Chung Jae-hoon, the president of Hyundai Motor Company, discussed the company’s plans concerning electric vehicle charging during the Goodwood Festival in West Sussex, England. Following the unveiling of the first high-performance electric vehicle, the Ioniq 5 N, under Hyundai's core electrifica

Hyundai Motors Announces Intent to Share Tesla Charging Infrastructure::Chung Jae-hoon, the president of Hyundai Motor Company, discussed the company’s plans concerning electric vehicle charging during the Goodwood Festival in West Sussex, England. Following the unveiling of the first high-performance electric vehicle, the Ioniq 5 N, under Hyundai's core electrifica

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      “should we use an open standard for this new plug?”

      “No, no. Make sure we as a society are beholden to one company forever until about the end of the year .”

      Fixed that for you.

      First, the signally protocol used for all non-Tesla cars at superchargers CCS, which is already an open standard. Tesla cars made after 2022 can also talk CCS to all non-Tesla chargers (with a cheap retrofit for many pre-2022 Tesla cars).

      Second, the NACS physical connector is going through SAE standardiztion right now as we speak and that is expected to be complete about the end of the year. If you like you can already start calling it the open standard SAE J3400.