Tesla Third Quarter 2018 Update [pdf]

Re:Tesla Third Quarter 2018 Update [pdf] by pwagland on Thursday October 25, 2018 @08:01AM (#18300226)

Only on the low power "AC" version of CCS, this is limited to 17KW, and so is quite slow in comparison to the high power DC CCS-2 adapter, which can (at least in theory) pump out 350kW. There are quite a few 150kW stations already available, but the Tesla can't use them either.

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Re:Tesla Third Quarter 2018 Update [pdf] by Robotbeat on Thursday October 25, 2018 @09:14AM (#18300616)

Tesla’s can use CHAdeMO with an adapter. In the States, there are still more Chademos than CCS, and most new DC Fast chargers have both CHAdeMO and CCS.

CHAdeMO is the better standard for fast charging, IMHO, since it allows bidirectional charging.

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Re:Tesla Third Quarter 2018 Update [pdf] by Latteland on Thursday October 25, 2018 @11:59AM (#18301923)

I've never heard it was bidirectional use, are there any vehicles that support that? The main negative against chademo (besides the huge plug format) is that it's not Hugh enough power in practice.

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Re:Tesla Third Quarter 2018 Update [pdf] by Robotbeat on Thursday October 25, 2018 @08:02PM (#18305711)

There is 100kW Chademo available. The protocol is the strong aspect of it; everyone should just use Tesla's much better plug.

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Re:Tesla Third Quarter 2018 Update [pdf] by Robotbeat on Friday October 26, 2018 @08:07PM (#18313585)

Almost all leafs support bidirectional charging. I think some of the very earliest ones didn't.

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Re:Tesla Third Quarter 2018 Update [pdf] by londons_explore on Thursday October 25, 2018 @12:50PM (#18302337)

Tesla could use DC CCS-2 with a software update an adaptor.

They choose not to make such an update though...

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