This seems to warrant its own thread:
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The pondering was, has Tesla moved the port on this mule. Nothing more. It might mean absolutely nothing regarding charging and also might just be camouflage.NigelM said:Ummm, sure because Tesla obviously plan to move every one of the 2,000 Superchargers; ooops, what will Model S owners do?AnxietyRanger said:By the way, has Tesla moved the charge port to the opposite side on this mule... that seems wholly wrapped over, unlike the opposite side where the charge port cover area is carefully cut to open...?
Especially, I am not at all suggesting that is something that would necessarily translate to a production vehicle. A mule, after all, might have whatever alternative setups for testing purposes. It is also possible the charge port is wrapped just so that it will still open when needed.
I am merely noting/analyzing what is there to see, i.e. what is the development status we are able to witness. It is a completely different question to ponder what that might mean for a production vehicle. In this case, I'm in your camp - really doubtful it would change, unless they would put in two charge ports - actually something I would like at some chargers.
Anyway, for some reason this mule seems to have the Model S equivalent of charge port wrapped over more than on the opposite side (where Model S has just a reflector) with the opposite site having cutouts that look like a port is there.
This is the first time we've seen this high-resolution shots of this area of the mule, the last time we witnessed it, it was inconclusive (left), middle is the new photo and right is the opposite side "charge port" area showing clear cutout:
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Already last time when the opposite side "charge port" was discussed, someone else (not me) on TMC noted it had been cut out more carefully. Now in the higher resolution image we can see this observation was correct.
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