a blockade in entrance of me and ship all their fumes my course. This needs to be unlawful. Actually want I had a HEPA air filter proper now…”

He truly makes a superb level concerning the HEPA (Excessive-Effectivity Particulate Air) filter, which Tesla provides as commonplace together with the Bioweapon Protection Mode on the Mannequin Y, Mannequin S and Mannequin X – however not on the Mannequin 3. Tesla CEO Elon Musk defined previously that the HEPA filter wanted for Bioweapon Protection Mode is just too giant for the Mannequin 3. 

It is price noting that Tesla automobiles which are outfitted with HEPA filters enable solely clear air to enter the cabin – whatever the air high quality outdoors – when the Bioweapon Protection Mode is activated. The function debuted within the Mannequin X SUV and Mannequin S sedan in 2018, and was added to the Mannequin Y in 2020.