Project Car in Parking lot

I don’t know who owns (or controls) this car. But, as someone who occasionally uses the Tesla charging cable, I have a request.

Last night, I was at the space when a Nissan Leaf was charging at one cable. I own a Tesla and was trying to charge as well.

The problem is the leaf was pulled in to the right side of the area to plug in, and because of this car under the cover, there was no way to either pull into the area around the second charger.

I parked behind the leaf, and had to stretch the cord to it’s limit to be able to plug in myself. I had to leave a note on the car saying “Call me and I will move out of your way”.

To make things worse, the car that was in the way, is obviously not in running/usable condition.

I’m not objecting to the project car being in the parking lot, but, can it be put in a different parking space so as not to block the otherwise empty EV car connections?

Simply put, the parking design is not ideal for two cars to charge simultaneously, but even if it was moved NEXT TO the wall, at least the space it is in could be used (and the cord is long enough most people could make it work).

It’s funny, in the EV (Electric Vehicle) world, there is a term for this. It’s called “Being ICED”, meaning your blocked by an “Internal Combustion Engine” vehicle from being able to access a charging port.

I’m not trying to start any kind of flame war here, nor am I trying to make a big deal about it. I’m just asking “Please, if you control this vehicle, can you move it out of the way of the EV chargers? Or at a minimum, next to the wall so the space it’s in now can be used?

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The orange car belongs to DMS.

It’s the Lemons car. We were blocked from putting it back in the trailer on Thursday night, so we parked it there. It should have been moved this morning.

That specific car is the DMS race car(works, just not street legal), if it’s in the way in the future feel free to reach in and release parking brake and push it out of the way.

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@michaelb Thank you… Like I said originally, I assumed there was no malice.

As it has no windows, I do hope it is out of the rain as well.

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@Brandon_Green The problem was not simply pushing it out of the way, as it could not go forward or reverse and be out of the way, but had to move entirely, or at least a space to the right.

I also don’t see the task of uncovering, pushing while steering to change parking spaces, and then covering it back up again as being a task easily done by one person, who has nothing to do with the car and no knowledge of the car. Plus, for all I knew, it had a locked transmission, or would have been done harm by moving it at all. I try to leave other people’s projects alone, as I would ask of them if I had to leave one on-site.

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@dallasmagna , can the race car please be moved? It has been blocking the Tesla charger and the loading dock for far too long.

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He doesn’t regularly check talk; I gave him a call and he said he’ll get it moved.

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The race car is moved.

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