Tesla’s plans to open its Supercharger network to accommodate other electric vehicles (EVs) is facing delays due to the unexpected layoffs within Tesla’s Supercharging team. Originally, Tesla had announced electric vehicles (EVs) from General Motors […]
Yet there’s delays because of Tesla
Nowhere in the article or the other article does it explicitly say it’s because of Tesla. It does say that Polestar and GM have made the announcements of the delays.
First freaking paragraph
Tesla only delays Tesla.
The article is about them delaying other manufacturers from accessing their network so it’s not as open as they want you to believe.
The connector is open, Tesla’s charging network is not.
So we fucked up
It doesn’t matter what they want you to believe, the connector is not dependent on their network.
It’s in the first paragraph
Those are delays for Tesla Superchargers, not delays in choosing a national standard. That’s already done. We haven’t fucked up anything. NACS is just a connector…
So yeah, we fucked up
My first message was that we should have chosen a standard and nationalized the infrastructure, the industry chose a standard, the infrastructure is private and now things are fucked because of the company that invented the standard.
That particular infrastructure is private. EV infrastructure is not private. There’s nothing stopping any other private or public entity from expanding that infrastructure using the common open standard that has been adopted. Nothing of value has been sacrificed. Progress has merely been delayed.
No other network uses the connector currently.
Yes they do, actually. And many more are planned. It’s a very recent change.
Which network has their chargers equipped with NACS handles besides Tesla, and is currently deploying them.
EVGo
Nope, EVGo plans to deploy the connector, but since the standard isn’t ratified yet, they aren’t deploying the connector yet. I find their website helpful to determine whether this is a future plan or a current reality.
https://www.evgo.com/blog/top-5-questions-about-nacs-and-evgo/
https://www.evgo.com/press-release/evgo-doubles-down-on-commitment-to-begin-nacs-deployments-in-2024/
And this article from mid-may 2024. https://www.autoweek.com/news/a60812386/evgo-nacs-chargers/
Sorta easy to find this information.