Ford will add Tesla plug to its electric vehicles in surprising move
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But I can't NOT see it as a huge win for accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy (Tesla's core mission). Brave, bold, and good for the planet. Better for the consumer, who now has two manufacturers' worth of cars to choose from.
(I still definitely applaud this move which increases charging availability for consumers; just responding to this specific question.)
It doesn’t have to be convoluted. Differing the diameter (or shape!) or depth of the fuel input would do just fine unless people were going to resort to carrying around funnels.
So, I had a 2011 VW Diesel, and before the emissions scandal, they had some fuel issues that they were blaming on gasoline in the fuel system, and so they sent out stickers to the registered owners to put around the filler that said 'hey --- diesel only', and that didn't solve the issue, so they sent a contraption that made it hard to fill with an unleaded sized nozzle. With that contraption, I found one of my usual stations was using an unleaded sized nozzle for diesel. So I stopped filling up there, because the contraption was designed to never come out and it takes a long time to fill up when the contraption opposes your nozzle because it's too small. I imagine that station eventually figured it out and put a leaded fuel sized nozzle as I think other manufacturers rolled out similar contraptions too. Gasoline ruins diesel fuel systems rather quickly, and it's not too hard to be distracted and misfuel.
Of course, truck stops have even bigger nozzles for diesel to go in big rigs and other sizable vehicles.
I still use my Apple chargers from the early 2000s, while all the chargers I had for other phones and devices are just e-waste.
Her response, "How dare you even try FSD in my car!"
Lets just say, FSD has not worked -- it does not work -- it will not work before the car finds its place in the junkyard.
If Tesla has a non standard connector much longer, it becomes a liability. It'll be harder and harder for them to sell cars that need adaptors everywhere.
I also don't think the Supercharger Network will be a moat much longer. As there are more EVs, the incentives for business to put in chargers gets higher. Teslas needing an adapter becomes a liability.
Turning their potentially short term dominance in EV market share into long term dominance in charging seems brilliant to me. This is especially true if you expect Chinese and Indian EV makers to commoditize the market.
Europe had the right idea by setting a common charging standard. All brands of charger now charge all brands of EV in Europe. Anything less is backward, primitive, and not something anyone needs.
It should be illegal for the charger networks to use anything other than third party payment systems.
All the players in the US have proven they are incompetent at accepting payments. They should be forced to standardize on existing payment systems.
They've opened up their network in Europe and clearly want more partners in the US. This business is already profitable and it's a great way to monetize their powerpacks and grid products (esp. Autobidder). They would be the first company to benefit from such a simplification and reinforce their lead.
So.. it's much worse and that's why the European EV market is bigger than the North American EV market?
Besides, Tesla Europe says CCS2 is great! Not three days ago they said, "Also, our vehicles use the European charging standard, so you can easily plug in at your charging station of choice":
https://twitter.com/teslaeurope/status/1661323475330428929
Sounds like a winner to me.
Holding on to my free unlimited supercharging for life. :)
That did happen a little bit at a few legacy superchargers, but that minor inconvenience was outweighed by the sheer preponderance of additional superchargers built, everywhere. Instead of worrying about the sole charger being full, I can look on the map, and choose among several nearby chargers, each with reasonable meal options.
I hope this happens with Ford. More cars should increase demand for stations, and additional stations increase convenience for everyone.
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