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In that case, hope that a charger standard would emerge fast. It would be useless to buy a car that uses an obsolete charger system, that you can't charge at wh
by ovi256 14y ago
In that case, hope that a charger standard would emerge fast. It would be useless to buy a car that uses an obsolete charger system, that you can't charge at whatever the future standard would be. Still, maybe there will be adapters to charge cars from a different charger standard.
Tesla open-sourced their connector design and specification. Let's hope it's good enough to be reused by other manufacturers so we won't have a connector/charger war.
- ben1040 14y agoIt looks like there already is a standard, and the Model S makes use of it (as well as the Leaf, Volt, et al). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAE_J1772 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAE_J1772
- protomyth 14y agoDid they standardize the side of the car for the receptacle?
- zanny 14y agoIt said it was a North American standard. Fuck can we please get some international power standards for once ever.
- aptwebapps 14y agoQuit whining and buy an adaptor. And maybe a transformer.
- sbierwagen 14y agoDidn't read the article very closely? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EV_Plug_Alliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EV_Plug_Alliance
- protomyth 14y ago"It said it was a North American standard." A little confused, North America (or the individual countries) doesn't have a standard for side for gas.
- zanny 14y agoI meant the connector. Point is that electric cars are pretty much just hitting the market and it would be really silly not to internationally agree on a plug for the thing. Since it takes DC power in anyway, you need to convert it from whatever arbitrary voltage AC power your given country has.
- protomyth 14y agoOh, gotcha... I hope they agree on a side of the car also. ATM / Drive Throughs work well, Gas Stations do not.
- jnw2 14y agoModel S makes use of SAE J1772 only via an adapter, and it's not clear that the average Model S owner is going to make frequent use of J1772. Tesla is recommending that Model S owners either install an RV style 50A 240V outlet in their homes, or else install a charging station that has the Tesla connector that is currently only used on Model S. The Superchargers also do not make use of J1772. If hotels end up installing J1772 and not Tesla charging stations, then perhaps Model S owners will use the J1772 adapters at hotels.