Beautiful Virgin Islands

Saturday, Jan 24, 2026

A YouTuber charged a non-Tesla EV at a Supercharger and it 'descended into chaos'

A YouTuber charged a non-Tesla EV at a Supercharger and it 'descended into chaos'

Tesla began opening some of its Superchargers to non-Tesla EVs last month, but it could quickly become a headache for Tesla owners.
Tesla began opening some of its Superchargers in New York and California to non-Tesla electric cars last month, but a recent video shows how ultra-fast charging stations could quickly become a headache for Tesla owners.

Youtuber Marques Brownlee took his Rivian R1T to a Tesla Supercharger in New York last week and he said on Twitter that the visit "descended into chaos" when other non-Tesla drivers showed up as well.

In the video, Brownlee said he had to take up two parking spots next to a charger because the charging port on his EV was on the front driver's side of his vehicle while the charging station was equipped for Teslas that have the charging port on the back-left corner of the car.

Brownlee said that he felt the experience made his Rivian a better car because he would no longer have to rely on more "risky" public chargers, but it could deter Tesla owners.

"Suddenly you're taking up two spots for what would normally be one," Brownlee said. "If I was like a huge Tesla person I would probably be worried about you know my own Tesla experience. Will it get worse because more people are charging? Potentially, you'll have more people waiting in line more people taking up more spots."

The situation only got worse when a Lucid EV and a F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck showed up. For the F-150 Lightning driver, Tesla's retrofitted charging cord was only long enough to reach the car's charging port when the driver had pulled so far up the front of his car was practically touching the charging stand and the cord was pulled completely taut — a scenario the driver said felt too risky.

In a separate YouTube video, the same F-150 Lightning driver, Tom Moloughney, who runs EV charging channel State of Charge, said he might feel more comfortable pulling his car up to the station sideways — a move that could take up three spots at once.

Similarly, the cable was also not long enough for the Lucid driver, according to Moloughney.

"If you're a Tesla owner it's not a good day," Moloughney said. "Soon that exclusivity of being able to drive wherever you want and plug in it's going to get more complicated because Superchargers are going to start to get clogged up with non-Tesla vehicles. "

Ultimately, Brownlee said the transition is going to take a lot of finagling, but he was happy with the charging experience for his Rivian, which took about 30 minutes and $30 to charge from 30% to 80%.

"This is probably the first time and not the last time that you're going to see this shuffling of who can charge where," Brownlee said. "Hopefully people are nice about it, but there's gonna be a bit of an etiquette question when you've got cars that are not exactly optimized trying to figure it out."

Musk called Brownlee's video "interesting" on Twitter. The billionaire agreed to begin opening up some of the electric-car maker's Superchargers to non-Tesla owners earlier this year. Previously, Tesla's chargers — which account for a large portion of EV chargers in the US — had been primarily accessible only to Tesla owners.

While regular Tesla stations have always been open to non-Tesla EVs through a special adapter, the carmaker pledged to make its ultra-fast supercharging stations compatible with other electric cars by the end of 2024.

Insider previously reported that its charging network is one of its biggest advantages over EV rivals — from faster and more accessible charging stations to more amenities.
Newsletter

