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Sorry, but coal rolling is a widespread cultural phenomenon. Truck drivers deliberately and very publicly harass electric cars on the road. That doesn't mean they're "rednecks," that's your word, and talking about the prevalent anti-electric cultural trend is not "hate."

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>Truck drivers deliberately and very publicly harass electric cars on the road.

I'd be interested to know where this is, and what it looks like. I haven't seen this, and while I don't live in rural area it is a big agricultural area and is fly-over country to most at HN. Maybe this is specific to certain brands of electric cars? Or maybe the 2018 and later Nissan Leafs aren't distinctive enough to immediately identify as electric?

I live in rural upstate NY and get coal rolled just for having a normal sedan. Anything perceived as inferior makes you a target for trumpy idiocy here.

I typically see people rolling coal on bicyclers much more often than on EVs.

It’s absolutely hate bread by a superiority complex.

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