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Re:Ford to invest in EV and battery plants in Tennessee and ... by Retric on Monday September 27, 2021 @11:27PM (#28678982)
This is CSS type 2 and supports up to 142 kW fast charging.

https://www.tesla.com/en_EU/support/charging-connectors

This is the US j1772 that’s limited to 19.2kW. https://shop.tesla.com/product/sae-j1772-charging-adapter

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Re:Ford to invest in EV and battery plants in Tennessee and ... by pmorici on Monday September 27, 2021 @11:46PM (#28679109)
The Tesla super charger network does 250 kw on the newest stations and they said they will roll out 300. Why would anyone want to limit their charge speed and have a bulkier plug doesn’t make sense I would guess long term us will adopt Tesla standard it is simply better.
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Re:Ford to invest in EV and battery plants in Tennessee and ... by clouddrover on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @02:25AM (#28679874)
> The Tesla super charger network does 250 kw on the newest stations and they said they will roll out 300

The fastest CCS chargers in North America do 350 kW today. The CCS Megawatt Charging System will do 3.75 megawatts:

https://www.charin.global/technology/mcs/

> I would guess long term us will adopt Tesla standard

No. Everyone else has standardized on CCS Type 1 Combo for North America. Tesla will switch to CCS too.

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Re:Ford to invest in EV and battery plants in Tennessee and ... by syshum on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @01:22AM (#28679611)
Something being better does not mean it will win

Linux is objectively better than Windows, even for the desktop, Windows still wins.

Tesla has other issues around it that other manufacturers will simply not adopt the "Tesla Standard"

Most of them have already signed on to something else..

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