‘current regulations are written to require #CCS, and also require 20th-century style gas station functions which Tesla does not support because their designs are more modern and customer-friendly’ #NACS #EV https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2023/06/09/gm-joins-ford-to-switch-to-tesla-charging-killing-ccs--should-tesla-just-run-all-charging/
‘likely that the regulations demanding CCS will eventually be modified to be friendlier to NACS and Tesla style of “plug and play” stations which share power and do not have screens or credit card readers’
‘With gasoline thinking, you go to pubic stations and fill up when empty. For EV thinking, you charge where you are already parking’
‘The government wanted to subsidize charging but it doesn’t fit the usual mold to subsidize private locations’
‘At fast chargers and public chargers it’s 32 to 50 cents/kWh, which doesn’t save compared to gasoline’
‘Tesla never did a 20th century, “gas pump” style design. They built a “plug and play” system where drivers just plug in and walk away. Drivers absolutely love it’
‘each car at the [#Tesla] station will have arrived at different times, and will be able to take a different amount of power. Having 8 stalls and 600kW is better than 4 stalls with 150kW assured to each stall’ which IRA requires