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This seems like too little too late. The momentum for J1772/CCS is there with basically every other EV maker. It’s not as good as Tesla’s system but I feel lik
by MBCook 4y ago
This seems like too little too late. The momentum for J1772/CCS is there with basically every other EV maker.
It’s not as good as Tesla’s system but I feel like the cat is out of the bag and it’s just too late for Tesla’s connector to gain traction. We finally got rid of ChaDeMo. It was settled. I don’t think anyone wants to open that box back up and spend the money to retrofit all charging stations with a new new connector.
You know what will really help EV sales? Telling everyone who has started to buy them in the last 2 years as non-Tesla brands have taken off “Ha, just kidding, you’re screwed. Use an adapter forever or pay $3k to retrofit your vehicle. Sorry.”
Why didn’t they do this 5+ years ago? If Tesla’s mission was to push electric cars it would make sense, like Volvo giving away some of their safety patents.
I don’t have a Tesla, but I would have preferred their connector. But their weird previous offer made it a no-go and I just can’t see it happening now. So unless Tesla stops using it it seems multiple connectors will live in forever.
- w0m 4y agoThis. Tesla needed to create it's own standard to make EVs possible. It then held onto it as it's golden-goose; milked the network lockin/advantage. Regulators going around them to open the network after-the-fact means a different standard makes it through; 'better' being irrelevant. As an (now older) Tesla owner - I do wish the Tesla charger had become standard; but the adapter isn't bad - it came with the car and just sits in the glovebox. It is OneMoreThing to lose though.
- MBCook 4y agoAnd they could have let everyone use the connector but keep Superchargers locked with authentication. That would give them best of both worlds.
- throwawaymaths 4y ago> This seems like too little too late Aptera has been screaming about this for years, so I imagine they are pretty happy about it