Most factory EVs have no fuel door switch, I can drive away with the Leaf with the charging door open. The car simply detects that the J1772 plug is inserted and will *not* start the car with the plug inserted. I have not tried yet what the car does when you park without turning it off and plug in. My US Electricar S10 factory conversion uses the controller to charge, so applying AC to the inlet will cause the controller to activate the car in charging mode and prevent starting. You can still turn the key and put the vehicle in gear, but the motor will not engage and the Ready light will blink and not come on steady as it normally does in drive mode. For any conversion it is rather simple if you want to avoid the mechanical solutions, to engage a relay with the incoming AC power and use that signal to interrupt the ignition power or pull a disable line on your controller, whatever is convenient. This does not protect against unplugging the other end of the cord and driving off with the cord, but typically you unplug the vehicle side, not the wall side. Cor.
-----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lawrence Rhodes via EV Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 9:38 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Lawrence Rhodes Subject: Re: [EVDL] Another recommendation for a drive away protection Simply put a switch in the fuel door or harder, use a relay to open a critical circuit. So simple but so necessary. My factory vehicle has this built-in. Lawrence Rhodes Sent from my MetroPCS 4G LTE Android device _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
