GRA wrote:... I'd forgotten the Outlander, and consider QC on a PHEV unnecessary in any case...
The choice of which DC port to equip a BEV, BEVx, or PHEV with pales in insignificance to the fatal error of selling a vehicle that has neither port.
In terms of a mobile or emergency power source, what would you rather plug into, a BEVx/PHEV with 200-400 kWh available energy storage, or a BEV with ~one tenth as much?
As PHEVs/BEVxs inevitably decline, their ability to transport large quantities of energy, and
deliver it as electricity, will remain as their last advantage over BEVs.
GRA wrote:...this seems me yet another strike against the long-term viability of outside of Japan...
As long as a large fraction of the DC-capable BEVs on America's roads use CHAdeMO (and today,
the majority use it) virtually all public charge stations will be equipped with CHAdeMO connectors.