• PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    While I’m sure Electrify America is doing the same thing as Tesla (installing electric “gas stations” at regular gas stations, because it’s an obvious place to put them), I’ve only seen one ccs charger in my life.

    I’ve never actually seen anyone use it, and it’s frequently got tape around it.

    I take that tape as “it’s broken” but I don’t care to check on it.

    • hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      A Tesla driver probably wouldn’t have any great need to see a CCS charger, just like a non-Tesla diver has little reason to go to a Tesla supercharger. They’re around, though. EA seems to like putting chargers in Sheetz and Walmart. Chargepoint is less predictable as to where you’ll find them. They do seen broken more often than they should be (usually seems to be a computer/software issue), though, I’ll give you that.

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        1 year ago

        just like a non-Tesla diver has little reason to go to a Tesla supercharger.

        a whole bunch of companies are adopting the tesla charger design.

        Nissan, Honda, Ford, GM, MB, Volvo already confirmed and more coming.

          • orrk@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            ironically, they will have the “American” and “European” models since CCS is the EU standard

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            1 year ago

            no doubt, but it seems pretty obvious that it’s the next step.

            • hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org
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              1 year ago

              For now, sure. Car makers want to support the connector that has the most chargers out there. The competition won’t go away, though. Most seem to agree that CCS2 is a superior connector to both CCS1 and NACS. What it amounts to is that EV owners will just have to have adapters in their car. Tesla’s move to NACS at least makes that possible (as the connectors will at least all share a communication protocol, as far as I understand).