Technology Connections
3 HN mentions · mentioned in 3 months, 2022
29:57 · 1.3M views · May 13, 2022
Technology Connections explains how modern EV fast charging can fill a battery in about 10 to 20 minutes, covering charging standards and EV road trips.
Cited as a good explainer on EV charging, including the CCS standard with Tesla as the holdout.
3 comments from Hacker News
The industry _has_ standardized, except for one hold-out (Tesla): this video > CCS is the established industry standard DC fast-charging connector, and every automaker selling cars for the US market is already using it, or, in the case of Nissan, has pledged to use it going forward. Except, oh right, except for... them [Tesla]. The charger situation is quite analogous to Lightning vs. USB-C for smartphones. USB-C is the industry standard, and there's one manufacturer still using a proprietary connector. And in both cases, the hold-out manufacturer provides an adapter cable so you can use the standard connector. (To your point about standardized batteries having approximately 0% chance of happening any time soon, I 100% agree.)
I have no experience with EVs, but everything I've heard from people who own them is that they slow-charge them at home. You only need to use a rapid charger if you're driving very long distances or all day long. The newest cars combined with the best DC fast charge you can buy will fill the car up in about 10-20 minutes. The next tier down of charger and car battery is more like 30 minutes. This is from this video on the subject of EV roadtripping: this video
Tesla said in May that it would be adding CCS adapters to its Supercharger stations, already used in Europe: [LINK] Now they're trying to declare their own charger as a "standard", after launching a $250 adapter in September to use the actual standard plug? Also, obligatory Technology Connections video: this video