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, decide

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...