If it's going on the rear, it should be rear passenger so that people can charge against a curb if needed. Putting it on the drive side makes it difficult and risky to charge if you have to street park in a city and have access to charging. Other than saving 5 steps, the rear driver side doesn't have any advantage over that. As RJ noted, front passenger doesn't make sense for cost with the battery penthouse being in the rear for the RWD model.
Yep exactly
We are arguing different points.
Especially since they’re getting what, $5 billion in incentives to open their network?
A bunch to charge the CT with a trailer. They'll need that. The rest of us will just park in the other spot.
Macan EV, right rear, Taycan front quarter panels. Rivian R1S, front drivers bumper, BMW, right rear. Mercedes Right rear on all EVs, Audi, Right rear or front panels......
Yes they are longer by about 3 or 4 feet. Enough to probably accommodate any EV. They could easily replace V3 chargers with longer cables but it doesn't seem like they want to.
Please consider this issue before writing off the driver‘s side. There are situations where people have narrow spaces between objects (walls, poles, garage shelves, other vehicles, etc.) such that there is just enough room for the width of the vehicle plus space for the driver to open their door. In those cases, you must leave enough space on the driver’s side to open your door to exit and enter the vehicle and it is a near certainty that with the charge port on the driver’s side you’ll always have adequate space to walk to and reach a charge port on the driver’s side of the vehicle, assuming the parking space isn’t irregular and constrict at the end.
IMO, there is no correct side. But, rather, it should be a question of correct charger design and/or where the charging post are installed in relation to their corresponding spots. Something that is meant to be universal, should be designed/made to be universal. V3 and older Superchargers were not designed/made to be universal. So telling other manufacturers to change/conform is classic Tesla hubris at best. Imagine if oil companies try to dictate car design to carmakers. They (all charging networks) should also design their chargers to be more vandalism-proof too, while they're at it.... including capturing/collecting license plates of those who ICE, passing that info to the oil companies so those a-holes could enjoy a more expensive next fill-up. Joking, but wouldn't that be nice?
Being at the back of the vehicle is not a problem, it's being on the rear passenger side that's the issue. Nobody wants that inconvenient location and home charging cable can accommodate any location easily enough because it's not high voltage/high amperage, so it doesn't have the same cost/efficiency considerations as DCFC stations in public.
