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Yes but you have to run the numbers only for North America not the world. CCS is and will continue be the Tesla standard overseas. I think the writing is on the wall for the North America now.

Knowing how Tesla works you will likely be required to have the Tesla app, not a 3rd party app to work with the supercharger. Other than that an adapter makes sense for manufacturers that are not willing to install the NACS on their vehicles. Tesla operates very much like Apple in a closed...

This is a worthwhile feature. Does require additional hardware on the home but once implemented will be very valuable, especially in California with our stupid expensive power rates and even more stupid NEM 3.0 rates.

V2H and V2G require additional hardware on the vehicle side. I believe the lightning is the only vehicle that currently has the additional hardware. Please correct me if there are others. Does Rivian include the extra hardware in the vehicle side? I'm really not sure about it on the R1T and R1S.

Cost. NACS port in the vehicle is much cheaper than CCS port in the vehicle.

Thank you. Much more elegant explanation than I could provide.

The cost savings I'm referring to is on the car side, not the charger side. You are correct though, flexible aluminum wire will fatigue and break before flexible copper wire will.

If this happens the pyro fuse will blow and disable the car. You will have a non-operational vehicle but you also will be safe.

If holding a Electrical Engineering degree and working in the design and manufacturing of electronics counts then yes, I'm ignorant.

You are 100% correct on your first point. They don't need to populate the AC power pins on DCFC but they do need the communication pins from the J1772. You are 100% wrong about aluminum wires carrying DC. The super dangerous Tesla configuration uses Aluminum for the AC and DC on the same bus...

I will respectfully agree to disagree then. The Tesla system is much more elegant and less cost...and NACS will continue to be on most EVs in north America for the foreseeable future so I guess we will have to just live with your perceived safety risk.

Technically that isn't quite correct but yes, it does require extra electronics. One single control circuit/board can be used to talk to DC and AC connection types. You do have to route the AC and DC current differently when it arrives on the vehicle so that requires an extra circuit/board. The...

Doing that search looks like the Civic is top in California not the BMW 3 series. That is much more believable.

That is comparing apples and oranges. Even Rivians RAN chargers require a handshake before current will flow. Phone charging does not require a handshake. If you probe a phone charger there is a voltage on the pins at all times. If you probe a vehicle charger (CCS, RAN, Tesla, J1772) there is...

What is wrong with having AC and DC on the same pins? The current doesn't flow until the handshake from plug to car is made.

Where are you getting this data? I can guarantee you the BMW 3 series is not the most popular car in California...and nobody buys Altimas, not even in Nevada. Sorry but this map is comple garbage.

Can you please explain this safety risk in a bit more detail. I have never heard of it before and would like to know more about it.

My opinion on charger etiquitte. As long as you are pulling current you are welcome to sit at the charger, as soon as you are done charging then get your vehicle off the charger ASAP for the next person. You never know anyone's particular situation but there is no excuse for leaving your car in...

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Is the golf cart electric or gas? I have started to get creative with finding outlets that work. The previous advice is spot on though, get the biggest/shortest wire you can for an extension cord.