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Re:Ford EV Drivers Will Get Free Tesla Supercharger Adapters by NickC25 on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @01:24PM (#39292190)
Awesome. There should be standards for EV chargers, so anyone can charge their EV of choice at the charger of their choice. It those standards were developed by Tesla, or anyone else, I don't care - I just care that the needs of the overall market are addressed.
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Re:Ford EV Drivers Will Get Free Tesla Supercharger Adapters by SECProto on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @01:30PM (#39292275)
> There should be standards for EV chargers, so anyone can charge their EV of choice at the charger of their choice.

In north america, essentially everyone has agreed on the NACS [1] (starting in 2025). In Europe they use a "Type 2" aka CCS2[2], and in China they use GB/T[3]. So we're getting there in north america, it'll just be another couple years.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Charging_Standa...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_2_connector

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GB/T_charging_standard

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