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Originally Posted by exxxviii
I don't think we are getting to a global standard any time soon. Most folks don't realize that we already have multiple standards in plan, and some of those are unlikely to change any time soon.
Europe = CCS 2
China = GB/T
Japan = CHAdeMO
United States = NACS (de-facto) with a J1772/CCS 1 remnant.
Canada = TBD, could stay with CCS 1 or follow US to NACS
Most cars are already architected so that they can accommodate whatever plug is appropriate for the market.
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Exxxviii is spot on in these posts
I don’t think we’re getting a global standard soon, but there is tremendous value in it. It would lower the cost for car manufactures, and lower the cost for EVSE makers. Hopefully making EVs slightly cheaper and chargers as well.
That being said, there is a battle for North America right now and what connector to use going forward. Tesla is pushing for their NACS connector, while everyone else was pushing CCS. I was excited to see that Ford and GM partnered with Tesla, to hopefully push the NACS connector as a standard. But now this moved by the other auto makers, makes me question if that can happen I love how GM is playing both sides of the fence.