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Re:Rivian Joins Forces with Tesla, Embracing Their Charging ... by bombcar on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @05:03PM (#36410569)
We should have some brand of car install both plugs (as I understand the smarts are in the car, the plug is basically a dumb electrical connection) and then after a year or two see which people are using.
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Re:Rivian Joins Forces with Tesla, Embracing Their Charging ... by Rebelgecko on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @08:22PM (#36412682)
My understanding is that installing both is basically 2x the complexity. What's on the other side of the plug is fairly different between NACS and CCS
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Re:Rivian Joins Forces with Tesla, Embracing Their Charging ... by bombcar on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @09:36PM (#36413287)
Is that “double the price of the car” or “an extra 100/200” or somewhere in between.

Because I could see people taking the option.

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Re:Rivian Joins Forces with Tesla, Embracing Their Charging ... by simondotau on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @11:12PM (#36413930)
There are many cars on the global market with two AC charging sockets but last time I checked, there are none with two DC charging sockets. Multiple DC charging sockets would be a severe safety risk without a beefy isolating mechanism, which adds weight and a non-trivial point of failure.
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