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Reminder: Tesla is the only auto manufacturer in North America not using the J1772/CCS standard. Everyone else has decided to use it. Instead, Tesla continues

Reminder: Tesla is the only auto manufacturer in North America not using the J1772/CCS standard. Everyone else has decided to use it. Instead, Tesla continues to install more proprietary charging stations. If Tesla is at all interested in furthering battery electric vehicle technology, they should get with the standard.

steveBK123 5y ago
Sure, but what standard was going to win wasn't entirely clear even at the point Tesla was going into Model 3 mass production. Remember for some time, the best selling EV in US was Nissan Leaf which used Chademo. In fact for a long time in the northeast, the most widespread non-Tesla DC fast chargers were Chademo.. CCS only took the lead 2 years ago. This is also why Tesla has sold a Chademo adapter for years here in the states and is only recently releasing a CCS adapter. It's like being mad at Apple for not using USB-C when they invented Lightning (which predates USB-C). For better or worse, Tesla is selling you an ecosystem. Buy our car, it has a strong, widespread, easy to use, affordable charging network. If you buy most other EV brands in the US, you are stuck using ElectrifyAmerica chargers which are more expensive, fewer locations, and critically - incredibly unreliable. Go watch some non-Tesla EV reviews in the US, or car comparisons.. the number of reviewers in manufacturer provided cars having issues with chargers being down, slow, or unable to authenticate with their particular car is insane. There was even an official sponsored event with TV crews to race EVs across America and they repeatedly ran into these issues... We also run a serious risk of the situation getting worse rather than better. Remember that ElectrifyAmerica is part of a settlement with the US Government by VW due to diesel gate. Who knows then the funding winds down and if they have enough 3rd party capital to continue building out, fixing their hardware issues, etc. So for now, unfortunately, it makes sense to buy a Tesla and rely on Tesla chargers - they are incentivized to work well to sell you more cars.

steveBK123 5y ago

Sure, but what standard was going to win wasn't entirely clear even at the point Tesla was going into Model 3 mass production. Remember for some time, the best selling EV in US was Nissan Leaf which used Chademo. In fact for a long time in the northeast, the most widespread non-Tesla DC fast chargers were Chademo.. CCS only took the lead 2 years ago. This is also why Tesla has sold a Chademo adapter for years here in the states and is only recently releasing a CCS adapter. It's like being mad at Apple for not using USB-C when they invented Lightning (which predates USB-C). For better or worse, Tesla is selling you an ecosystem. Buy our car, it has a strong, widespread, easy to use, affordable charging network. If you buy most other EV brands in the US, you are stuck using ElectrifyAmerica chargers which are more expensive, fewer locations, and critically - incredibly unreliable. Go watch some non-Tesla EV reviews in the US, or car comparisons.. the number of reviewers in manufacturer provided cars having issues with chargers being down, slow, or unable to authenticate with their particular car is insane. There was even an official sponsored event with TV crews to race EVs across America and they repeatedly ran into these issues... We also run a serious risk of the situation getting worse rather than better. Remember that ElectrifyAmerica is part of a settlement with the US Government by VW due to diesel gate. Who knows then the funding winds down and if they have enough 3rd party capital to continue building out, fixing their hardware issues, etc. So for now, unfortunately, it makes sense to buy a Tesla and rely on Tesla chargers - they are incentivized to work well to sell you more cars.