Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi finally say they will use Tesla's EV charging plug

Re:Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi finally say they will use T... by mardifoufs on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @12:48PM (#38711405)

Huh? If anything this disproves your point. Industrial players quickly (all things considered) converged on a superior format. I usually agree with you on standardizing stuff like this but this isn't an example of top down standardization leading to better outcomes. Not necessarily worse, but not better either.

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Re:Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi finally say they will use T... by apexalpha on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @12:53PM (#38711473)

Well there are now thousands and thousands of chargers in the US that have to be retrofitted to NACS, if possible.

On top of that many cars will now need adapters to charge at public infrastructure.

And in the meanwhile many people still can't charge at every public charger because they have CCS or Chademo or Tesla and the charger has another one.

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Re:Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi finally say they will use T... by stephenr on Thursday December 21, 2023 @02:48AM (#38718044)

> converged on a superior format

I don't have any skin in this game (not American, currently own a Petrol car in SEA and a Diesel in Australia), but isn't the move to NACS almost entirely driven by manufacturers wanting (customer) access to the better-maintained and faster charging network, rather than some intrinsic benefit of the plug itself?

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Re:Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi finally say they will use T... by ranguna on Thursday December 21, 2023 @04:07AM (#38718431)

Superior in what way?

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