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by jackson1442 1974 days ago
There is definitely a Tesla Level 2 -> CCS adapter, but no such luck for Superchargers. Not sure about Chademo, which is what a lot of the Leaf line uses.
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cptskippy 1973 days ago
> Tesla Level 2 -> CCS

A what now? I haven't seen anything CCS related in the US. Is that a European accessory? Don't all Teslas outside the US ship with CCS standard?

The US Teslas come with a J1772-to-Tesla adapter so you can use L2 Chargers.

There is a ChaDeMo-to-Teska adapter for $400. No idea why anyone would want this though, ChaDeMo is rare and, in my experience with my Leaf, often broken.

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theshrike79 1973 days ago
> There is a ChaDeMo-to-Teska adapter for $400. No idea why anyone would want this though, ChaDeMo is rare and, in my experience with my Leaf, often broken.

ChDeMo is a better connection in some regards (can feed energy back to the grid for example), but they are a lot fiddlier than CCS and Type2, which are just huge chunks of thick plastic.

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bildung 1973 days ago
CCS is the international standard for EV charging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Charging_System very common outside of the US, they are mandatory in Europe for example.
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cptskippy 1973 days ago
Yes, I'm confused by "Tesla Level 2 -> CCS"?

Teslas outside of the US have shipped with CCS since early 2019. Older Teslas had the proprietary port.

What is a "Tesla Level 2"? There exists an adapter to convert CCS to the proprietary Tesla connector but that's not L2.

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