webeleafowners
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TonyWilliams said:Wannabeleafowner said:Help a rookie to understand here. So with the exception of the leaf and a couple others everyone else is not using the CHademo connector for fast charge? So if I understand this correctly, none of the others can use the CHademo fast charge stations. So when I look at the plug share map and see all the CHademo stations none of these will be useable in the future except by the leaf and a couple others. I wonder if the province will rip them all out. (They just put them in). Will there be adapters. Confusing times.
John and Angela
Take a deep breath. If your province wants to support German auto manufacturers, plus General Motors and Ford, they can install a second CCS - Combo 1 charger right next to the CHAdeMO chargers.
Most existing cars have CHAdeMO capability. Nothing much has changed in the standards issues, as CHAdeMO still has the most compatible cars and by far the most charge stations. But, some of the German manufacturers might actually BUILD CARS that have CCS !!! Currently, Mercedes build several EVs without any fast charge capability, for instance.
CHAdeMO is the only standard in the world that uses the same plug worldwide. That includes Tesla Supercharger. CHAdeMO is the official standard in Japan, and one of two official DC standards in Europe. It is BY FAR the number one public DC charging standards in North America.
CHAdeMO is "System A" in the International standards (IEC).
The number of CHAdeMO DC Quick chargers installed today is:
13,295 (Oct 2016)
Japan 6958
Europe 3866
USA 1956
Others 515
Fast charge stations in North America and Europe in the future will have both CHAdeMO and CCS (that is unique for their respective regional markets, CCS - Combo 1 in North America and CCS - Combo 2 in Europe). Europe will also have 22kW AC fast charging that isn't available in North America.
Because of the fact that public chargers will have multiple plugs, adaptors won't be necessary for anybody except Tesla cars.
Thank you for a very informative post.