> It is profoundly stupid to not agree on a charging standard. North America is now slowly standardizing on CCS with Tesla's plug on the end.
Or maybe it's smart to subsidize companies making their standard open so that the companies can pick the best one. It took what, less than 1 year after the subsidies were introduced for basically everybody announcing they're switching to Tesla's standard?
EVs are one thing too, but I really feel like the EU is gonna stunt tech advancements with making usb-c mandatory for everything.
>As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in 2021, the US Government announced it would offer $7.5 billion in federal subsidies to build out a nationwide network of fast chargers at least every 50 miles along America’s major roads. One requirement to access the funding was that the chargers must be accessible by multiple brands of electric cars.
> In May 2023, the Ford Motor Company became the first large automaker to announce that it would use NACS with their electric vehicles.[19] Starting in 2025, new Ford electric vehicles will have native NACS charge ports and prior electric Ford models will be able to connect to NACS chargers by use of a NACS to CCS1 adapter.
>From June 2023 through January 2024, automakers BMW Group, Fisker, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai Motor Group, Jaguar Land Rover, Lucid Motors, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Polestar, Rivian, Subaru, Toyota, Volvo Cars, and Volkswagen Group all announced that they would equip their electric vehicles sold in the North American market with NACS charge ports from the factory starting in 2025, with adapters available for existing vehicles.[27][28][29] As of January 2024, Mitsubishi Motors and Stellantis, are the only legacy automakers who have not announced that they will adopt NACS.[30]
To me, this seems like the connector war is finished.
Or maybe it's smart to subsidize companies making their standard open so that the companies can pick the best one. It took what, less than 1 year after the subsidies were introduced for basically everybody announcing they're switching to Tesla's standard?
EVs are one thing too, but I really feel like the EU is gonna stunt tech advancements with making usb-c mandatory for everything.