Disclaimer: Tesla Owner
I’m thrilled this is happening - the more everyone standardizes on a single connector, the better it will be for all EV owners.
Yes, this does mean that superchargers will be an even hotter commodity if everyone can use them, and in the short term, extra lineups - but that should just mean additional chargers are built to service the increased demand (why wouldn’t it?).
I suspect that if the demand gets heavy enough, at least for Telsa-built superchargers, a reservation system will be put in-place, maybe one that prioritized nearly empty batteries, and perhaps also prioritizing people with lots of milage logged in a short time, or who are “far” from home (ie: people who are road-tripping).
All of this should help service the antiquated range-anxiety that non-EV owners tend to have.
Something I’d really like to see is if they could set up an organization whose entire job is to do interoperability testing between chargers and cars. I’m no expert, but I’d be willing to bet that at least half of CCS charge issues are because manufacturers are lazy and use cheap software.
Also, how is it that its 2023 yet we still can’t have plug and charge on all cars? It’s such a basic feature
I think I remember Bjorn taking a tour of Kempower’s headquarters and they shared some of the data they collect. I thought their data showed that Tesla’s were consistently the fastest for the handshake process.
So yes, it’s entirely possible that charging issues can sometimes be the fault of the car and not the dispenser.