mtndrew1 said:
Users largely don't care about protocol, they care about interface. This is why USB won the PC interface wars, why Apple won the MP3 and smartphone wars, and why Google won the search wars.
If I can be assured that a CCS car has exactly one method of connection and disconnection no matter who built the car or the charger or the charge connector, I see that as a massive selling point as a consumer.
I'll be honest, I nearly called roadside assistance the first time I used a CHAdeMO charger. Like the other poster, it took me the better part of 15 minutes to get it disconnected. As I was fumbling around swearing at the thing it didn't matter if it was Yazaki's fault or Kia's fault or Sumitomo's fault or Nissan's fault. It was just bad. It remains bad.
You actually DON'T know that every CCS plug will be the same in the future. With only one choice, it's currently the same. But, should CCS actually become more than an "also-ran", other companies will also produce plugs and other components that are CCS compatible. Yes, while unlikely, some company could screw up the UI on a CCS plug as badly as the first generation Yazaki CHAdeMO plug.
It's unlikely that a new company would introduce a poor UI CHAdeMO design plug today, simply because there is competition. Yazaki, like REMA to CCS, didn't have any competition in the early days.
We just went over 5000 charge events with the Fuji Electric charger at San Juan Capistrano, California. The first DC charger on the ChargePoint network. Guess what? Nobody complains about the plug!!!!
Why? Because it's the Japanese Aviation Company designed plug, and not the horrendous Yazaki. Checkout the instructions on how to use that plug, and I think you'll be amazed that it's "just like CCS", except before CCS even existed !!!
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So, in summary, what individual companies do with a standard is entirely up to them. I have bad news for you... CCS isn't "Apple"... Tesla Supercharger is.
5467 Worldwide (6 March 2015)
8549 Worldwide (31 May 2015)
The number of CHAdeMO DC Quick chargers installed up to today is 8549.
-- (Japan 5418 Europe 1838 USA 1238 Others 55) last update 2015.05.31)
About 300% more CHAdeMO chargers were added in the world in the past three months than ALL THE CCS IN THE WORLD.