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Did the government force them to sell their electricity to other EVs? AFAIK the CCS connector is forced which had been shipping for a while. Allowing other EVs

• JrProgrammer 5y ago
  I'm happy we don't let the building/access of infrastructure to companies only and instead let them work something out with the government/EU. In a country where space is not abundant, it would be hell to search through multiple proprietary stations to find the right charger.
• rcxdude 5y ago
  exactly, as I understand it the main obstacle is billing, which is not standardised, and for Tesla's cars and superchargers is based on an identifier in the cars that is linked to a tesla account. Even without a standardised connector and protocol it's fairly easy to make an adapter. (that said the standardised connector makes it easier to trial this in europe than in the US)
• volta83 5y ago
  Not yet, but new regulation is coming that forces all new chargers from 2023 onwards to sell to all car. "The right to build a charger comes with responsibility to service electricity to any EV car." The EU, and in particularly Germany, is strongly nudging Tesla that, if they do it now, then right now at least they can do it in their own terms, and existing experience can flow into legislation. If they wait, then they will need to complain with whatever is legislated, and without any experience, they won't have a seat at the table (while other EV charger systems with experience will).