I don't know why the SAE connector bothers you so much that you don't even want to see it in place. I'd like to put a reminder that about 2 years ago, CHAdeMO was in the exact same situation: few cars that could use it and even fewer chargers. Even Nissan and the CHAdeMO organization itself support dual head chargers as the way forward.
As for the adapter option, if it costs half the cost (or less) to do exactly the same thing, I don't see why there's a need to go with a CHAdeMO adapter. In fact, I think it would benefit most people if most/all chargers are dual chargers and the DC adapter was cheap enough to be included with the car or as a low cost option.
As for adding a Tesla connector, I don't see it happening anytime soon, as Tesla has made no effort so far to make their connector an actual standard, so no other charger manufacturer can use it.
It's not that I don't want to see it in place. I just think it is incredibly weird for these stations to be deployed when no vehicles exist in Canada that can use that connector.
I believe that BMW plans to actually sell cars, and they might. But it still seems weird for any money to be spent to support cars that don't yet exist.
I also think its weird that when I look at those stations that are supposedly electrically compatible with my Tesla ( the SAE connector ) but even if an adapter existed, I won't bother buying one because the CHAdeMO one is superior due to the fact that there are already hundreds of CHAdeMO stations.
So I think SCH is going to be taking a gamble that the SAE connectors have value, and that they may be wasting their money.
I was against public money being spent to deploy CHAdeMO two years ago. I wouldn't have donated my money to do it either. I would have been perfectly happy for Nissan to get a tax incentive to spend their own money to deploy CHAdeMO.
I like SCH, and don't like the idea of money I donate being wasted.
IMO Nissan should be spending their own money to deploy CHAdeMO and BMW should be spending their own money to deploy SAE.
If I were king, I would implement a tax incentive to encourage the auto manufacturers to donate money to a group like SCH that allows them to stipulate that the money spent supports their cars.
The tax incentive would be structured so that BMW/Nissan would get more if they gave it to SCH than if they did it themselves.
My goal is to have a system where the manufacturers pay to make sure their cars are supported, but an independant SCH can deploy chargers and be funded.
If you want to ride Nissan's coattails, you can sell a CHAdeMO car and contribute nothing and rely on them to do it. If you want your own plug that nobody else uses: you pay.
It would somewhat diminish the first mover advantage you get bringing the first EVs to market, because followers can get away with paying less for infrastructure, but I think it is a tiny amount of money compared to the cars themselves.
