CHAdeMO Adapters Available from Tesla USA (as of 03/30/20)

[tps5352]

CHAdeMO Adapter

 

[sdmack]

....and.... sold out again 43 minutes later. Where am I gonna go where I need it now anyway...

 

[tps5352]

Darn; sold out already. That was quick. Sorry. Best thing to do is sign up for email alerts.

 

[tps5352]

....and.... sold out again 43 minutes later. Where am I gonna go where I need it now anyway...

True. But important for people in North America in outlying areas, I hear.

 

[sdmack]

True. But important for people in North America in outlying areas, I hear.

Yea. Like me.

 

[tps5352]

Yea. Like me.

Where's the $%^ more-economical Tesla CCS adapter?

 

[AmpedRealtor]

CHAdeMO is an orphaned standard. Why isn't Tesla shipping a CCS adapter?

 

[tps5352]

CHAdeMO is an orphaned standard. Why isn't Tesla shipping a CCS adapter?

Agreed. After the changes to the European charging options, you would think that Tesla would make CCS an option for the US and Canada. Having Tesla + CCS + CHAdeMO + J1772 plugs/adapters would give Tesla drivers access to the largest available total charging network.

So the answer must be $$$, as it is for most things. I speculate that Tesla is probably trying (and so far failing) to negotiate a good deal in order to be able to use the CCS standard in North America. Is that possible? What do you think?

By the way, at the risk of jinxing things, new CHAdeMO adapters have been available from Tesla for a day or two. So if readers are still looking for one (at $450), get them now.

CHAdeMO Adapter​

 

[AmpedRealtor]

I speculate that Tesla is probably trying (and so far failing) to negotiate a good deal in order to be able to use the CCS standard in North America. Is that possible? What do you think?

Good deal from whom?

 

[tps5352]

Good deal from whom?

Um--maybe the corporation licensed to provide electric-car charging using CCS attachment plugs or that otherwise holds the (patent) rights to the CCS plug pattern? Is that even a thing? Maybe what I said doesn't make any sense, and/or the CCS plug is not licensed technology? If so, sorry.

But if Tesla could just start manufacturing (cost-effective) CCS-to-Tesla adapters without having to pay somebody for the rights, why aren't they doing it? Should be a simpler and cheaper device than the ungainly and expensive CHAdeMO adapters, right?

Maybe it is not the CCS plug (patent/license) itself that is the issue, but rather the permission for Tesla drivers to actually pull in and use the (non-Tesla) CCS-outfitted charging sites? But that doesn't make sense. Charging companies that use CCS plugs should welcome Tesla drivers in order to increase their revenue. And most Tesla drivers will probably continue to favor superchargers, correct?

So just what is the problem?

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As of today CHAdeMO adapters still available from Tesla.

 

[sdmack]

As of today CHAdeMO adapters still available from Tesla

knowing my luck, that’s probably because I just bought one on the Tesla website, and Tesla’s CCS adapter release is imminent

 

[tps5352]

knowing my luck, that’s probably because I just bought one on the Tesla website, and Tesla’s CCS adapter release is imminent

Ha, ha. So true.

 

[Rocky_H]

I speculate that Tesla is probably trying (and so far failing) to negotiate a good deal in order to be able to use the CCS standard in North America. Is that possible? What do you think?

Um--maybe the corporation licensed to provide electric-car charging using CCS attachment plugs or that otherwise holds the (patent) rights to the CCS plug pattern? Is that even a thing? Maybe what I said doesn't make any sense, and/or the CCS plug is not licensed technology? If so, sorry.

No, Tesla is on the standards body called "CharIn", which manages the CCS standard, and they have implemented CCS 2 in Europe, so I'm sure they have all of the permission and licensing they need to do CCS 1 in America whenever they want to. They just do not seem interested in it right now.

I think it's just not seeing the benefit of putting the development cost in.