easy answer. You do what the car companies did anyways. Shift all the charging infrastructure and support to third parties and create subpar experiences for your buyers. :(
premium? All we’re talking about is a certificate exchange that’s part of the CCS standard.
you don’t actually think the manufacturers are getting a cut of the charging fee because they transmitted a unique identifier? Do you?
and to your final point, totally true but when road tripping I want...
Generally, I dont level 2 charge in public. Generally its opportunistic charging at a hotel when I'm staying overnight. That's about it. Most people don't level 2 charge away from home either.
What actually matters is DC fast charging, and as you showed, there are 5,000 more ports.
The majority of connectors are NACS due to the fact that Tesla wisely adds 8-12 stalls at each site .. the majority of charging _locations_ are CCS1/J1772.
The majority of cars on the road are NACS as well. It's not going to be a painless transition, but it is surely a wise one.
CCS will be a...
It was definitely a cost saving move. There is lots of evidence stating that these are myths when it comes to 80A/DC Fast charging a battery coming to light from Uber/Lyft drivers etc.
I just got my truck back from this CSP as well as a dc fast charging fault (actuator pin failed).
The invoice lists:
1 x ML3Z-1654022-B Water Trough
2 x FL3Z-9929024-AK Coat Hook
This seems like a big opportunity.. have you looked into any potential assistance/rebates/grants for the DCFC? NEVI is/was supposed to take care of these gaps, if it still exists at the end of the day.
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Precisely this, and they had no choice but to list it as part of the network and likely charge the inventory for "free" on it.
Again, another reason to avoid and use actual public chargers. I wish it wasn't like this.
No issues here, iPhone 16 Pro Max with iOS 26 beta 4. But this would also be why Apple tells you not to run this on your main device. If its broken in September, then we get to complain.