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It's definitely coming. That partnership between GM and Bechtel, and similar initiatives, will drive the model.
The idea of each make having a proprietary plug or system is shortly to be as obsolete as having to buy pre-formatted floppies for your HP computer (truth).
But, of course, some maker(s) will pull an Apple and use a nonstandard system that their owners adore because it keeps them from filling up with that, you know, second-rate electricity that might ruin their wiring.
While everyone else adopts, say, the GM plug and then whines forever about how technically substandard it is.
I would be in favor of such a thing, but I scratch my head about why we have metric/SAE/proprietary fasteners and various wheel bolt/stud patterns, wishing those were standard too.
It probably should, but as long as there are still adapters, it’ll still work out okay.
I suspect adapters will work about as well as they do for other things - which is not a wholly approving viewpoint.
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I would be in favor of such a thing, but I scratch my head about why we have metric/SAE/proprietary fasteners and various wheel bolt/stud patterns, wishing those were standard too.
SAE-spec is slowly fading from the market; it's the US vs the world. What drove me crazy was the era of mixed-source cars, where any given nut could be either standard.
When it comes to wheels etc. there are many more aspects than bolt pattern to consider, and some makers use different patterns to keep stupid owners from putting incompatible wheels on a vehicle - wrong offset, clearance, etc. But it's also related to weight class and strength; no need for a five-bolt hub on lighter cars, no point in putting weaker attachments on larger vehicles.
It does not make business sense - unless ALL electric cars manufacturers will belong to one entity. Say, GM invests into the new chargers network. Why would it support Tesla by making it standard?
But I think, rather quickly it will go to inductive charging anyway. Whatever kills crowds faster will be implemented very quickly.
It does not make business sense - unless ALL electric cars manufacturers will belong to one entity. Say, GM invests into the new chargers network. Why would it support Tesla by making it standard?
You've just described why the 50 or so first-gen PC clones were completely incompatible with each other... because of trivial BIOS and OS settings. Everyone was going to be bestest and take home all the marbles. (Bet you can't list five of those brands/makers. )
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But I think, rather quickly it will go to inductive charging anyway.
Inductive charging is extremely inefficient and only works for small items like toothbrushes and cel phones.
It would be a massive power waster at auto-charging levels.
It does not make business sense - unless ALL electric cars manufacturers will belong to one entity. Say, GM invests into the new chargers network. Why would it support Tesla by making it standard?
But I think, rather quickly it will go to inductive charging anyway. Whatever kills crowds faster will be implemented very quickly.
It does make sense. All ICE run on the same gas, can all pull up to the same pumps and get gas, or diesel and be on their way. There's no reason manufacturers can't come up with the same plug requirements all around.
It does make sense. All ICE run on the same gas, can all pull up to the same pumps and get gas, or diesel and be on their way. There's no reason manufacturers can't come up with the same plug requirements all around.
All but one has.
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