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That is true today for the USA.I agree, no point in making a CCS adapter when the Supercharger network exists. Last thing I need is Teslas clogging up the still fragile CCS network. Plus with a CHAdeMO adapter, there's probably like 5% of CCS stations that DON'T also have a CHAdeMO plug.
Unless EVSE manufacturers start dropping CHAdeMO entirely, the CHAdeMO adapter should be all that a Tesla owner would need.
During the coming five years there will be >50 models from VAG, Mercedes Benz, BMW, PSA, Renault, JLR and others that will all have CCS. Europe is already becoming well-covered with CCS which is accelerating very rapidly. NA is also accelerating and CCS-only DC Fast will become ubiquitous quickly.
The Tesla vehicles will also need CCS and continue to need CHAdeMO, depending on the market. Superchargers are bound to be the first choice but they will not be the only choice.
BEV’s are about to meet near-global critical mass. As such the more fast-charging choices the better for everyone. We should think ahead at least to 2022 to think about what charging options will be needed. Tesla alone probably cannot support sparsely travelled routes such as Paris-Dakar or Tierra del Fuego- Deadhorse. The added volumes of CCS only BEV’s probably will make such exotic routes achievable. If BEV’s are to become what many nations expect by 2030 we need to accept that CCS/Supercharging/CHAdeMO will all be playing a role, as will the odd AC in very remote places.
Definitely technical advances in energy storage, charging technology and increased operating efficiencies will all have major improvements. Each such improvement will encourage more people to travel to less populous areas. The charging infrastructure must replicate fossil fuel distribution capacity soon. Certainly it will not be cheap to refuel in Paxton, AK even though @AudubonB will find a way to make certain we’ll have charging when we get there! Be confident that such trips are not very far away.
If we do not think in such terms we will not actually reach ICE replacement.