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• DacoTaco@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Only in the us afaik. In the eu this didnt fly. We use menekes type 2 and ccs2, including all teslas.

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• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was under the impression that their standard was objectively better than alternatives, so that was a net positive?

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  • Silentiea@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are upsides and downsides to it vs other standards, but the main point was that it’s a closed standard that no one else was showed to use (until recently), and so Tesla drivers had to go to Tesla charging stations, not the ones run by other companies or individuals

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    • cole@lemdro.id ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      that’s not true, there’s been adapters for Tesla drivers to visit other charging stations for a long time now

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    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      For sure, not defending the road to get here, just acknowledging that in this case it worked out.

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• ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I hate to side with ElMo, but didn’t that happen because they kick started the EV car wave? And apparently their solution was also the better option, or something to that effect.

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  • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think Nikolai Tesla did that a really long time ago.

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    • ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      He made electric cars?!

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      • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, and cell phones and long-range wireless charging.

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