The European UMC does exactly that, one end of the single phase Blue adapter plugs into the wall socket and the UMC end of the adapter has the single hot connected to all three phases. However, in every market launched after the USA UMC adapter melting issue came to light, Tesla has not offered the UMC. In the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, China and Australia, Tesla does not offer a Tesla engineered mobile charging device. In China, HK and Australia they provide a "Wall Connector" that looks like a HPWC but is limited to 40A single phase. In fact, for UK and HK that use the BS1363 plug (huge 3-prong connector), they simply re-sell (at additional cost) the very well engineered Mennekes mobile EVSE that has thermal monitoring in the plug and vehicle connector, but is limited to 10A. In most of the above markets that do not have the UMC included with the car, they include a 32A 3-phase Type-2 to Type-2 cable to use with the common charging stations that do not have a captive cable.
Right on!
And as in Hong Kong, the supplied 3-phase type-2 cable comes with the car, it enables up to
typical range 95 km/h charging (59 mph) being around
22 kW (exact limit depends mainly on the actual voltage). This is if you have the dual charger installed, while single charger is half that, so around 11 kW. To clarify it, I made a table to depict the various limitations. Same thread as the one marks links to, but it's a bit lengthy so here is a direct link:
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Like previous wars over standards, I predict one here as well. DOS won over CP/M, VHS won over Betamax and video2000, Windows (for the time being) over OS/2 and OS X. As in the outcome of those wars, it's not always the best standard that wins but often the best financially and/or advertisement backed standard that wins.
220 vs 110 V AC, PAL vs SECAM, km vs miles ... there are still standards to this day that are different in various regions of the world - for the only reason that it's too hard to change, or people don't want to change, while other standards that are less region specific have died.
As for data storage CDs and DVDs standards ("+" and "-" versions), we can also see that often, technology develops that allow for compatibility across platforms. We can only hope that future electric cars, as well as charging stations, will develop towards being more flexible from both ends - with a little help of adapters!
Now, when is that Tesla ChaDeMo adapter
"coming soon" release!
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Nope, it was wiring in the car.
EU spec and US spec are very very different. For example, Tesla don't even sell the UMC here. But, as miimura says, the blue Mennekes stuff they do provide is pretty good quality.
Too bad it's so expensive that many owners don't get it. Tesla Motors should have secured a good deal with Mennekes, branded it Tesla Motors and included it with all cars. YES it makes charging seem dead slow and YES it could in some weird scenario spark a fire if plugging into a poorly installed socket, but at least, cars could be charged almost everywhere.