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The Tesla Cybertruck Can't Take a CCS Charging Adapter

23 points by clouddrover 3y ago

Havoc 3y ago
This is starting to feel like 110v vs 240v.
- throwaway5959 3y ago
  It’s not. In 2025 basically all US EVs sold are planned to be on NACS. A simple adapter will support CCS vehicles. NACS will be the North American standard. It literally can’t be any simpler for people buying cars then.
  - Havoc 3y ago
    >It’s not. In 2025 basically all US EVs sold are planned to be on NACS. And on the European side it'll all be CCS....hence split world...just like >This is starting to feel like 110v vs 240v.
    - Funnnny 3y ago
      Euro are already using a different standard (CCS1 vs CCS2)
justahuman74 3y ago
CCS looks like it's going to quickly disappear though
- Ambroos 3y ago
  CCS1, the physical connector used in North America, yes. CCS the wire protocol, no. NACS is a physical Tesla connector using the CCS protocol. The CCS adapter used here not working basically tells you the Cybertruck doesn't want to talk CCS yet. A CCS charger with a Tesla adapter is essentially equivalent to what NACS will be. This also means that as it currently stands the Cybertruck won't be able to charge on non-Tesla NACS chargers without an update. On Superchargers this is not relevant. Superchargers can talk Tesla's own protocol (which is not in NACS, and is CAN-based) to the Cybertruck and can talk the NACS/CCS protocol (PowerLAN) to NACS cars / CCS cars with an adapter.
- akandiah 3y ago
  The world outside of the USA that functions perfectly fine with CCS2 adapters.
  - ralph84 3y ago
    China, Japan, Korea, US, and Canada make up more than half of the worldwide EV market and none of them use CCS2.
- Rebelgecko 3y ago
  Most of the L3 chargers I visit still have ChAdEmO, I think CCS plugs will be around for a while
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schiffern 3y ago
>owners likely already have a CCS1 Level 1 or Level 2 home charger to top up their cars’ batteries overnight. That same charger can be used to feed electricity to a Tesla-made EV with the help of an adapter, as long as it’s not a Cybertruck This is incorrect. Cybertruck owners can still use their old home chargers. According to the video[0] they tested the Tesla CCS1 adapter, which is only used for Level 3 charging. Level 1 and Level 2 "CCS1" is better known as J1772, and the included J1772 adapter works fine with Cybertruck.[1] Road and Track already corrected their story,[2] but apparently InsideEVs hasn't done so yet. [0] https://youtu.be/9tAq5hbIWs0?t=2328 https://youtu.be/9tAq5hbIWs0?t=2328 [1] https://shop.tesla.com/product/sae-j1772-charging-adapter https://shop.tesla.com/product/sae-j1772-charging-adapter [2] https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a46277148/teslas-ccs-charging-adapter-may-not-work-with-cybertruck/ https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a46277148/teslas-ccs-charg...

23 points by clouddrover 3y ago

Havoc 3y ago

This is starting to feel like 110v vs 240v.

throwaway5959 3y ago
It’s not. In 2025 basically all US EVs sold are planned to be on NACS. A simple adapter will support CCS vehicles. NACS will be the North American standard. It literally can’t be any simpler for people buying cars then.
- Havoc 3y ago
  >It’s not. In 2025 basically all US EVs sold are planned to be on NACS. And on the European side it'll all be CCS....hence split world...just like >This is starting to feel like 110v vs 240v.
  - Funnnny 3y ago
    Euro are already using a different standard (CCS1 vs CCS2)

justahuman74 3y ago

CCS looks like it's going to quickly disappear though

Ambroos 3y ago
CCS1, the physical connector used in North America, yes. CCS the wire protocol, no. NACS is a physical Tesla connector using the CCS protocol. The CCS adapter used here not working basically tells you the Cybertruck doesn't want to talk CCS yet. A CCS charger with a Tesla adapter is essentially equivalent to what NACS will be. This also means that as it currently stands the Cybertruck won't be able to charge on non-Tesla NACS chargers without an update. On Superchargers this is not relevant. Superchargers can talk Tesla's own protocol (which is not in NACS, and is CAN-based) to the Cybertruck and can talk the NACS/CCS protocol (PowerLAN) to NACS cars / CCS cars with an adapter.
akandiah 3y ago
The world outside of the USA that functions perfectly fine with CCS2 adapters.
- ralph84 3y ago
  China, Japan, Korea, US, and Canada make up more than half of the worldwide EV market and none of them use CCS2.
Rebelgecko 3y ago
Most of the L3 chargers I visit still have ChAdEmO, I think CCS plugs will be around for a while

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schiffern 3y ago

>owners likely already have a CCS1 Level 1 or Level 2 home charger to top up their cars’ batteries overnight. That same charger can be used to feed electricity to a Tesla-made EV with the help of an adapter, as long as it’s not a Cybertruck This is incorrect. Cybertruck owners can still use their old home chargers. According to the video[0] they tested the Tesla CCS1 adapter, which is only used for Level 3 charging. Level 1 and Level 2 "CCS1" is better known as J1772, and the included J1772 adapter works fine with Cybertruck.[1] Road and Track already corrected their story,[2] but apparently InsideEVs hasn't done so yet. [0] https://youtu.be/9tAq5hbIWs0?t=2328 https://youtu.be/9tAq5hbIWs0?t=2328 [1] https://shop.tesla.com/product/sae-j1772-charging-adapter https://shop.tesla.com/product/sae-j1772-charging-adapter [2] https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a46277148/teslas-ccs-charging-adapter-may-not-work-with-cybertruck/ https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a46277148/teslas-ccs-charg...