Tommy
10-06-2011, 08:24 PM
Tesla's 2012 Model S Charging Equipment. Redesign For Redesign's Sake? (http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1066861_teslas-2012-model-s-charging-equipment-redesign-for-redesigns-sake)
But should Tesla have gone to great lengths to design a new, compact charge port and plug, or should it have chosen to support existing infrastructure? And will the proprietary system cause problems for Tesla in the future?
Impressively engineered...
The 2012 Tesla Model S Sedan’s charging port and plug doesn’t look like anything you’ll have seen before. Ultra-compact and beautifully engineered, Tesla has put a great deal of thought into the process of plugging the Model S into a charging station.
Take the charge port door, for example. Carefully hidden behind a rear light, proximity sensors in the car sense the charging cable and automatically hinge the light forward, revealing the charging port behind.
The author of article and posters not sure Tesla's redesign is correct.
But should Tesla have gone to great lengths to design a new, compact charge port and plug, or should it have chosen to support existing infrastructure? And will the proprietary system cause problems for Tesla in the future?
Impressively engineered...
The 2012 Tesla Model S Sedan’s charging port and plug doesn’t look like anything you’ll have seen before. Ultra-compact and beautifully engineered, Tesla has put a great deal of thought into the process of plugging the Model S into a charging station.
Take the charge port door, for example. Carefully hidden behind a rear light, proximity sensors in the car sense the charging cable and automatically hinge the light forward, revealing the charging port behind.
The author of article and posters not sure Tesla's redesign is correct.