Analysis: EV charger makers guardedly look to adopt Tesla standard
Blink Charging Co said on Monday it would launch a new fast charger with Tesla's connector, as did ChargePoint Holdings Inc and Tritium DCFC Ltd. EVgo Chief Commercial Officer Jonathan Levy told Reuters the company was working with its suppliers to"serve all EV drivers no matter what fast-charging connector they use".
Still, concerns remain about how smoothly the two standards would talk to each other and whether having both standards in the market raised costs for vendors and customers. "We don't have much visibility on what's the charging experience going to be like," said Aatish Patel, co-founder of charger maker XCharge North America.Charger makers and operators noted several concerns about interoperability: whether Tesla Superchargers can adequately charge higher-voltage vehicles with fast charging and whether the design of its charging cables will suit the ports on some cars.
A former Tesla official who worked on Superchargers said NACS chargers would add cost and complexity in the near term, but the government needed to support one standard — NACS — given its higher vehicle population and better user experience.
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