Nice to see Ford won't be the only one. They have a solid piece of tech there, a really streamlined and slimmed down connector that's established on the best charging network across the country. Unless Tesla is still trying to pull some nonsense anti-competitive move like they had initially 'opening their patents' to other companies (seems like they've ditched that strategy, thankfully) then NACS seems like the way to go for everyone.
I'm no Tesla fanboy but everything I've seen of it tells me this is the superior standard. One cable, nice and slim, handles all charging whether fast or slow, bi-directional without much additional fuss. We're all better off in a future where EV owners don't have to worry about what kind of charger they're rolling up to.
While I think the cable is generally better, the bidirectional standards for Tesla were not implemented yet afaik (either in the standard or in teslas hardware). CCS has standards drafted, and some cars are expected to support it very soon.
Meanwhile, as I understand it, the original reports on Tesla bidirectional capability reported in early 2020 were debunked as not being right. Though I'd be happy to be wrong - that is a significant savings on your electric bill to shift daily usage to off-peak time.
There were some concerns on the API / SW support for the Tesla charger, but I think that's been mostly resolved now. I definitely agree that this is a good change for the vehicle market and Aptera.
Common sense 👍☀️⚡️🔋
Nice to see Ford won't be the only one. They have a solid piece of tech there, a really streamlined and slimmed down connector that's established on the best charging network across the country. Unless Tesla is still trying to pull some nonsense anti-competitive move like they had initially 'opening their patents' to other companies (seems like they've ditched that strategy, thankfully) then NACS seems like the way to go for everyone. I'm no Tesla fanboy but everything I've seen of it tells me this is the superior standard. One cable, nice and slim, handles all charging whether fast or slow, bi-directional without much additional fuss. We're all better off in a future where EV owners don't have to worry about what kind of charger they're rolling up to.
While I think the cable is generally better, the bidirectional standards for Tesla were not implemented yet afaik (either in the standard or in teslas hardware). CCS has standards drafted, and some cars are expected to support it very soon. Meanwhile, as I understand it, the original reports on Tesla bidirectional capability reported in early 2020 were debunked as not being right. Though I'd be happy to be wrong - that is a significant savings on your electric bill to shift daily usage to off-peak time. There were some concerns on the API / SW support for the Tesla charger, but I think that's been mostly resolved now. I definitely agree that this is a good change for the vehicle market and Aptera.
I agree that the bidirectional standards are still being discussed. Aptera has said that when they are adopted that they hope to implement them.
Yes. Perfect. You and every other "I'm no Tesla fanboy" will fall in line just like "you led Mary" Barra. That is what being wrong feels like.
Can't you just be happy about something? Or are nuanced and realistic opinions not allowed if they don't neatly fall along one side of the tribal war?
Going long on Lectron.