Tesla launches $190 CCS adapter for new Model S and Model X, offers retrofits for older vehicles
Today Tesla finally announced the CCS charging option for European Model S / X after Euro Model 3 came out with the CCS port. I'm very excited for this and been waiting for 6 months because nearest Supercharger to me is 1200km but I have around 20 100kW CCS around me and in routes where I travel often. Sad thing is though, CCS for my 2017 Model S requires a service visit for a hardware retrofit. So, although not confirmed it most likely means;
1) When Supercharging you have to use CCS adapter + Model 3 CCS Supercharger. Goodbye old timey Type 2 Supercharger we use without any adapters.
2) Chademo adapter won't work anymore. Just like it doesn't work on Model 3.
CCS uses PLC for communication and Chademo/Supercharger uses CANbus. So even though Chademo and Supercharger are similar in their communications protocol the Chademo adapter which is just a signal faker is huge. While the CCS adapter which uses an entirely different communications protocol is tiny and compact. This likely means this 500€ retrofit is a change of your port. Your port basically changes to CCS port in a Type 2 body because of the physical area designated to a port on Model S/X. Then the adapter is just a pin reroute for this new port so you can actually plug in CCS.
This is not confirmed yet so take it with a grain of salt but it is the most likely scenario. We need to confirm this and find out what exactly the retrofit is.
Today Tesla finally announced the CCS charging option for European Model S / X after Euro Model 3 came out with the CCS port. I'm very excited for this and been waiting for 6 months because nearest Supercharger to me is 1200km but I have around 20 100kW CCS around me and in routes where I travel often. Sad thing is though, CCS for my 2017 Model S requires a service visit for a hardware retrofit. So, although not confirmed it most likely means;
1) When Supercharging you have to use CCS adapter + Model 3 CCS Supercharger. Goodbye old timey Type 2 Supercharger we use without any adapters.
2) Chademo adapter won't work anymore. Just like it doesn't work on Model 3.
CCS uses PLC for communication and Chademo/Supercharger uses CANbus. So even though Chademo and Supercharger are similar in their communications protocol the Chademo adapter which is just a signal faker is huge. While the CCS adapter which uses an entirely different communications protocol is tiny and compact. This likely means this 500€ retrofit is a change of your port. Your port basically changes to CCS port in a Type 2 body because of the physical area designated to a port on Model S/X. Then the adapter is just a pin reroute for this new port so you can actually plug in CCS.
This is not confirmed yet so take it with a grain of salt but it is the most likely scenario. We need to confirm this and find out what exactly the retrofit is.
