[ssheth]

There is an "overarching" standard now .. CCS and a couple of older standards .. J1772 and ChaDeMo .. but when Tesla was getting started making chargers, there was no critical mass around any standards so they ended up creating their own.

[labcomputer]

Not only was there no critical mass... CCS network didn't even exist until after Tesla had already deployed half a dozen Superchargers in California. And most of the CCS stations deployed before about 2017/2018 were the 50kW variety (in comparison to the 120kW Superchargers of the time).

[Robotbeat]

Also, the "Tesla" standard is objectively better in nearly every way. It sucks we don't all just use that for all EVs.

[worldsayshi]

Are they sharing that standard or putting up obstacles around it?

[djrogers]

https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you