Is anyone other than me disturbed by the fragmented nature of current/future charging plans? It would seem Tesla, Porsche, VW, Rivan.... as well as charge-only providers such as Electrify America, Charge Point, et. al. are rolling out a future where only some chargers can charge some EVs, but not others.
Can you image it's the early 1900's and Fords can only fill up at a Ford gas station.... General Motors at a GM station, etc. Why does every company seem to have to reinvent what Tesla has done with the SC network?
While CCS does appear to be the front-runner fast charging standard, it is not the only one. It is the wild west here and nobody seems interested in getting on the same page!
Is there any push to a charging standard with EV interoperability?
Honestly by this point with Model 3 as successful as it's been and with most auto manufacturers promising EV models on the roads in the next few years, I would expect a 3rd party charge vendor to be setting up shop at convenience stores and rest stops across the US, but it really isn't happening (yet).
Is there anywhere in the rest of the world where EV adoption is higher than in the US, where we could look and see what our EV away-from-home charging future looks like?
Can you image it's the early 1900's and Fords can only fill up at a Ford gas station.... General Motors at a GM station, etc. Why does every company seem to have to reinvent what Tesla has done with the SC network?
While CCS does appear to be the front-runner fast charging standard, it is not the only one. It is the wild west here and nobody seems interested in getting on the same page!
Is there any push to a charging standard with EV interoperability?
Honestly by this point with Model 3 as successful as it's been and with most auto manufacturers promising EV models on the roads in the next few years, I would expect a 3rd party charge vendor to be setting up shop at convenience stores and rest stops across the US, but it really isn't happening (yet).
Is there anywhere in the rest of the world where EV adoption is higher than in the US, where we could look and see what our EV away-from-home charging future looks like?