07-09-2023, 05:44 AM
JoeH wrote:
As for "BETTER", in what way is it better than besides being widely in existence mostly for Tesla use at this point? Technically there have been connectors designed and deployed to handle greater charge rates, just not widely in the passenger car field.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stacynoblet...connector/
Adding NACS to vehicles means more EVs are compatible with Tesla’s Supercharger network.
It fits an existing charging network with a good reputation in the United States and the connector is smaller than CCS so some people have an easier time with it.
That's the whole story.
...There's already a standard thru most of Europe and they're a decade or more ahead of us in charging infrastructure (on the CCS standard that US car-makers have mostly been using) so there's no compelling reason to make any change to vehicles there.
And there's at least one potential hangup...
NACS has not yet been vetted by a standards development organization like SAE or ISO.