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My question is whether or not Tesla chargers can work with other EV cars. If not, then isn't it that all of Tesla's efforts are just helping their own brand ins
by kaladin-jasnah 5y ago
My question is whether or not Tesla chargers can work with other EV cars. If not, then isn't it that all of Tesla's efforts are just helping their own brand instead of helping the EV push as a whole?
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- Reason077 5y agoTesla’s Superchargers are currently exclusive to Tesla vehicles. But that’s changing soon, apparently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27905595 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27905595
- Robotbeat 5y agoSuperchargers only currently work with Tesla’s due to technical constraints (although Tesla is changing that now that there are significant numbers of non-Tesla EVs with a big enough battery and 100kW charging ability). However Tesla destination chargers which are lower speed and three have been available for both Tesla cars and non-Tesla EVs.
- theshrike79 5y agoIn the US the Tesla plug is their own invention. In Europe they've moved on to CCS. In theory it should be possible to open up Superchargers to other brands, but it's more of a marketing/business issue than any technical problem. I really don't see Volkswagen/Audi/BMW making a deal with Tesla to integrate their systems with the Tesla backend. Would you want your customers to use a competitors tools? =)