On 14/10/18 10:12, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote:
On 14 Oct 2018 at 7:57, Tom Parker via EV wrote:
My 2016 Leaf has remote charge port opening -- the key fob has a 3rd
button, if you hold it down for about 2 seconds, the door opens.
Darned if I can see the point of this. How hard could it be to open the
charging port door with your left hand, when you're standing there with the
charging connector in your right hand? (Or vice versa.)
Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like I'd be more trouble to get
the keys out and find the right button. And then you have to hold it down
for a while. Nuisance.
Like the other Tom, I don't use it very often but it is useful if you
forget to open the charge port before getting out of the car and the
keys are handy. If the keys are buried in a bag I find it 's easier to
bring the bag to the car and open the door and press the button to open
the charge port rather than find the keys and press the button on the key.
OTOH, inside release fuel filler doors make sense. They help prevent fuel
theft. But with an EV, who's gonna steal your electrons?
Agreed, there isn't a major need to lock the charge port, except perhaps
to reduce the vandalism attack surface. Other cars do it better than the
Leaf, for example the i3 charge port opens when you push it, but it
still locks with the car which may or may not be necessary.
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