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How is it mostly protectionism? There are currently three different fast charging standards, Tesla’s, CCS, and Chademo, and a vast need for improvements in cha
by wbsss4412 4y ago
How is it mostly protectionism?
There are currently three different fast charging standards, Tesla’s, CCS, and Chademo, and a vast need for improvements in charging infrastructure. If you don’t have a common standard, you end up with a fragmented network that caps everyone’s utility. Imagine if ICE cars could only get gas from certain types of stations, it’s madness.
- AlchemistCamp 4y ago> How is it mostly protectionism? Seriously? The clear leader for a decade has been Tesla, which is based in the US. Chademo also has a lot of traction and is dominant in Japan and parts of east Asia. CCS is popular in Europe (along with Tesla). The EU mandated that all must use CCS, which has never been dominant in terms of technology or market share. It's blatant protectionism.
- tremon 4y agoAre you saying that there already was a large, established CCS production base in Europe at the time the standard was introduced? Otherwise, what were they protecting?
- AlchemistCamp 4y agoThey were protecting their comparatively technologically uninspired local companies from Tesla, which was on course to dominating the market.
- freemint 4y agoTesla was not dominating. It was just moving early and had momentum because of that. I do not see evidence that the tesla charger is superior or CCS inferior.