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by gibolt 1311 days ago
Teslas (and their Superchargers) shipped there before ~2019 had the same plug, before they switched to CCS.

I'm not sure how 3-phase fits in, but it didn't prevent being at least as useful as in the U.S.
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stetrain 1311 days ago
No, in Europe Tesla originally used the Type 2 connector, which Europe uses for AC charging and includes pins for 3-phase.

The proprietary part was they did pin switching to enable the same connector to do DC Supercharging as well.

Now they have switched to CCS Type 2 in Europe which is the Type 2 connector plus additional pins for DC charging and the CCS communication protocols.

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Symbiote 1311 days ago
Three phase power is very common in Europe. I have three phase sockets (for the oven etc) in my 80m² apartment.
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