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They added features over time. Tesla took a black-box approach. The CCS connectors were designed around a legacy AC charging connector at the top, then added th
by itishappy 3y ago
They added features over time. Tesla took a black-box approach. The CCS connectors were designed around a legacy AC charging connector at the top, then added the two DC ports below. Tesla said "let's use the same for both" and then had to design an internal circuit to separate them.
Technology Connections did an overview of this recently where I'm getting most of my info. It's a 45m video, but the history is only a few minutes, and I've included a timestamp in the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJOfyMCEzjQ&t=162s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJOfyMCEzjQ&t=162s
Edit: Whoops, wrong time. Fixed.