DaveinOlyWA said:
DougWantsALeaf said:
Please ask them to consider offering both in the US.
the ONLY reason CCS is coming to the US is due to the failure of Chademo to bring higher power to the market. Nissan recognized that a premium trim EV had to charge faster than 100 Kw to be marketable and Chademo currently can't do that.
I wouldn't blame CHAdeMO directly, CHAdeMO 2.0 specification allows for up to 400 kW by 1000 V, 400 A direct current, CHAdeMO 3.0 increase charging rate to 900 kW (600A x 1.5kV), all the while ensuring backward compatibility with the current CHAdeMO.
Ask if a current Leaf, even with a 62 kWh battery could handle 400 kW, let alone, 900 kW for charging, probably not. CCS doesn't really solve the problem if the battery can't handle the power coming in to it. I think the failure is more consolidation around CCS than a failure of CHAdeMO. Both can deliver the power needed, they just use different connectors and locking points.
From a consumer standpoint, a connector is a connector, as long as it can charge the vehicle they drive, they aren't concerned or even know the difference between the two.
If more major EV manufactures had decided to jump on CHAdeMO, it would have made a difference, we see what happened when they went the other way. Market movers decided for the consumers in this case, we just have to go along with it.