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I don't have an electric car so I haven't really paid attention to the hardware. Are J1772 connectors compatible with all electric cars made today?

greglindahl 12y ago
Yes, all of the electric cars in volume production today use J1772. I'm pretty astonished that you commented so much without knowing that! Oh, and I'm still hoping you'll post a citation for the $30,000 price for Tesla's snake.
- rebootthesystem 12y ago
  One thing has nothing to do with the other. With over thirthy years of hardware and software engineering experience, including being published by ACM robotics I think I can voice opinion about a design concept. The nature and details of the connector have nothing whatsoever to do with the validity of my arguments. As for the $30K price point for a robotic snake charger. Well, let's just say I have designed and manufactured enough hardware during my career to have an idea. It sure as hell won't be $3,000.
rebootthesystem 12y ago
Ah. I just did a bit of research. It seems that while, yes, the SAE J1772 standard does exist and Tesla actually sat on the committee they, and others, decided to do it their own way. Apparently Europe and China diverge from the US and Tesla on this. To me it sounds like there are no standards at this point. Here's an interesting interview: http://articles.sae.org/11923/ http://articles.sae.org/11923/ Here's the SAE J1772 standard on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAE_J1772 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAE_J1772 The Tesla adapter: http://shop.teslamotors.com/products/sae-j1772 http://shop.teslamotors.com/products/sae-j1772 An article bitching about the whole thing: http://www.forbes.com/sites/pikeresearch/2013/02/26/tesla-test-drive-controversy-misses-the-big-picture/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/pikeresearch/2013/02/26/tesla-te...

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I don't have an electric car so I haven't really paid attention to the hardware. Are J1772 connectors compatible with all electric cars made today?

by rebootthesystem 12y ago

greglindahl 12y ago
Yes, all of the electric cars in volume production today use J1772. I'm pretty astonished that you commented so much without knowing that! Oh, and I'm still hoping you'll post a citation for the $30,000 price for Tesla's snake.
- rebootthesystem 12y ago
  One thing has nothing to do with the other. With over thirthy years of hardware and software engineering experience, including being published by ACM robotics I think I can voice opinion about a design concept. The nature and details of the connector have nothing whatsoever to do with the validity of my arguments. As for the $30K price point for a robotic snake charger. Well, let's just say I have designed and manufactured enough hardware during my career to have an idea. It sure as hell won't be $3,000.
rebootthesystem 12y ago
Ah. I just did a bit of research. It seems that while, yes, the SAE J1772 standard does exist and Tesla actually sat on the committee they, and others, decided to do it their own way. Apparently Europe and China diverge from the US and Tesla on this. To me it sounds like there are no standards at this point. Here's an interesting interview: http://articles.sae.org/11923/ http://articles.sae.org/11923/ Here's the SAE J1772 standard on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAE_J1772 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAE_J1772 The Tesla adapter: http://shop.teslamotors.com/products/sae-j1772 http://shop.teslamotors.com/products/sae-j1772 An article bitching about the whole thing: http://www.forbes.com/sites/pikeresearch/2013/02/26/tesla-test-drive-controversy-misses-the-big-picture/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/pikeresearch/2013/02/26/tesla-te...