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Re:Tesla opens charging network to other EVs for the first time by toomuchtodo on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @10:52AM (#29082149)
I am aware of your disdain for Tesla, but they are the only volume EV manufacturer in North America and the largest fast DC charging network currently. Therefore, they are the current standard, not one set by a group of low volume runner ups. Same reason Hertz is ordering 100k+ Teslas for their fleet (their CEO specially said they’re the only automaker building EVs in volume [1]). Europe is of course a different market with more regulation, where government set the fast DC charging standard by edict.

“How do we democratize access to electric vehicles? That’s a very important part of our strategy,” Mark Fields, who joined Hertz as interim chief executive officer earlier this month, said in an interview. “Tesla is the only manufacturer that can produce EVs at scale.”

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28989001

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Re:Tesla opens charging network to other EVs for the first time by clouddrover on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @11:11AM (#29082418)
> Therefore, they are the current standard

A standard that no one else uses is not much of a standard. All other manufacturers have switched to CCS Type 1 Combo. Eventually Tesla will switch too.

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