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Re:Ford to invest in EV and battery plants in Tennessee and ... by Reason077 on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @02:52AM (#28680011)
Tesla does not have vehicles with dual DC charging sockets anywhere.

In China you see two plugs, but that's because one of them is for AC charging (China's gender-reversed Type 2 connector) and the other is for DC charging (China GB/T connector).

It's somewhat difficult and costly to put multiple DC charging sockets on a vehicle because you need additional high-voltage switches/relays and cabling. Each DC socket must be interlocked and isolated while the other is in use.

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Re:Ford to invest in EV and battery plants in Tennessee and ... by simondotau on Thursday September 30, 2021 @02:48AM (#28703824)
If the sockets are right next to each other, couldn’t the interlock be entirely mechanical? Pushing a connector into one socket disconnects the DC from the other socket.
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