Reality says something very different.
"Ottawa trucker helps motorists stranded on I-95
A Tesla was parked near his truck and Marchand, a father of four kids, was concerned because there were children in the vehicle. The family from Georgia was not accustomed to winter weather. They were travelling home after visiting relatives in Boston.
An exhausted Marchand finally fell asleep in his bunk, but an hour later there was a knock on the door. It was the Tesla driver asking if it was possible to charge his car using the truck as a power source. Marchand explained his truck does not generate that much electricity.
The driver then asked for water and Marchand gave him some.
Matthew Marchand handed blankets to a family travelling in a Tesla. (Photo: Matthew Marchand)
“I was about to get back into bed and I realized that it was very cold outside. If he’s talking about charging his car, and if he runs out of charge, that could be bad because he’s got kids in the car,” Marchand said.
He grabbed a spare blanket and a Mylar emergency blanket from his first aid kit and brought it to them. He told them not to worry and things would get moving in the morning. He also told them if the electric car shuts down, there was room in his truck for them to stay warm.
He says the Tesla driver asked, “Are you a God?” Marchand says he thinks he meant ‘were you sent by God?’"
When hundreds of cars and trucks were stuck on Interstate 95 in Virginia earlier this week, an Ottawa truck driver who was in the thick of things eagerly
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