Why Mitsubishi Is Making a Big Mistake By Removing CHAdeMO Quick Charging on U.S. Outlander Plug-in Hybrid
...We, like many, are disappointed by this decision. And it leaves us just one question left: does Mitsubishi really want to sell the Outlander PHEV in North America — or is its doubtful attitude to the market going to become a self-fulfilling prophecy of market failure?
https://transportevolved.com/2016/01/08/why-mitsubishi-is-making-a-big-mistake-by-removing-chademo-quick-charging-on-u-s-outlander-plug-in-hybrid/
While I agree with the writer that this decision By Mitsubishi USA is another example of corporate self-abuse, I think she and others have missed the fundamental reason every vehicle with a significant battery pack should have a DC port.
While today many think of vehicle batteries as only having a single purpose, vehicle propulsion, I think in only a few years this point of view will be widely viewed to have been very short-sighted.
Every kWh in every vehicle pack has the potential to be used for other purposes, vehicle to grid, vehicle to microgrid, or as a mobile electricity source at off-grid locations or during grid failures.
Access the mobile kWh in your vehicle will almost certainly be through a DC port, accessed by an off-vehicle charge/discharge device.
This is one reason why the dedicated CHAdeMO DC port, is superior IMO in concept to any
combo AC/DC port, such as the SAE/CCS.
So, Mitsubishi is essentially
getting rid of the wrong charge port.
Eventually some "plug-in" manufacturer will have the foresight to omit the truly useless hardware on it's PHEV/ BEV, the AC onboard charger, leaving the single charge port you need on your BEV/BEVx/PHEV, the DC one.
Take my on-board charger...PLEASE!
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