Allen K

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Uncropped charging picture

AMIRZA786

​​​​​​ Just a lesson on how slight alterations can change the whole picture... literally

bitkahuna

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^^ still stupid - why not disconnect the trailer so they could use the charging station more easily?

Allen K

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Because people are lazy

LeX2K

Rivian joins the party.

Margate330

Cool deal Lex,

Who do ya'll predict will be next to join the NACS party?

So far we have Ford, Rivian, and I saw someone post GM(I think?).

geko29

Yeah GM for sure, it was a joint live announcement with Barra and Musk.

I think VWAG will be next.

AMIRZA786

Fast and reliable charging infrastructure is the last piece for non Tesla EV's reaching mass adoption. This is good news for the industry as a whole, as people who want a BEV other than a Tesla will now have reliable access to fast charging. As I mentioned in my Model Y thread, my daughter travelled over 1000 miles during a busy three day holiday weekend and had no issues accessing fast charging. She did run into one bad charger, but there were so many that she was able to just move on to another one

AMIRZA786

The dominos continue to fall

Hyundai to consider joining Tesla's North American charging standard alliance

Reuters
June 20, 20231:37 AM PDTUpdated 7 hours ago

"SEOUL, June 20 (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) will consider making its vehicles more readily compatible with the charging standard Tesla (TSLA.O) is pushing for in North America, the South Korean automaker's CEO said on Tuesday."

"Tesla's Superchargers make up about 60% of available U.S. fast chargers and Ford (F.N) and General Motors (GM.N) have in recent weeks struck deals with Tesla to use its charging technology, now dubbed the North American Charging Standard (NACS)"

https://www.reuters.com/business/aut...ce-2023-06-20/

LeX2K

CEO of Loooooocid Mowtors throws shade on Tesla's network says the plug is just plastic and copper nothing special, network needs to be 1000 volt. Ideally yes and will be eventually Tesla's V4 charger is 1000 volt capable. I don't know how this clown still has a job.

AMIRZA786

The direction Lucid is heading, he may not have a job soon enough

LeX2K

All the more reason to adopt NACS what is he thinking? Dude your company has issues selling the cars you produce which is hardly any you need every possible advantage.

AMIRZA786

Regarding this post, our Operations Manager actually sent a request to Tesla after I forwarded it to a few people (including our CFO) as a half joke. Here's the response from Tesla:




So we might be getting Tesla chargers soon at the office!

LeX2K

Wow that would ideal for you.

AMIRZA786

To be honest, I would probably rarely use them as I charge at home. But there are at least 3 employees with Tesla's that have long commutes and live in rentals, so don't charge at home. This would benefit them