[Super Duty]

At the FT Future of Cars Conference, Elon Musk suggested that Tesla will be adding CCS connectors directly at Superchargers.

“It’s a little trickier in the US because we have a different connector than the rest of the industry, but we will be adding the rest of the industry connector as an option to Superchargers in the US.”

Tesla will add CCS connectors to Supercharger stations in the US, says Elon Musk

Tesla will add CCS connectors to its Supercharger stations in the United States to let non-Tesla EV owners access the...

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Tesla will add CCS connectors to its Supercharger stations in the United States to let non-Tesla EV owners access the extensive charging network.


The company already announced plans to open its Supercharger network to all-electric vehicles globally, but the rollout of the initiative has been slow and is currently limited to Europe. The move makes sense considering Tesla has adopted the CCS standards in Europe like all other automakers and its Supercharger stations are already equipped with CCS connectors.

In North America, Tesla uses its own proprietary connector on both its vehicles and its Supercharger stations. This approach prevents non-Tesla EV owners from using the Supercharger network and limits Tesla owners to the Supercharger network for fast-charging unless they can get their hands on a CHAdeMO or CCS adapter.

It hasn’t been clear how Tesla plans to implement its plan to open the Supercharger network in the United States, but CEO Elon Musk previously talked about having an adapter at the stations for non-Tesla EV owners to use.

Now at the FT Future of Cars Conference, Musk hinted that Tesla will be adding the CCS connectors directly at the stations:

“It’s a little trickier in the US because we have a different connector than the rest of the industry, but we will be adding the rest of the industry connector as an option to Superchargers in the US.”

This comes after Tesla filed for incentives to deploy Supercharger stations in Texas with both CCS and Tesla connectors.

It’s also an approach similar to the one that Tesla took in Europe when first switching to the CCS standard with the Model 3. New Supercharger stations would get both Tesla and CCS connectors, and the automaker started to retrofit some existing stations as well.

The CEO didn’t offer a timeline on when Tesla plans to start adding CCS connectors to stations in the United States.

 

[FM_Jack]

I've only been loosely following this. Has there been any mention of the speeds a non-tesla user could expect? Or would the max still work with a CCS adapter?

 

[Voltz]

Or would the max still work with a CCS adapter?

The terminology now being used is that they are going to add CCS 'connectors'. That's would not be an adapter in my use of the term. I would expect that charging would be at the rating of the Tesla charger, although that's not stated..

 

[ChasingCoral]

I've only been loosely following this. Has there been any mention of the speeds a non-tesla user could expect? Or would the max still work with a CCS adapter?

In Europe, non-Tesla vehicles can charge at their full speeds. Since Tesla is talking about adding CCS cords, CCS vehicles should be able to charge at the lower of the charger speed or vehicle charging speed. It won't go over as well if CCS vehicles charge more slowly. Besides, Tesla won't want those other vehicles taking up space.

Time will tell.

 

[Super Duty]

In Europe, non-Tesla vehicles can charge at their full speeds. Since Tesla is talking about adding CCS cords, CCS vehicles should be able to charge at the lower of the charger speed or vehicle charging speed. It won't go over as well if CCS vehicles charge more slowly. Besides, Tesla won't want those other vehicles taking up space.

Time will tell.

Tesla announced they're starting a pilot project with non-Teslas being able to charge in Belgium, the UK, Austria, Spain and Sweden.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1527012182130573313