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It's easy to like the look and feel of the Tesla charger, but the impact of Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, GM, Porsche and Volkswagen deciding on a new standard for chargers would clearly impact the EV world. The fact Tesla hasn't been a participant in these discussions is troubling, but the notion that 8 major players in the automotive industry discussing charger standards points to the probability of very serious deployment of chargers.
It's easy to like the look and feel of the Tesla charger, but the impact of Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, GM, Porsche and Volkswagen deciding on a new standard for chargers would clearly impact the EV world. The fact Tesla hasn't been a participant in these discussions is troubling, but the notion that 8 major players in the automotive industry discussing charger standards points to the probability of very serious deployment of chargers.
Unfortunately, it's not so simple. These "plugs" are fairly sophisticated two-way communication devices, as well as a power source.anyhow all these plugs do the same thing: conduct electricity!
making adapters will be no problem
and if those big company's will want to export their ev's to japan they will have to install CHADEMO-ports
I spend a number of minutes at the connector demo booth where a number of people were playing with them, plugging it in and disconnecting it, hefting it, etc... The consensus of opinion from them was that the connection and disconnection force was too high and that, coupled with the higher weight and much thicker cable (among other things, there are 2 gauge wires in it), would be a serious problem for many of the more mature crowd whose motor capabilities are not the same as 40 somethings. Even my wife, who does not fall in to any of those categories found it very hard to connect and disconnect and made the same comments. The guy in the booth clearly had heard all this many times and was very defensive and annoyed about it... That being said, after talking to many people at many booths, it seems clear that this is the way that QC is likely going to ultimately go for most manufacturers, like it or not...
I was speaking with a gentleman at the Aerovironment booth and right across the way was the Nissan / Sumitomo DC Fast charging station that was previously announced to be sold for approximnately $10K...
Since AV is going to be the distributor for the Nissan charging station, I asked about pricing. Long story short, he said that the $10K price is not correct. The indoor version will be selling for about $15K and the outdoor version will be about $25K. Definitive pricing has not been formally announced yet, but those were his estimates...
I think I just ran in to this same issue yesterday with a Schneider Electric EVSE at Springhill Suites in Wenatchee, WA.
Their product description says it has a 5mA GFCI limit, so I assume it's the same issue. The Roadster started talking to it, noted the voltage in real time, and listed the current limit as 30A...but never actually pulled anything (current stayed at 0 until it stopped charging on its own).
SAE should wake up an smell what they are trying to shove down the general public's throats.