Tesla is gradually opening its Supercharger network to electric cars from other manufacturers. After Europe, it will soon be the same. America's turn too. Surprisingly, the manufacturer has decided to open its proprietary charging protocol with the precise aim of trying to impose its connector on the American market.
As we know, when Tesla started ; to produce electric cars, there was no dominant charging standard. Therefore, the American brand he developed one of her . Obviously, many things have changed since then and, today, the dominant charging standard in Europe and the United States is the charging standard. the CCS. On the American market, however, Teslas are still offered with their own connector which is the same. compatible with American Superchargers. In Europe, on the other hand, cars are now offered with the CCS connector and the Supercharger stations have been progressively adapted to the new charging standard.
ULTRA HIGH POWER CHARGING
Tesla claims that after more than a decade of use and an equivalent of 20 billion miles (32 billion km) of charging, their proprietary connector is dead. "the most tested in North America”.
The company ` by Elon Musk has therefore decided to open his standard by calling it the North American Charging Standard (NACS), so that any other company can adopt it.
We urge charging network operators and vehicle manufacturers to place the Tesla charging connector and charging port, now called the North American Charging Standard (NACS), on their charging stations and vehicles.
Tesla notes that the connector has no moving parts, there is no moving part. half the sizeand twice as much powerful than CCS connectors. Besides, it also supports AC charging. The interesting aspect of the Tesla connector is the which appears to be capable of operating at much higher powers. higher than we thought until now.
In fact, it can; operate at both 500V and 1,000V. In addition, Tesla added that it is; capable of operating at over 900 A. This means that, potentially, it would be possible to recharge up to a power of 900 kW, more of 3 times the current capacity; declared one of the most recent supercharger stations from Tesla. Until now there was talk of powers like this; high only for the connectors dedicated to the Tesla Semi electric truck. Instead, it seems that Elon Musk's company originally designed its connector for cars with the future in mind.
Tesla's move is the only way to move. very interesting just in view of the opening of Supercharger stations in America. Given the capillarity of its charging network and having regard to the specifications of its standard which already exists; today it potentially guarantees very high charging powers on paper, operators and car manufacturers could be tempted to follow Tesla on this technical path.
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