After a shooting at a Twin Falls, Idaho In-N-Out with an attached Tesla Supercharger last week, EV owners online pushed a product called EVject as a fix: a $299 breakaway connector that lets you drive off while still plugged in, instead of waiting to unlock the charge port and disconnect the cable. That wait is real. On every EV, including Tesla's, the charging connector locks in place while power is flowing, a safety feature required by charging standards, so you can't simply drive away mid-session without unplugging first.
What's getting left out of the social media push is that EVject is the same accessory Tesla sued over in 2024, arguing in court that it could overheat to dangerous temperatures with no built-in protection. EVject later added thermal protection and Tesla dropped the suit, but that history is worth knowing before treating it as a settled safety solution. It's also a device that only helps if you have the seconds and presence of mind to act during a sudden, chaotic event, which may not be realistic.
None of this points to something homeowners need to buy or install. The more useful long-term fix, if it happens, would be an automaker-built emergency disconnect that lets a driver safely leave a charging stall, similar to Tesla's control over both its cars and its Supercharger network. For now, this is a safety debate playing out across the EV industry, not a change to how home or public charging works today.
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