Charge port at front, passenger side

[SpaceEVDriver]

Please don't fall for the hype about the rear driver side being the best place for the charge port. It's far more useful to have it at the front passenger side.
It still makes it easy to use the NACS chargers with their super short cables. With it being in the front passenger, only one NACS post is used while charging, and it also enables charging without always having to drop a trailer. A rear port makes towing a far more painful experience. For a vehicle with towing capability, a front positioned port is best. For a tow vehicle with a NACS port, the front passenger port is the only sensible position.

 

[Jkew]

Put it on both sides. Seriously. It’s not like it’s a tube for gasoline. It may cost more but then there’s no problem, ever.

 

[LastDayScout]

Put it on both sides. Seriously. It’s not like it’s a tube for gasoline. It may cost more but then there’s no problem, ever.

This has been suggested, as well as one on the front and one on the back. I wish for the same thing, but the idea didn't get a lot of feedback from the Scout folks unfortunately.

 

[Chuckles]

DCFC charge times right now are 20-45 minutes; I'm typically back on the freeway within 35 minutes with my "slow" charging Fords. This is often after being threatened with idle fees because the vehicle reached the max charge I set. Some vehicles can hit 10-20 minutes for the standard ~80% refill with the right chargers.

But it should be noted that the vehicles on the road will not improve substantially in charge times because charge time is dependent on battery architecture coupled with charger architecture. Many CCS1 fast chargers provide more power than most batteries can accept, so often the limitation is the battery, not the charger. But the majority of NACS chargers (brand-T supercharger) can only supply up to 600 volts (or lower), which means the Scout will not see a benefit from charging at most *existing* NACS chargers compared with, for example, an EA charger CCS1 (or converted) that provides 350 kW of power. Maybe in three years that will have changed. We'll see.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a62942216/tesla-v4-superchargers-announced/