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Tesla Announces CCS1 Adapter Coming to S. Korea Early 2021

Discussion in 'Supercharging & Charging Infrastructure' started by quadmotors, Dec 15, 2020.

  1. quadmotors

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    Scheduled to be released in the first half on next year!!
     
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    Source?? Cost?
     
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    It's a good question. The European experience was that a mod was required but that may have been related to Type II.
     
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    Is this for compliance with new legislation in South Korea? I'm sure Tesla designed this a while ago, I wonder why they'd decide to release it now and only announce it for the Korean market.
     
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    CCS1 has been designated as standard in South Korea, and charging facilities equipped with CHAdeMO will no longer be expanded. For this reason, Tesla Korea has continuously promoted the development of CCS1.
     
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    There's a third party adapter that was "invented" in Korea and is now for sale in the US (and maybe worldwide). My guess is Tesla is trying to quash the Korean company by providing an "official" adapter, especially in Korea.
    CCS Adapter | SETEC POWER
     
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    #12 cwerdna, Dec 16, 2020
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    Tesla to offer adapter CCS1 to their autos has a bit more background info. Wesley (who posted that reply) is a Bolt driver in South Korea.

    He says
     
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    Yes. Biden said frequently in his campaign speeches that one way to create jobs with clean energy was installing thousands of EV chargers across the USA. If these are going to be Detroit-compatible (what are the odds?) the cheapest route is CCS-only. When CCS is the best alternative to Supercharger in an area, or more available, this adapter would be indispensable.

    The only problem I see is that these chargers tend to appear at best in pairs. To get other EV adoption as good or better than Tesla, 4-charger and 8-charger setups (like Tesla's chargers) will soon be necessary. Ditto for L2 chargers in hotels, etc.
     
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    Electrify America's sites tend to have 5 SAE Combo handles + 1 CHAdeMO handle, across 3 DC FC units.

    The EVgo installations I've seen tend to only have 2 dual-standard DC FCs. I know of one location with three.
     
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    The mods would have to be made to NA vehicles (except maybe Ravens?). Unless the adapter has electronics in it (like the Setec) S and C vehicles have no circuitry to support communication to CCS chargers
     
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    but this is the core question - do they really have a different circuit board for only Korean cars, and another different one for Europe, or would they have the same electronics every car (except early S and X) and only the charger port unit is different? OTOH, even so it may mean a software change needs to be toggled instead.
     
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    I can imagine a transition period where a new circuit board is trialled in S. Korea first. That would imply that older Tesla cars lack the necessary hardware. How old, is anyone's guess.

    We should find out soon enough when the adapter goes live.
     
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    Saw that the adapter was $500. So the guess was that any electronics for communication needed were built into the adapter.
     
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    I thought someone in one of these threads (too many CCS1 threads now) said that the signaling was the same in CCS1 and CCS2, only the pin arrangements were different? If so, then presumably the circuit boards have been able to communicate CCS signals since the European model came out. (Or, there's a software switch that needs throwing)? I would find it less likely that each locale has a different board, more likely there's a single versatile board and only the chargeport socket unit varies by country or continent. If I were Elon, that's how I'd do it. Less hassles, less parts less everything.
     
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