How to charge your non-Tesla at a Supercharger and what NOT to do!

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zfg · 2025-01 · Reference

> Tesla's charging infrastrucute is a competitive advantage. Tesla's charging network being closed is detrimental to EVs. Closed, incompatible infrastructure is dumb infrastructure. Closed, incompatible infrastructure is backward and primitive. As a self respecting car buyer you should actively select against brands that try to lock you in and brands that try to shut you out. What you want is smart infrastructure. You want to demand that all brands of EV can charge on all brands of charger with no dumb charging accounts. The good news is Tesla chargers work with non-Tesla EVs. They've been open to all EVs in Europe for years. They're open to all EVs in Australia. Tesla has even started to open them to all EVs in North America. It works because Tesla has adopted the CCS charging standard in North America (just like Tesla was already using in Europe and Australia). NACS is CCS charging with the J3400 plug. J3400 is the third plug type CCS supports. Here's a Chevy Bolt charging on a Tesla charger in California. It works because it's CCS: [LINK] Here's an MG charging on a Tesla charger in Australia: [LINK] Here's a BMW charging on a Tesla charger in England: [VIDEO] Here's a Kia charging on a Tesla charger in England. No dumb Tesla account, no idiot Tesla app. Contactless payment just as Nature intended: [LINK]

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peutetre · 2024-05 · Reference

Tesla's chargers have charged all brands in Europe for a long time now. Here's one charging a BMW: [VIDEO] Another BMW: [LINK] Here's one charging a 400 volt Kia: [LINK] Here's one not doing a good job charging an 800 volt Kia: [LINK] Tesla does need to do better on 800 volt charging. If Alpitronic, Kempower, ABB, EvBox, and friends can all do it then Tesla can do it too.

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clouddrover · 2023-11 · Reference

> We already live in a world where ... other cars can only charge at unreliable expensive non-Tesla chargers. No, that's North America. Europe is different: [VIDEO] Although Tesla's V4 chargers still suck for 800 volt cars which is a shame. Tesla must try harder: [LINK] [LINK]

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