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> Tesla was already on its way to making its DC fast charging Supercharger stations interoperable with other non-Tesla EVs. So far only 11 sites in the US have
by clouddrover 3y ago
> Tesla was already on its way to making its DC fast charging Supercharger stations interoperable with other non-Tesla EVs.
So far only 11 sites in the US have been retrofitted with the adapter:
https://www.tesla.com/findus?v=2&bounds=57.93427273503574%2C-54.273969799496385%2C27.98789718230748%2C-140.53861823699637&zoom=5&filters=party https://www.tesla.com/findus?v=2&bounds=57.93427273503574%2C...
But in Europe most Tesla charging sites are open to all EVs now, due to Europe's sensible standardization on CCS type 2 combo. A common charging standard to build to drives investment and infrastructure build out.
It's sad to see North America still flailing about trying to decide something as trivial as which EV plug to use.
> though it’s not known whether GM and Ford will completely remove CCS on future vehicles. But in the meantime, Musk will have to wait a little while longer before he can dance on the grave of CCS
It may not be removed at all. The arrangement may be that they will use the CCS protocol with the Tesla plug, in which case it's still CCS. The plug is the least complicated and least interesting part of the charger.
- spikels 3y agoThe CCS plug is a terrible design - both expensive and hard to use. Now that Ford and GM have decided to switch to Tesla's NACS plug - it will be the only plug on their vehicle in North America - other manufacturers and suppliers are sure to follow. Don't be sad! This is a good thing.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoChina also. Not CCS, but they enforced their own charging standard on all EVs sold there including Tesla.