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Give it up, Dark-Fx, it’s over. Enjoy your new high reliability charging options!

It should bode well… as long as it comes in at the right price target. There are some $40k Mavericks that are loudly discussed, but the bulk of them come in much closer to $30k or less. Volvo has also put down a marker at $35k starting for the EX30. The GM Equinox is supposed to start at $30k...

It seems there are 3 major EV truck buying groups out there: - People buying trucks to be trucks, including work trucks. They’re going to buy Lightnings, Silverados and eRams. Can’t see that changing much. - The Teslerati crowd and obsessive sci-fi readers will buy the Cybertruck. Some...

No decision needed, the future of Rivian is entirely and exclusively about the R2. It is their “Model 3 Moment”. Nothing else matters. R1 will just carry on in the background as the low volume novelty vehicle that it is, just like S/X. Sure they can milk the short term R1S excitement, and...

EA only exists because of VW dieselgate. Its creation was effectively a government negotiated fine imposed on VW, even though the money didn’t go through the government. Stripping it down to the basics, VW was obligated to hand over the money to the new entity EA who was obligated to spend it...

You CAN form your own opinion! And it might be good for your case today. But there is plenty of bad EA experience evidence out there. So you might be better off in the long run if EA assets were sold to a network operator with the primary objective of running a good charging network rather than...

Agreed it must idiot proof (and cheap to implement, which means no smarts, other than ID or type detection). But I think it is very close as is, with very minor refinements to validate the interlocking conditions.

Sound economic sense…. But only if the EA charger is working! Right now EA is just a monetary distribution system for a large government fine levied for VW wrongdoing. Yet to be seen if they intend to be a competent network operator, or will eventually sell the assets to someone who is.

It is impractical to implement high current switching in an adapter, so there will be two simple adapters: AC and DCFC. You will get the DCFC free from your manufacturer, as they have promised, and some manufacturers already give you the AC adapter. There may be some minimal ID detection in the...

For the sake of implementation simplicity it will end up being two simple low cost passive adapters: An AC adapter for L1/l2 where J1772 AC pins are connected to the Tesla pins (These are already available and already provided in some cases). A DCFC adapter for L3 where CCS DC pins are...

*sigh* Some people really are on the wrong side of history… The writing is on the wall, we’re irreversibly moving to NACS continent wide. Your only concern should be how you are going to get there for your specific individual case. Nothing more to be said!

GM also said they would not transition to NACS… until two days later when they did! Just a matter of time for VW… and EA, which presumably will carry on as a competitive NACS charging network (assuming they can find a reliable way to fix their broken chargers).

That’s a very important point. From VW’s perspective it is a sunk cost that otherwise would have been a fine, not an investment. They certainly have no interest at all in operating the network. Therefore it should not have any bearing on them moving forward, although it may take some time for...

No need to exchange bodily fluids. No interest in exchanging bodily fluids either! Port cooling by each respective system is sufficient.

Have to remember this is all happening quickly… it has only been a week since GM push us over the tipping point. GM, Ford and others embracing NACS have representatives on both the CharIN interest group (which does not publish standards) and SAE (which does publish standards). Clearly their...

You are right, time to move on. Every day brings new NACS announcements that clarify the future and render any further discussion moot. Hopefully this the last of it.

You must not read your own posts… Regardless, it really has become a moot point as every day brings new announcements that further cement the end of CCS-1. It’s over, no more discussion needed.

You are right, 3 phase isn’t that important for AC charging. But it was required in Europe, which is why they had to go with the Mennekes based CCS-2 solution. The Tesla plug was never a contender. But necessary to explain to the anti-NACSers who think it was rejected for some other reason.

The Tesla connector only has 2 high power pins, it cannot support 3-phase AC. But it was never intended to do so, therefore it was never a contender for European standardization. Interestingly, the Tesla connector was proposed to the J1772 committee as a North American standard a decade ago...

Now you are commingling the European situation with the suggestion of North American “monopolies”. No “monopolies” are going to happen here, US network operators have already embraced the NACS connector with several deployment announcements made. Your only suggestion seems to be mandating bad...