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by path2power 1825 days ago
I wonder if this will happen in Europe first, since the connector is standardized with Tesla's. I also wonder how, in the US, they'll handle the fact that lots of EVs charge very slowly.
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They'll likely charge a combined rate based on time and amount of kwh consumed. If you want to have your car charge for more than an hour, be ready to pay a fat premium for it.
Seems nobody outside of Tesla has any idea how to implement decent charging [0]

[0] https://youtu.be/hA_B7qPyUDA?t=1131

Here are some Tesla chargers that don't work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue2Gs9hRr8k

It seems Tesla doesn't have any idea how to implement decent charging!