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> You can fuel any brand of ICE vehicle at any brand of fuel station Not quite. There’s diesel and gasoline and, within the latter, various ethanol mixtures th
by Someone 4y ago
> You can fuel any brand of ICE vehicle at any brand of fuel station
Not quite. There’s diesel and gasoline and, within the latter, various ethanol mixtures that can be harmful to your engine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ethanol_fuel_mixtures#Use_limitations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ethanol_fuel_mixtures#U...)
Historically, there also were transition periods, such as the one to move to unleaded gasoline.
Because of this, I think the world could end up with multiple charging ports, too. It won’t be ideal, but once scale is reached, it probably won’t matter much.
I also guess we may end up with a special charging port charging heavy trucks.
- clouddrover 4y ago> I think the world could end up with multiple charging ports, too. It will. In most of the world it will be CCS type 2 Combo and MCS. Both communicate with the same protocol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Charging_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Charging_System https://www.charin.global/technology/mcs/ https://www.charin.global/technology/mcs/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawatt_Charging_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawatt_Charging_System They're differentiated by vehicle class. CCS for passenger vehicles, MCS for heavy vehicles with big batteries. There will also be wireless charging. Many manufacturers have signed up to these standards, even Tesla. It's time to kill off the plugs with low adoption and open all chargers to all brands.