Hey smart people... why did CCS become the standard anyway?
It was probably to slow down Nissan and not become dependent on a Japanese DC FC standard (CHAdeMO). The slowing down Nissan part worked.
This was the what many of us felt in Leaf-land when bunch of European and American automakers decided to create yet another standard:
SAE Planning vote to formally deny CHAdeMO in US - Page 2 - My Nissan Leaf Forum
All of those automakers didn't ship DC fast charging capable vehicles for years and some took very long time (e.g. Audi, Ford, Volvo, Porsche, etc.) Chrysler still hasn't and Ford didn't until gen 2 of Focus Electric which sold in tiny numbers then went away, leaving them again selling no BEVs. (Yes, Mach-E is coming but it doesn't look like customers have received theirs yet.)
That resulted in two plugs, depending on region: Combo1 (aka CCS1 aka SAE Combo used in the US and Canada) and Combo2 (aka CCS2 used in Europe).
A big disadvantage is it is larger in size to the Tesla connector. It appears the Tesla connector should have become the standard.
You mean the proprietary connector Tesla chose to use in its cars in North American starting w/the Model S? Keep in mind Teslas Model S and later in Europe ship with different inlets. See
CCS Adapter for North America. And in, China, they use two different GB/T inlets:
CCS Adapter for North America.
BTW, Tesla didn't unveil their Superchargers until Sept 2012:
. I don't recall any sort of DC fast charging having being announced when the Model S shipped in early June 2012 (
First 2012 Tesla Model S Delivered To Earliest Depositor Steve Jurvetson (Video)). There were rumors about DC fast charging, battery swapping and the like back then but it wasn't clear.
Meanwhile, the Leaf that shipped in Dec 2010 could have CHAdeMO I'm pretty sure from day 1.
The original Roadster (shipped years before Leaf) had a totally different proprietary connector and Tesla has never provided a means to DC FC those.