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Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, Too (www.thedrive.com)
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[–] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Fast chargers at sizeable gas stations make sense. Sheetz has already been putting them in at some larger locations.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Sheets hasn't Tesla has been installing them at places like Sheetz.

    Anyway, it looks like the NACS is winning the standards war, so everyone will benefit from their early investment.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not just Tesla and not just NACS. Other charging networks using CCS are going into Sheetz as well. I know I always stop at two Electrify America Sheetz locations on the PA turnpike whenever I drive it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    While I'm sure Electrify America is doing the same thing as Tesla (installing electric "gas stations" at regular gas stations, because it's an obvious place to put them), I've only seen one ccs charger in my life.

    I've never actually seen anyone use it, and it's frequently got tape around it.

    I take that tape as "it's broken" but I don't care to check on it.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    A Tesla driver probably wouldn't have any great need to see a CCS charger, just like a non-Tesla diver has little reason to go to a Tesla supercharger. They're around, though. EA seems to like putting chargers in Sheetz and Walmart. Chargepoint is less predictable as to where you'll find them. They do seen broken more often than they should be (usually seems to be a computer/software issue), though, I'll give you that.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    just like a non-Tesla diver has little reason to go to a Tesla supercharger.

    a whole bunch of companies are adopting the tesla charger design.

    Nissan, Honda, Ford, GM, MB, Volvo already confirmed and more coming.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    None of them have cars on the road using NACS yet , though.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    no doubt, but it seems pretty obvious that it's the next step.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    For now, sure. Car makers want to support the connector that has the most chargers out there. The competition won't go away, though. Most seem to agree that CCS2 is a superior connector to both CCS1 and NACS. What it amounts to is that EV owners will just have to have adapters in their car. Tesla's move to NACS at least makes that possible (as the connectors will at least all share a communication protocol, as far as I understand).

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