I know I'm going to be in the minority here, except for Peri, but I prefer to back in for most parking lots and at home. My reasoning is that in a busy parking lot it's safer to back in as you have much better visibility when it comes time to leave to avoid other traffic and especially pedestrians. Backing out into potential cross-traffic and people walking is much harder to see if you partk head-in. Versus backing in, where there is not going to be cross-traffic in the space, or (rarely) people. The bonus is it's also much faster to leave when you are ready to. (Say your house is on fire =)
Since I also do this at home, it's convenient for Tesla charging, I have to walk right past my charging cable to get into the car, and the EVSE can be mounted on the back wall of the garage with a short cord and still easily serve 2 EVs without the worry of running over the cable. I think Tesla's location on the left-rear drivers side is good for this reason. I've had other EVs in various locations, and it means public DCFC have to have much longer and thus more expensive cables to accommodate locations such as by the driver door on the side fender. We originally tried to install the CCS inlet right behind the driver's door on our vans where the OEM fuel door was already located, and this caused many CCS stations to be unusable without parking gymnastics or blocking multiple spaces, so we ended up choosing the front for production even though its a much harder to implement location which costs a lot more. -Phil On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 2:28 PM Tom Keenan via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > The charging port on my Kona is front and just about center in the > ‘grille’. Works well for almost all public charging locations, especially > those older sites that have particularly short cords. > > Occasionally the front charging port is an issue with public EVSE that is > installed at the side between two parking spaces. Those require that I > either park somewhat sideways in the space, or have the back end of the > Kona stick out beyond the parking space in order for the cord to reach. > Tom > > > On Aug 7, 2024, at 1:15 PM, EV List Lackey via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > > > > On 7 Aug 2024 at 19:37, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > > > >> So, make sure you have a long enough charging cable :) > > > > Good advice, of course ... > > > > I don't know what it's like using fast charging in the US, but here, the > > CCS2 DC fast charging points all have permanently attached cables. So > the > > cable length is whatever the manufacturer decided on. > > > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > > When we look at Auschwitz we see the end of the process. The > > Holocaust did not start with gas chambers. The hatred gradually > > developed from words, stereotypes and prejudice, through legal > > exclusion, dehumanisation and escalating violence. > > > > -- The Auschwitz Museum > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240808/c0e0ee60/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
