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I believe your story is probably missing some lobbyists, but true!

• stetrain 3y ago
  Probably. The only point at which the US really tried to standardize was with the NEVI charger funding from the 2021 infrastructure bill. At the time most automakers in the US market supported CCS, so the NEVI rules were written by the NHWA to require CCS Combo 1 connectors, but also allow secondary connectors if they were non-proprietary. That seemed to push Tesla to actually publish their connector as a standard and try to get other automakers to adopt it, probably so that their own chargers could be eligible for the NEVI funding. Once that started rolling, and given the choice between sticking with CCS1 or adopting NACS and gaining access to Tesla's charger network, all of the significant North American EV manufacturers have now committed to switch over. The NHWA has said it will publish a Request for Information to determine how to incorporate NACS into the NEVI rules going forward.