Where to mount the plug (was Who's in Charge of EV Charging?)

[Darryl McMahon <darrylmcmahon@IGS.NET>]

 Bruce {EVangel} Parmenter <brucedp@MAILEXCITE.COM> wrote:

> There was an inquiry as to 'where to mount it'.
> IHMO: The connection to the power should always be in front. Power
> will be provided in front of the vehicle as it parks in the public EV
> parking spots I had seen, and what I have set up at my work (HP).
>
> I have seen the Production EVs put the connection on the side-front
> fender area. This is not optimal. It uses valuable 'between the
> parked cars' space, it makes the power cable longer, and it takes just
> that much longer to connect it (imagine a person in uncomfortable
> weather conditions).
Just a variation on the theme.  My vehicle uses the old gas-filler
location at the rear of the vehicle, but I usually back into parking
spaces, which allows for the shorter connecting cord as well as the
front-mounted plug and drive-in arrangement.  This has a few
advantages:  in the unlikely event that I have to be towed out, the
vehicle is in position for this (front-wheel drive).  Exit visibility
is better driving out (which usually seems to be busier than when I
arrive at work.  It also permits faster get-aways, kind of useful
when driving an instant-on EV and everyone else is waiting for their
cars to warm up before driving away.

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Where to mount the plug (was Who's in Charge of EV Charging?)