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Official CCS1 adapter finally coming
- Thread starter Knightshade
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I don't understand the need for one. I keep hearing from Tesla fanboys that all you need are Tesla Superchargers.
I agree! I had a Chademo adapter and after carrying it for several years, I sold it as I never found the need for it.
Unless you travel between major cities on main highways in Quebec, you need a CHAdeMO or an eventual CCS. There are really not enough Superchargers to cover our territory here. I'm sure it's the same in other provinces and possibly other countries. There might be regions in the USA that are poorly covered in SuCs too?
Look, if all the other EV drivers are going to be sitting in our Supercharging stations, I want the option to be able to sit at their EA stations.
It's going to have to be available in NA- Tesla already mentioned they have a working adapter (going the other way) for Tesla to open the supercharger network to others.
That isn't an official Tesla account. But I do hope that the statement turns out to be correct.
Indeed. The Supercharger advantage goes away if we can't use them because they're filled with Mach-Es, ID.4s, and Leafs. A CCS-1 adapter will help with that.
Yes, it is. (At least I am 99.9% sure it is.)
It was created by Michael Rihani when he worked at Tesla as was in charge of the Superchargers. (He just recently left Tesla.)
Jeremy3292
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That absolutely is an official Tesla account. It has the blue checkmark. No way Twitter is verifying a fake Tesla account. Tesla would surely have it taken down.
CubedRoot
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CubedRoot
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Wonder what they plan on doing for Model 3's like me that are pre-2020 and didn't come with the PLC modem in them?
It was created by the head of Supercharging, and has the Twitter check mark indicating that it has been verified. So we are sure it is official.
They will likely have a retrofit option available, that will cost more, just like they do with the CCS adapter in Europe.
Jeremy3292
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I have a 2021 M3 LR so I don't have this issue, but can you explain what the issue is? I don't follow. Pre-2020 M3 can't use CCS chargers even with an official Tesla adapter?
We don't know when Tesla started including the hardware necessary to talk to CCS chargers in the North American Model 3s...
True. I'm reading on a local Tesla group (from a person knowledgeable in electric vehicles) that only 2021 models might have the onboard charger that's compatible with CCS. That's what I'm assuming so far, trusting that person, that 2018-2020 models will need a retrofit, if Tesla offer it.
TO BE CLEAR: This is not an official statement from my part. It's what I believe as of now, based on what I've read elsewhere. Nothing more.
TO BE CLEAR: This is not an official statement from my part. It's what I believe as of now, based on what I've read elsewhere. Nothing more.
Jeremy3292
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This would make logical sense as Tesla has been teasing that CCS adapter in North America for what seems like ages now. There are articles from 2019 and 2020 about it readily available on Google. So with the 2021 refresh in Q4 2020, they added this to the list of things they "refreshed." However, logic doesn't always equal the truth!
Odd. I'm certain that the certified checkmark wasn't there when I looked this morning. Browser or site issue maybe, or maybe fat-fingering (AKA clicking on the wrong link!). Oh well.
CubedRoot
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We'll get the CCS passive adapter in the US, but there will be a caveat that certain build dates (pre 2020 is my guess) will need to have a mobile service scheduled to upgrade the Charge Port ECU to a Gen4 at a marginal cost. Thankfully the Charge Port ECU's are not very expensive, even on Tesla Parts website.
You can see we're up to a GEN4 on the Charge Port ECU, Here's the part numbers for a model 3:
1092755-98-D <--- Gen3
and
1537264-00-B <--- Gen 4
Both of those are for the NA market.
And right on the parts website: https://share.getcloudapp.com/yAu047K2
Check this video, Ingineerix mentions that the PLC modem didn't start going into North American Tesla's until about 2020:
You can see we're up to a GEN4 on the Charge Port ECU, Here's the part numbers for a model 3:
1092755-98-D <--- Gen3
and
1537264-00-B <--- Gen 4
Both of those are for the NA market.
And right on the parts website: https://share.getcloudapp.com/yAu047K2
Check this video, Ingineerix mentions that the PLC modem didn't start going into North American Tesla's until about 2020:
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