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You also can't discount the Supercharger network, which gives Tesla a huge advantage over every other auto manufacturer.

• clouddrover 5y ago
  Tesla will open their charging network to all brands soon: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/28/22596337/tesla-supercharger-elon-musk-open-network-charging-stations https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/28/22596337/tesla-supercharg... Closed charging networks with proprietary plugs don't help you as a driver. It's just dumb, incompatible infrastructure. Imagine if you had different electrical sockets for every different brand of appliance in your house. Imagine if you had to used branded fuel for your particular brand of ICE vehicle. It'd be stupid. Tesla already uses CCS type 2 combo in Europe. They've released a CCS type 1 combo adapter in Korea, but the adapter will not charge as fast as having a CCS inlet on the car. With the addition of CCS plugs on their chargers in North America and with the eventual availability of the CCS adapter to support legacy vehicles, hopefully Tesla will join the rest of the industry and start putting CCS type 1 combo inlets on the cars in North America soon.
  • dirtypersian 5y ago
    They already offer it to a lot of manufacturers but they mostly refuse. Prime example of this was Porsche. I still can't believe they turned down that offer.
    • clouddrover 5y ago
      That's history. It's over. CCS won industry support, the Tesla plug didn't.