I talked a tech disassembling a Tesla charger yesterday.
He said they’re installing a computer unit that allows Tesla chargers to work with other brands of car via the app.
These are NOT magic dock stations and NOT V4 stations. Just generic V3 stations with NACS handles.
He said that within the next few days, in our region 100% of V3 chargers will support other brands and will be able to initiate charging from the app.
Obviously, those cars would need an external adapter. He even showed me the unit inside the charger that enables communication with the app to allow this and said all V3 chargers nationwide were getting this module “very soon” if it wasn’t already installed.
He also showed me the cool liquid cooling setup in V3 supercharger cables (he was swapping the cable performing preventative maintenance).
He said that NO V2 Superchargers would ever support third-party charging and they will only ever work with Tesla cars. Unsure how authoritative that is, but he said the unit that enables charging via the app just doesn’t exist and has no means of being adapted to a V2 supercharger.
He said V4 superchargers are going to be a least into next year before we see any (he may have meant in this region).
This is interesting information! Sounds like the ability to communicate via CCS is not inherently native to V3 and has to be retrofitted. The physical Magic Dock rollouts likely overshadowed the backend module installation work that also probably happened at the same time.
If Tesla is doing these stealthy installations now in anticipation of Ford and GM gaining access, then it’ll be instant and seamless for the coming CCS cars. Classic Tesla, gotta love ‘em.