Related Articles

Beautiful Virgin Islands
0:00
0:00
Close
Starmer Breaks Diplomatic Restraint With Firm Rebuke of Trump, Seizing Chance to Advocate for Europe
UK Finance Minister Reeves to Join Starmer on China Visit to Bolster Trade and Economic Ties
Prince Harry Says Sacrifices of NATO Forces in Afghanistan Deserve ‘Respect’ After Trump Remarks
Barron Trump Emerges as Key Remote Witness in UK Assault and Rape Trial
Trump Reverses Course and Criticises UK-Mauritius Chagos Islands Agreement
Elizabeth Hurley Tells UK Court of ‘Brutal’ Invasion of Privacy in Phone Hacking Case
UK Bond Yields Climb as Report Fuels Speculation Over Andy Burnham’s Return to Parliament
Prince William to Make Official Visit to Saudi Arabia in February
Prince Harry Breaks Down in London Court, Says UK Tabloids Have Made Meghan Markle’s Life ‘Absolute Misery’
Malin + Goetz UK Business Enters Administration, All Stores Close
EU and UK Reject Trump’s Greenland-Linked Tariff Threats and Pledge Unified Response
UK Deepfake Crackdown Puts Intense Pressure on Musk’s Grok AI After Surge in Non-Consensual Explicit Images
Prince Harry Becomes Emotional in London Court, Invokes Memory of Princess Diana in Testimony Against UK Tabloids
UK Inflation Rises Unexpectedly but Interest Rate Cuts Still Seen as Likely
Starmer Steps Back from Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Amid Strained US–UK Relations
Prince Harry’s Lawyer Tells UK Court Daily Mail Was Complicit in Unlawful Privacy Invasions
UK Government Approves China’s ‘Mega Embassy’ in London Amid Debate Over Security and Diplomacy
Trump Cites UK’s Chagos Islands Sovereignty Shift as Justification for Pursuing Greenland Acquisition
UK Government Weighs Australia-Style Social Media Ban for Under-Sixteens Amid Rising Concern Over Online Harm
Trump Aides Say U.S. Has Discussed Offering Asylum to British Jews Amid Growing Antisemitism Concerns
UK Seeks Diplomatic De-escalation with Trump Over Greenland Tariff Threat
Prince Harry Returns to London as High Court Trial Begins Over Alleged Illegal Tabloid Snooping
High-Speed Train Collision in Southern Spain Kills at Least Twenty-One and Injures Scores
Meghan Markle May Return to the U.K. This Summer as Security Review Advances
Trump’s Greenland Tariff Threat Sparks EU Response and Risks Deep Transatlantic Rift
Prince Harry’s High Court Battle With Daily Mail Publisher Begins in London
Trump’s Tariff Escalation Presents Complex Challenges for the UK Economy
UK Prime Minister Starmer Rebukes Trump’s Greenland Tariff Strategy as Transatlantic Tensions Rise
Prince Harry’s Last Press Case in UK Court Signals Potential Turning Point in Media and Royal Relations
OpenAI to Begin Advertising in ChatGPT in Strategic Shift to New Revenue Model
GDP Growth Remains the Most Telling Barometer of Britain’s Economic Health
Prince William and Kate Middleton Stay Away as Prince Harry Visits London Amid Lingering Rift
Britain Braces for Colder Weather and Snow Risk as Temperatures Set to Plunge
Mass Protests Erupt as UK Nears Decision on China’s ‘Mega Embassy’ in London
Prince Harry to Return to UK to Testify in High-Profile Media Trial Against Associated Newspapers
Keir Starmer Rejects Trump’s Greenland Tariff Threat as ‘Completely Wrong’
Trump to hit Europe with 10% tariffs until Greenland deal is agreed
Prince Harry Returns to UK High Court as Final Privacy Trial Against Daily Mail Publisher Begins
Britain Confronts a Billion-Pound Wind Energy Paradox Amid Grid Constraints
The graduate 'jobpocalypse': Entry-level jobs are not shrinking. They are disappearing.
Cybercrime, Inc.: When Crime Becomes an Economy. How the World Accidentally Built a Twenty-Trillion-Dollar Criminal Economy
The Return of the Hands: Why the AI Age Is Rewriting the Meaning of “Real Work”
UK PM Kier Scammer Ridicules Tories With "Kamasutra"
Strategic Restraint, Credible Force, and the Discipline of Power
United Kingdom and Norway Endorse NATO’s ‘Arctic Sentry’ Mission Including Greenland
Woman Claiming to Be Freddie Mercury’s Secret Daughter Dies at Forty-Eight After Rare Cancer Battle
UK Launches First-Ever ‘Town of Culture’ Competition to Celebrate Local Stories and Boost Communities
Planned Sale of Shell and Exxon’s UK Gas Assets to Viaro Energy Collapses Amid Regulatory and Market Hurdles
UK Intensifies Arctic Security Engagement as Trump’s Greenland Rhetoric Fuels Allied Concern
Meghan Markle Could Return to the UK for the First Time in Nearly Four Years If Security Is Secured
×