jkennebeck
Member
A question on this that no one is asking is this:
Why is Tesla as a company less confident in the safety of their "parking brake" on the touchscreen than they are of putting the car in Park (with the stem)??? How different are these 2 methods of locking the wheels so that no one gets injured? What physically happens differently in the car to insure wheels don't move using these 2 different methods?
If there is a big difference I can understand them not allowing the charging cord to be connected with one and not the other. But if both methods pretty much guarantee the wheels aren't gonna suddenly just roll freely, why not allow charging in both modes.
Maybe, for us campers, set it up like this:
1. Put car in N
2. Engage Parking brake
3. Plug car in - start charging
4. Once the car knows its plugged in it gray's out/locks the ability on touchscreen to disengage parking brake until charger is unplugged
5. Tesla disables tapping the brake pedal to drive (just like it does now when car is plugged in)
This change would allow a lot of people who want to use camp mode (with a car/SUV tent attachement) do so as they wish.
Is the E.brake really that much different than putting the car in park?
Why is Tesla as a company less confident in the safety of their "parking brake" on the touchscreen than they are of putting the car in Park (with the stem)??? How different are these 2 methods of locking the wheels so that no one gets injured? What physically happens differently in the car to insure wheels don't move using these 2 different methods?
If there is a big difference I can understand them not allowing the charging cord to be connected with one and not the other. But if both methods pretty much guarantee the wheels aren't gonna suddenly just roll freely, why not allow charging in both modes.
Maybe, for us campers, set it up like this:
1. Put car in N
2. Engage Parking brake
3. Plug car in - start charging
4. Once the car knows its plugged in it gray's out/locks the ability on touchscreen to disengage parking brake until charger is unplugged
5. Tesla disables tapping the brake pedal to drive (just like it does now when car is plugged in)
This change would allow a lot of people who want to use camp mode (with a car/SUV tent attachement) do so as they wish.
Is the E.brake really that much different than putting the car in park?