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>Tesla's connector is 10x better It's smaller? What makes it so much better that you would be happy having to carry an adapter around with you? Is this Apple

• s3p 4y ago
  The difference in adapter isn't such a big deal when you're only charging at home or at a Tesla supercharger station. Things with the differing connector only come in to play when you're at a non-Tesla supercharger or wall charger, so I think people are using the adapters far less than you'd expect.
• rcMgD2BwE72F 4y ago
  >Is this Apple Stockholm Syndrome? No. I'm French (Tesla has a different connector for their European superchargers). I have been only using Android devices since about 2009 and I've only had USB charging plugs at my place for 12+ years. So…
• musingsole 4y ago
  While the analogy of Tesla to Apple is apt, it's ignoring the amount of industry entrenchment Tesla had to overcome to get to the point where the analogy makes sense. There's reason to suspect that Tesla's EV systems from top to bottom are referencing a much larger bulk of design material than all other competitors (as they kind of created the modern market while all other large players mostly watched). So, a standard selected by industry players who were all betting heavily against the design gambles Tesla took everyday ending in 'Y' might not be the rocksolid, consumer friendly standard it looks like at the first shake. All car companies are bad, dirty, greedy, bastards.