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Four Automakers Team Up To Create an Electric Car Charging Network Across Europe (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: A group of automakers has created a new company to build a network of 400 fast chargers across Europe ahead of the wave of new electric cars they've promised in the next few years, as countries push EVs as a way to meet emissions goals. Ionity, announced Friday by BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and the Volkswagen Group, will install a network of 400 high-power EV chargers across Europe by 2020. There are already 20 chargers under the Ionity network that are being installed this year in Germany, Austria, and Norway at 75-mile intervals, the companies said. Those chargers would also be maintained through partnerships with stores such as Tank & Rast, Circle K, and OMV. Such a network is also necessary to compete with the efforts from Tesla's Supercharger network, which is now 7,000 strong worldwide. It uses the company's own connector and started a major European expansion three years ago. To that, Ionity has invited other companies to join the venture in which the four initial automakers have an equal share.
No, they are using CCS.
https://electrek.co/2017/11/03...
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how about outrageously priced adaptors so Teslas can use other EV chargers
The most common EV charger is SAE J1772 standard. A Tesla comes with an adapter to charge at a J1772 charger. It costs $95 to replace.
https://shop.tesla.com/us/en/product/vehicle-accessories/model-s_x_3-sae-j1772-charging-adapter.html?sku=1067348-00-A
Teslas also come with an adapter kit that allows charging from 120 Volt or 240 Volt outlets. $550 to replace it.
https://shop.tesla.com/us/en/product/vehicle-accessories/model-s_x-mobile-connector-bundle.html?sku=1025821-00-G
Tesla also has a CHAdeMO adapter. $450 to buy one.
https://shop.tesla.com/us/en/product/vehicle-accessories/model-s_x-chademo-adapter.html?sku=1036392-10-D
A Tesla can charge pretty much anywhere with adapters.
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No, at least in Europe, there are only three standards for fast charging. One of which is a proprietary solution by Tesla (which is unlikely to support charging currents much higher than the current 250 A as the pins are relatively small), the other is CCS2, the standard most companies are/will be using with available designs up to 1000 V and 500 A, and then there is CHAdeMO, which is used by Japanese makes. I am pretty sure that CHAdeMO will disappear in a few years (as you need a second charging port for AC whereas with a CCS inlet, you have a combined AC/DC port), and it would also make sense for Tesla to switch to CCS2 as it would be physically compatible with their current plug, and just require two additional pins.
So I think in 5 years, most or all cars sold in Europe will have the CCS2 port.