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by stetrain 1313 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.