News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi finally say they will use Tesla's EV charging plug. Parent comment

Re:Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi finally say they will use T... by FirmwareBurner on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @04:06PM (#38713649)
> I expect EU to get there at some point.

IMHO, the EU should have done this yester-five-years-ago. It's absolutely baffling they haven't already, considering they're going to outlaw ICE cars in just 6 years time, yet we don't yet have friggin EV charging regulations in place to ensure it always just works for evryone.

I assume politicians are too busy with the inflation/CoL, wars, migration and how to win the upcoming elections in 2024, to worry that we'll be caught wither our pants down on the EV infrastructure side in a few years, because they've been asleep at the wheel.

Mark my words, come 2029, and everyone's gonna freak out, there will be outcry from the voters, and the ICE ban will be postponed for 5 more years so we can get charging infrastructure sorted.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi finally say they will use T... by DeepSeaTortoise on Friday December 22, 2023 @12:53PM (#38736674)
How do you expect EU lawmakers to require a standard which quite possibly hasn't even been invented yet?

I wouldn't expect any standard becoming a legal requirement until one with open specification becomes available and a significant part of the industry has switched to it.

[ Parent | on HN ]