Tesla launches new 'universal wall connector' that puts the charging world on notice
Tesla launches new 'universal wall connector' that puts the charging world on notice
Tesla has launched a product: the Tesla Universal Wall Connector. The product is perfect for non-Tesla EV buyers in North America.
The product is inspired by Tesla’s Magic Dock, a new adapter integrated into Supercharger stations. The Magic Dock serves as the receptor for the Supercharger handle, but when unlocked by a non-Tesla EV owner, it sticks to the connector, gets out of the charging stall, and acts as a CCS adapter.
Now Tesla is doing the same thing, but for home charging and commercial level 2 charging.
Soooo... A Tesla EVSE that comes with a Tesla tap and a little storage spot? That "puts the charging world on notice"?
Headline is a bit sensational, but having a single charger that can charge any EV at home without an adapter is really helpful and could convince tesla and non tesla owners, as well as businesses that provide charging for customers to consider it over other options.
Edit: I often see a mix of Tesla and JS1772 chargers at l2 spots, now they could all be just this.
It's is an adapter though, just designed to stick in the base or nozzle. Maybe it has some kind of locking mechanism so it doesn't get lost.
Not a bad design, don't get me wrong, but mostly I'm annoyed at that ridiculous headline. It's not exactly revolutionary, just putting together 2 things that already exist.
Why is the US hesitant to just legally mandate a specific charger like is done in Europe and Oceania with CCS2? I suppose this does help a little bit to remedy the bizarre charging landscape there, though I can't help but wonder if this whole thing could've been avoided...
The CCS system for the US was finalized well after Tesla had a lot of cars on the road, and is pretty inferior to Tesla's NACS and CCS2. It's not a direct comparison to what happened in the EU.
Maybe they were worried about forcing an inferior standard too soon, and wanted to see how the market would play out?
Do you want to be in a lawsuit over standards with, at the time your only 100% EV car manufacturer, and only manufacturer that even thinks its possible to do 100% EVs, over an inferior standard that early on?
The GOP talks nonstop about not doing stuff like that, and the DEMs would be fighting against the only auto manufacturer company fighting climate change and pushing things forward.
The longer the other OEMs dragged their feet, and the more cars Tesla pumped out using NACS probably made the fight harder and harder to have.
Maybe if they did though, they could have pushed Telsa to open theirs much sooner as well though?
It looks like it's happening on its own now as everyone now moves to NACS but ya, it would have been nicer sooner.
Edit: maybe even just talking about forcing a standard could have convinced Tesla to do this sooner as well?
I still charge my car off 120v as it's all we need, but our land lord was considering getting a wall charger at one point. Even though I drive a Tesla, they were still thinking of installing a non Tesla one so it would work for any other EV we purchased, or new tenants in the future. This is a welcome change.