• BuySellHoldFinance@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Okay, so how do you want to word it, then? Tesla and 3rd party providers could have employed any protocol with the open-sourced hardware, but they settled on CCS since that’s what nearly all non-Tesla EVs already use?

    That’s up to the 3rd party providers. But NACS is not a communication protocol.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve been staring at our exchange, and I finally understand why you were so adamant about your point. The way I worded my position implied that Tesla would be dropping their proprietary protocol when communicating with Tesla vehicles and switching entirely to CCS for v4 and converted v3 sites.

      I know that is not the case at all, and I see now that my wording left open that possibility. I think we all understand that Tesla-branded superchargers will run multiple protocols over the same connector, while 3rd party providers will not have access to Tesla’s proprietary protocol and will therefore run CCS-only. If Tesla dropped their proprietary protocol, they would abandon hundreds of thousands of drivers with older cars that do not have CCS support (like mine).