And I forgot, you need an enterprising Chinese manufacturer to churn out lots of proprietary Tesla charging sockets. I suspect this is underway.
John Lindsay > On 20 Apr 2016, at 10:56 PM, John Lindsay via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is a thriving business in the USA converting Tesla UMC portable > charging cables into J1772. Just chop off the plug and attach a J1772 plug. > > I am in Australia and now have a Model S. Tesla use the Mennekes plug which > supports three phase 230/240/250 volt power that is reasonably common here. > It also supports single phase charging. > > I have made a J1772 to Mennekes adaptor that works perfectly. I can suck 240 > volts at 32 amps from public charging stations which is handy for holiday > trips to places where that infrastructure has been supplied by local > government. > > I have heard via the local EV association mailing list that several people > have made the opposite to allow charging of Leafs and iMievs from Tesla > destination chargers. Given the electricity is supplied by the venues and > there are only 800 Teslas in Australia this doesn't seem unreasonable. > > You need to read through a fair bit of misinformation and irrelevant bumf but > eventually you get to the bloke at the end who has done it. > > http://forums.aeva.asn.au/forums/tesla-hpwc-adaptor-j1772_topic4834.html > > This is in Australia but I can't see why Tesla would design multiple boards > for the wall adaptors if they didn't need to. > > John Lindsay > >> On 20 Apr 2016, at 1:35 PM, Cor van de Water via EV <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I have the suspicion (never even charged at a Tesla station and >> certainly never been exposed to the protocol) that if the engineers at >> Tesla are worth their salt, that even though the chargers are not >> networked, they probably will ask the car to identify itself before >> starting a charging session, >> because without such a handshake, what keeps the world from charging for >> free at the Tesla chargers? >> It is relatively easy to create an asymmetric encrypted authentication, >> whereby you can easily check with the public key that it is a valid >> authentication, without being able to *generate* a valid authentication, >> since that requires the private key. We do this to avoid hackers from >> buying the lowest cost version of our product and upgrading it to a >> higher featured model, since the license key is encrypted in such a way. >> Tesla can generate keys for their vehicles that are used for the >> communication with the chargers (and other identification purposes). >> >> So, while it may be a great learning experience to try and >> reverse-engineer the Tesla charging protocol in similar way that the >> Leaf was used to record Chademo charging sessions, don't be surprised if >> there are encrypted messages that will prevent you from even playing >> back a recorded charging session to a charging station, to lure it into >> giving you a charge. >> >> Hope this gives some insight, >> >> Cor van de Water >> Chief Scientist >> Proxim Wireless >> >> office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water >> XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info >> >> http://www.proxim.com >> >> This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and >> proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received >> this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any >> unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of >> this message is prohibited. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Brannan >> via EV >> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 8:39 PM >> To: brucedp5; Electric Vehicle Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Tesla's (cuckoo) EVSE grants ... >> >> Sounds like a great opportunity for an entrepreneur - that HPWC coupler >> to >> j1772 adaptor. Kickstarter or indiegogo? >> Tom >> >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 2:13 PM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> With all the coming election noise, and the possiblity of no more EVSE >>> grants ringing in my ears, on a search I could not find a renewal of >> the >>> U.S. Fed grant to cover some of the cost of installing public EVSE as >>> before. >>> >>> But I found a self-promo news item touting a business' new EVSE. I >> noticed >>> their EVSE were two (proprietary) Tesla HPWC EVSE, that no other >> plugin but >>> a Tesla EV can use. >>> >>> I sent a message off to the business' contact (a NJ mall), letting >> them >>> know >>> that non-Tesla drivers are going to feel rebuffed, thus they could >> lose >>> plugin driver business. >>> >>> They kindly replied letting me know their HPWC EVSE was part of a >> Tesla >>> Destination Charging grant (Tesla paid for it). See >> http://www.teslarati.com/becoming-tesla-destination-charging-participant >> / >>> Becoming a Tesla Destination Charging Participant >>> Feb 25, 2016 >>> [link >>> https://teslafactory.wufoo.com/forms/q7b8imo1g0og2v/ >>> contact Tesla's Destination Charging program >>> ] >>> >>> BTW there is no HPWC to j1772 adaptors drivers can buy, so when HPWC >> are >>> installed, j1772 L2 drivers are shut-out. While I am not against >> Tesla, >>> helping to install 'Tesla-only' (proprietary) EVSE is the same problem >>> drivers had back in the late 1990's-on. >>> >>> GM would almost give away their inductive (proprietary, wireless) >> lpi,spi >>> EVSE, which would displace either one or both of the public EVSE being >>> installed at a host site, paid for with CA DMV fees (many EVSE sites >> had >>> two >>> spi and no conductive avcon EVSE). This cuckoo approach to public EVSE >>> domination ... >>> >>> [link >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo >>> Cuckoo ... Many species are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the >> nests >>> of other species, ... raise their ... young >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brood_parasite >>> ] >>> >>> is bad for the EV-cause, unless a HPWC coupler to j1772 adaptor is >> made >>> available for plugin drivers to buy. 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