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best of luck to ya, chap. I am sorry you cannot appreciate a charging standard that all Americans can use, including partially disabled persons

You guys are getting lost in the minutia. People here want a few things; a NACS port on their vehicle and access to the Supercharger. The path that we take to get there - and the governing bodies involved or the patents and who owns them - is completely irrelevant to us. Like Nike - just do it...

It sure is the future. But this won’t be the first time that present day owners of technology are penalized for being early adopters (paying a premium for features that would be underutilized or be improved upon and offered at a cheaper cost - e.g. 800v yesterday, 920v today, 1000v tomorrow)...

I disagree with the magic dock retrofit being the fastest solution. Why would Tesla retrofit old 250kW V3 Superchargers with short cables and no support for 1000v CyberTrucks and other high voltage vehicles? Tesla has the momentum going with network expansion and maintaining its existing...

That is what I thought. I was pretty sure that the majority, like 75%+ of chargers, were “incompatible with 800v” - aka, your 800v car will charge either as fast as a 400v car, or even slower at 75%+ of the chargers. It remains my belief that while 800v is neat, it is before its time, and a...

yea but that requires opening the Tesla app, creating an account and activating the charger. With native NACS integration, that won’t be necessary- just plug and charge. The only way you get that is with NACS native. I would prefer a R1S with NACS vs having CCS and only able to use Magic Dock...

Yeah but CCS2 is for Europe, and it is a different standard altogether. Like I can’t buy a Euro ID4 with CCS2 and use it on CCS1 station and vice versa. It always rubs me wrong when CCS defenders point to global DCFC count under both CCS2 and CCS1. For the sake of North America - we’re talking...

Ya but who wants to retrofit V3 superchargers that don’t support high voltage vehicles very well? Would be easier for automakers to relocate charge ports to front/rear or a corner, Tesla to start deploying V4 Superchargers with longer cables and 1000v support, and replacing V2/V3 Superchargers...

Often a 2 handed job when the latch is stuck and being stubborn with pressing down. Basically need two hands and two thumbs to apply press and then pull / wiggle it free.

Could it be possible that it isn’t that easy to make a universal CCS to NACS adapter at this time? Why do you think Ford and GM customers have to wait months for this, despite the conversations already ongoing for months between their engineering teams? Their adapters won’t come until 2024...

I am partially disabled and I can’t always free the connector. My grandpa is able bodied, can still drive & has his license, but when he is my passenger - I know he can’t always get it to release either. Both of us can use gas pumps and a Tesla Supercharger. While our story might sound unique...

You forgot to mention how long term - Ford and GM EV buyers will include more partially disabled, elderly, and people who are less technical. Elderly people can’t easily wrestle the CCS1 cables into place or disconnect them. Partially disabled people struggle to disconnect CCS1 cables. Less...

Every EVgo/EA 350kW CCS1 DCFC support 920v+ output? Is this a recent change? And then to confirm; every 62.5kW/125kW ChargePoint station outputs 920v+? Side question; does it matter that it outputs 920v if it’s only pushing 62kW or 125kW? Isn’t the point of high voltage architecture the ability...

We have a different post covering some of potential risks of having NACS become more widely adopted; why not have a post covering some of the benefits? Feel free to add comments of anything I have missed. Here we go…. ADA compliant. I am partially disabled, and a normal functioning adult with...

You keep mentioning like it’s something we should be concerned about. Can you point me to all of these 1000v CCS chargers you keep referencing? Do these even exist?

It would be really nice if the SAE and whoever else has a vested interest in CCS would quit being so tone deaf about their standard. They need to recognize its flaws, quit trying to force their hard to use solution on the public, and discuss how they plan to address the flaws of CCS1 in the next...

Tesla sets the standard here….. Nothing else comes close to living up to the standard, or beating the standard. I don’t have any problems using a gas pump. I also don’t have any problems using a NACS charger. I have mentioned it before, but I was born with a birth defect - and I have an arm...

800v tech might be the future, but it’s not mainstream yet. In fact, with the DC to DC converter - the 800v cars often charge slower than 400v cars. Can you at least admit that CCS1 is less user friendly and that consumers will require a more user friendly CCS design if CCS is expected to...

How well did that consortium work out for us with CCS1? I don’t care what anyone says; CCS is trash and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. You seem to think I should have a problem with 1 company that designs an ultra reliable, ADA compliant, user friendly charging solution.

This is hilarious. Our roads are in such bad shape as it is. I can’t imagine them affording to install EV infrastructure in the roads - God Have mercy on us if we need to depend on them