Tesla is after free government subsidies offered to try to build more fast charging stations. To qualify for most programs I've seen, they have to be using a "Standard" and be non-discriminatory (open to all).
First step; they have been blocking all unsupported (salvage) Teslas from their network, so they have to walk back this policy, and I can see they are. There are a substantial number of blacklisted cars because insurance companies now "total" most Teslas even with minor damage. This is mainly because parts availability is so poor, and they don't want to be paying for a customer's rental car for 6 months. (Until Tesla gets around to coughing up the parts needed to get the car repaired.) Second step; they have to update supercharger stations to have a "standard", and this really only means CCS. Now maybe they could technically do it with a tethered adapter. (Like some of these other charging companies trying to offer Tesla supercharging, where they are using a tethered Tesla CHAdeO adapter.) Still, I think to qualify for all, they have to have a way to accept credit cards at the pedestal without using a membership card or phone app. This means adding a card reader and user interface. I don't see Tesla just "rigging" it with some adapter. Another way which I think has no hope, is to somehow convince regulators that the Tesla implementation is a real standard, hence: https://www.tesla.com/blog/opening-north-american-charging-standard On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 8:18 AM Lawrence Rhodes via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Too little too late. Now Tesla is going to have to add the clunky CCS > connectors to its network at considerable expense. > I use a Tesla tap. Tesla has a CHAdeMO adapter. Tesla could just require > an adapter, purchased at user expense, to access Superchargers. Shoudn't > cost more than $250. Lawrence Rhodes > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20221217/8ccafb5e/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20221217/83891174/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
