The story behind Tesla's charge port location

[ElGuano]

To be fair, Garmin built their charge port on the bottom of the watch too, which is as non-sensible as Apple's choice. Endlessly frustrating in both cases. In Garmin's case, it's almost worse since you have to look at the screen to see if it's charged!

Well, the Garmin (at least mine) is a watch, and charging cradle at bottom is standard.

I know some folks who have used a 90 degree elbow connector to plug the Garmin into a battery pack during long races so they can charge it without ending their activity, and it stays snug between the watch and their wrist.

In the end, that's kind of the key difference. You can still use a Garmin while it's charging from the bottom. You can't use an apple mouse when it's plugged in.

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[Hereforthesnacks]

All my EVs, until my current one, had a charger in the front. Front is better than rear based on how people drive.

Nothing infuriates people in a parking lot more than a Tesla passing a spot and hitting reverse to try and take a spot that the person behind them is already pulling into.

 

[ElGuano]

1. You should signal if you are claiming a spot you will be backing into.

2. Enough people back in park regularly where I can’t imagine this is some foreign act. You have to back in to parallel park, too. My gut reaction is that the person behind trying to snag the spot is the AH in this situation.

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