Chademo vs SAE

Number of EV's sold by type of Fast Charging protocol

As can see, Chademo still has the lead, but for the first time numbers have gone down, mostly due to Mitsubishi sales dive, while CCS this year is had a bitter-sweet year, as on the one hand the BMW i3 numbers grew and the Hyundai Ioniq Electric helped to boost sales, but on the other hand, the VW e-Golf numbers went down, counterbalancing the other two good news. Also not helping, most brands behind it are focused on plug-in hybrids, that don't include fast-charging.

2017 and 2018 will be all important years in the race between Chademo and CCS, as the Nissan Leaf will defend Chademo's lead over the CCS-compatible Chevrolet Bolt and the new wave of European and South-Korean BEV's...

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edatoakrun said:

Even with CHAdeMO equipped BEV sales slipping, they still outsold SAE DC BEVs more than two-to-one worldwide last year.

More a comment on how weak the SAE manufactures BEV efforts have been, IMO, than on CHAdeMO's (Mostly Nissan's) success.

Wonder if Chademo can hold the sales lead for yet another year in 2017, if LEAF gen 2 does not come out fairly soon? <snip>

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• January CCS-capable cars
  Bolt 1,162
  i3 382
  eGolf 332
  FFE 56
  Spark 4
  Total 1,936
  
  January CHAdeMo-possible cars
  LEAF 772
  Soul 117
  Total 889

GRA said:

I don't remember if any of the PHEVs are equipped with QCs in the U.S.,
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The Spark is also just about gone, but the B250e should be getting its CCS soon, which might help its anemic sales.

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cwerdna said:

GRA said:

I don't remember if any of the PHEVs are equipped with QCs in the U.S.,
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The Spark is also just about gone, but the B250e should be getting its CCS soon, which might help its anemic sales.

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On the first point, I know of 0. Some of those PHEVs ship w/DC FCing outside the US (e.g. Prius Prime in Japan can have (comes with?) CHAdeMO).

As for Spark EV, per http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2017/01/31/chevy-axes-spark-ev-favor-bolt-ev/97283876/ and others, production ended in summer 2016.

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GRA said:

... the B250e should be getting its CCS soon, which might help its anemic sales.

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TonyWilliams said:

GRA said:

... the B250e should be getting its CCS soon, which might help its anemic sales.

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Actually, they don't plan to offer DC charging on the Mercedes. Maybe in 2019-2020 with a different, new car.

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