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by ip26 1314 days ago
That really doesn’t explain all of it, J1772 is not really that big. CCS adds a ton of bulk on top of J1772.
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Dylan16807 1314 days ago
J1772 can't carry enough amps through those pins. So it needs two more huge pins in a separate compartment.

CCS isn't the absolute smallest way to add two more huge pins, but it's pretty close.

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gwbas1c 1314 days ago
Why keep the J1772 connector? Only the data pins are used. I'm sure there's a way to make a connector that's just the CCS part and fudge the data pins into it.

Then supporting the old cars just happens with a dongle.

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Dylan16807 1314 days ago
Don't ask me that, I'm just answering why the decision to keep it caused such a huge connector.
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