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Can you imagine a what would have happened if the car charging infrastructure would have used your regular 120/230V plugs? This isn’t a great example because,
by jrmg 1mo ago
Can you imagine a what would have happened if the car charging infrastructure would have used your regular 120/230V plugs?
This isn’t a great example because, on the ‘other side', car chargers also have different size cables between the ‘charger’ (EVSE) and the car, with the same plug used on them all (especially with NACS, which doesn’t even differentiate between AC and DC plugs). They rely on negotiation to tell the car how much power it can draw. No-one complains about this.
- po1nt 1mo agoWe are lucky we don't need to transfer (so much) data over these. Just imagine looking for Gen 2x2 or Gen 2 SuperSpeed charging station.
- asteroidburger 1mo agoNo, we need to transfer a lot of power instead. So those with 800v cars need to be mindful to visit certain charger stations/types over other ones in order to get a fast charge, vs relying on the car to boost it from an older station.
- po1nt 1mo agoJust imagine you would visit such charging station and it would support the fast charge. But only the connector, not the cable.