Ferrari ICE electric car charger attaches plug to wheel and becomes

Pickup truck owners may be cornering the market on electric car drivers by hogging charging spots, but they are far from the only perpetrators when it comes to “ICEing,” the extremely inconsiderate practice of hogging charging stations by internal combustion engine vehicles.

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A case in point was recently in Athens, Greece, where a Ferrari F430 was found shamelessly parked next to an electric car charger, despite there being plenty of vacant regular parking spaces just steps away. But the Ferrari owner isn’t content with just blocking access to the charger. No, they decided to up the ante and stick plugs into the alloy wheels of mid-2000s Italian supercars.

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This level of mild provocation is reminiscent of the Ford Ranger Raptor incident in New Zealand, where a similar non-electric vehicle owner stuck a charging plug into the back bed of his truck for fun. Maybe Ferrari owners think the steering wheel is the next best thing. Another comedic option might be to stick a plug into one of the quad tailpipes – radical ideas to come – simply leaving the charger to whoever needs it might be the wisest move.

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The photos were shared by an electric car owner in a Facebook group called Electric Cars in Greece. Observers spotted the Ferrari in question late at night and were forced to take a closer look at the audacity of the scene. The EV owner ended up using one of the few available regular parking spots because his battery didn’t need charging at the time.

Photo Kainourgios Anthropos / Facebook

Ferrari itself is slowly moving towards an electric revolution. The Italian company plans to launch its first all-electric model next year and already has plug-in hybrid supercars such as the 296 GTB/GTS and SF90 Stradale/Spider. These vehicles can legally use public charging stations.

The F430 pictured, on the other hand, only runs on gasoline. Maranello’s entry-level supercar was launched in 2004 as the successor to the 360 ​​Modena, and was replaced in 2009 by the new 458 Italia. The F430 is powered by a mid-mounted 4.3-liter V8 engine producing 483 horsepower (360 kW / 490 PS) and 465 Nm (343 lb-ft) of torque.

The broader problem of ICEing is not unique to Athens. It’s a global trouble, but Greece seems to have developed its own vibrant criminal subculture. The same Facebook group that shared the Ferrari incident even maintains a photo album dedicated to documenting ICE violations. The album shows more than 100 examples of non-electric vehicles of all shapes and sizes blatantly occupying parking spaces clearly marked for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

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