I've noticed that many EVs have their charging ports in the rear. They're often roughly where the fuel filler would be on an ICEV.
Why? Our Zoe has its charging port in the middle of the front, where a grille would be on an ICEV. AFAIK, the Nissan Leaf still uses the same location, center front. Same with the Dacia Spring. IMO, this works pretty well for most charging situations. At public charging in parking lots, you can pull right up to the charging point. It's seldom a stretch to reach from the EVSE to the port. With on- street charging points, it's not much more distance. But many recent EVs have their charging ports at the rear. The Peugeot E208 and E2008 are two I'm familiar with, charging from left rear, where the fuel filler would be on their ICEV kin. Every Tesla I've seen charging also feeds from the left rear. The Hyundai Ionic 5 and Fiat 500E charge at the right rear. With a port at the side-rear, drivers pretty much have to back up to parking lot charging points. In some cases, the connector sticks out so that people walking next to the car can bump into it, potentially damaging it. You also get on-street charging scenes like this: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/6/24214581/electric-vehicle-charging- reliability-study-chargehelp shortcut https://cntp.me/ZY0A9tc Other than being sort of similar to the ICEV fuel filler's location, what kind of sense does it make to put the charging port in the side at the rear? David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Ordinary decent people are sick and tired of being told that ordinary decent people are sick and tired. I'm certainly not, and I'm sick and tired of being told that I am. -- anonymous = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
