From Transport Evolved.
It’s now been nearly two months since the first mainstream automakers announced their intent to make a switch in North America from CCS Type 1 to NACS – North American Charging Standard (Tesla Supercharger Plug).
In the time since, we’ve discussed what we know about the change, and what will need to happen for a successful transition to NACS.
Today? We’re going to explain why NACS won’t fix everything that’s wrong with fast charging today.
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00:00 – Introduction
02:06 – CCS Type 1 is unweildy – NACS is less so
03:14 – …but NACS cables will need to get longer
04:08 – Fast Charging is Unreliable…
05:22 – Parts Reliability and availability
06:11 – Poor Vs Better Management
06:58 – Remote Diagnostics currently suck
08:59 – Locations of charging stations aren’t good
10:48 – Many fast charging sites have poor accessiblity
11:47 – Equity of charging is poor
14:08 – Education about how to use EV fast charging is poor
15:42 – End free charging!
16:26 – We don’t have the luxury of having just one charging provider
18:15 – Thanks, and Goodbye!
20:05 – Classic Mac Segment
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See our previous video on the successful transition to NACS: https://youtu.be/DbC9oTppNhw
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Script: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield, Kate Walton-Elliott
Presenter: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Editor, Colorist: Michael Horton
Art and Animation: Erin Carlie
Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
© Transport Evolved LLC, 2023
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