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The industry _has_ standardized, except for one hold-out (Tesla): https://youtu.be/sZOuz_laH9I?t=990 https://youtu.be/sZOuz_laH9I?t=990 > CCS is the establish
by meatmanek 4y ago
The industry _has_ standardized, except for one hold-out (Tesla):
https://youtu.be/sZOuz_laH9I?t=990 https://youtu.be/sZOuz_laH9I?t=990
> CCS is the established industry standard DC fast-charging connector, and every automaker selling cars for the US market is already using it, or, in the case of Nissan, has pledged to use it going forward. Except, oh right, except for... them [Tesla].
The charger situation is quite analogous to Lightning vs. USB-C for smartphones. USB-C is the industry standard, and there's one manufacturer still using a proprietary connector. And in both cases, the hold-out manufacturer provides an adapter cable so you can use the standard connector.
(To your point about standardized batteries having approximately 0% chance of happening any time soon, I 100% agree.)
- SeanLuke 4y agoThere is an important point to make here though. I love me some Technology Connections, and am hardly a Tesla fan (in fact just bought a non-Tesla EV). But Tesla's connectors are unquestionably superior to the hideousness that is CCS. Tesla settled early on an elegant connector, and true to form, the rest of the auto industry settled on garbage, literally tacking DC pins onto the outside of a J-1772, much like the monstrosity that is the USB Micro B SS plug design.