Tesla may have already won the charging wars
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/tesla-may-have-already-won-the-charging-wars/
(from NYT)
...
Tesla’s plug is lighter and easier to handle but fits only the company’s
cars. Under the agreements with Ford and GM, Tesla will offer an adapter
early next year enabling cars from those manufacturers to connect to
about 12,000 of its fast chargers in the United States. In 2025, Ford
and GM plan to make models designed to take the Tesla plug without an
adapter.
...
The combined clout of Tesla, GM and Ford effectively compels operators
of charging networks to install Tesla plugs and may effectively render
the CCS plug obsolete — at least in North America — in years to come.
Rivian, a smaller electric vehicle company, said last week that it would
also switch to the Tesla plug, and other manufacturers are considering
doing so, too.
...
As the Tesla plug becomes dominant, people with cars designed to use the
CCS plug will become increasingly dependent on adapters that, for
safety, are limited in how much voltage they can handle and will charge
more slowly.
...
Tesla has 19,700 charging ports across the United States at about 1,800
stations, according to the Energy Department, while there are 10,500 CCS
ports at 5,300 stations. Only 12,000 Tesla chargers will be open to
Ford, GM and Rivian vehicles.
...
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