A really daft EV charging question...

[Andy_T_73]

Can you drive off while still connected to a charger or does the car prevent you selecting drive or reverse? I know I'm gonna do it when I get my car in the first few weeks at least once!
Had a google for it but obviously I am unique in my foolishness.

 

[dst87]

I saw this in a video the other day - the car prevents you from shifting into Drive or Reverse while the charger is plugged in.

Bjorn tested this while letting kids play the beach racing game on his Model 3. He just plugged a Type 2 cable into the car and the shifter was locked, even thought the cable wasn't plugged into anything and not charging.

 

[Roy W.]

I think all the manufacturers assume we drivers are all idiots and will try this. Obviously I’ve not got my Tesla, but on my old Leaf and the current Kona you both get a warning that the car is plugged in when you switch on, and a further warning when you try and select drive, which is locked out

A friend of mine (ahem!) tried to do it in the Kona once ​

 

[SimonTe]

obviously I am unique in my foolishness

Not quite unique! I wondered too.

 

[interbear]

This whole EV thing is so new to most of us that I don’t think there are any daft questions!

 

[henleyregatta]

I'd be surprised to find a single owner that hasn't tried this at least once - I know I have!

The car is most definitely locked out from moving. And will tell you that in sound and words

 

[Yev000]

Good question... I didn't even think that that it might be an issue. Early morning forget to unplug, get in and rip wall charger off the wall....

 

[Daverh]

I had similar questions with my recent cars - What happens if you press the start/stop button doing 80mph down the motorway & what happens if you try to put the parking brake on while moving?

Start stop button (Koleos & Octavia) - nothing
Parking brake (Koleos) - at low speeds <10mph it came on as normal with just a single pull on the switch. At higher speeds you had to hold the switch and the brake gradually came on which is useful to know if your regular brakes fail.

All of this technology is new to us and sometimes the best way to find out is to just do it. Remember that petrol stations in the US and other countries allow you to lock the handle on the pump so you don't need to keep hold of it. This leads to people forgetting and driving off without disconnecting. The EVs having a warning message is preferable to fitting a breakaway in the cable which is the current method for fuel pumps.

 

[alexp2]

Just another improvement over ICE vehicles...

 

[kavyboy]

It won't let you move with anything plugged in to the port.
Another use for this is to plug the J1772 adapter or MCU into the port when showing the car at public events. It won't let anybody move the car by accident if they sit in the driver's seat.

 

[henleyregatta]

It won't let you move with anything plugged in to the port.
Another use for this is to plug the J1772 adapter or MCU into the port when showing the car at public events. It won't let anybody move the car by accident if they sit in the driver's seat.

Over here we're a little short of J1772 adapters.

Luckily, PIN-to-Drive has us covered in the same way