Well yeah, that’s the additional context.
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Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 5 weeks agoThe charge ports on non-Teslas, meanwhile, are also in a different spot on the vehicle, meaning they may have to park parallel to a Supercharger, taking up two spots. That’s what happened here; “I had no choice but to park in a way that blocks two stalls,” according to the Rivian driver.
Bezier@suppo.fi 5 weeks ago
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Specifically, they have to park on the next spot to the right of the charger they are using, as the port on a Rivian is on the left front corner and the Tesla cables are really short.
Wrench@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yep. Tesla charging cords are stupidly short, and are designed to force tesla drivers to back into the space for charging, so when you have several tesla charging, the esthetics is better and looks like you’re in a dealership with all the cars uniformly facing out.
I get that there are probably better power delivery perks to a short cord. But this is classic “form over function” design that reeks of Musk.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
It is objectively safer to park like that (charging or not). The risk of accidents when leaving the parking spot is significantly reduced compared to parking front first.
Turun@feddit.de 5 weeks ago
Why was that downvoted, it’s true.
Backing out of a parking spot is comparatively dangerous, because you can’t see if anyone is approaching from the side.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Because the implication is, that Tesla isn’t doing something bad WRT his they designed the stalls? IDK, anything that’s not bashing Tesla directly seems to get down voted here, even if it’s not actually related specifically to Tesla.