The encounter between a Rivian driver and uninformed Tesla owner highlights 'a need for better education and communication within the EV community,' the Rivian driver says.

The encounter between a Rivian driver and uninformed Tesla owner highlights ‘a need for better education and communication within the EV community,’ the Rivian driver says.

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
    621·
    7 months ago

    The 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.

    • Wrench@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      7 months 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.xyzEnglish
        85·
        7 months ago

        It is objectively safer to park like that (charging or not). Most parking lot accidents happens as someone leaves the parking spot. The risk of accidents when leaving the parking spot is significantly reduced compared to parking front first.

        • Turun@feddit.deEnglish
          22·
          7 months 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.xyzEnglish
            31·
            7 months ago

            Because the implication is, that Tesla isn’t doing something bad WRT how 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.

    • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      9·
      7 months 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. This happens basically on any EV that has the port on anywhere else except the left rear corner, or the front right corner.
      Which is most of them, as it seems the standard spot to put it is in front of the drivers (left side) door.