We know almost for certain that the Model S will not support CHAdeMO if Tesla does not provide an adapter. There have been some rumors about it, but nothing concrete. At this point we have to assume that CHAdeMO charging will not be supported.
In this thread: Ads which illustrate why I am so pissed about Tesla's marketing of the 160 it came up again and I felt it deserves a dedicated thread.
With the Nissan Leaf quick/fast chargers started being installed on various locations. In Europe (NL, BE, DE, CH & UK) a lot of those chargers are being installed. Nissan recently announced that they will donate 400 50kW CHAdeMO chargers.
In the Netherlands BP also announced that they are going to install CHAdeMO chargers along motor ways.
This is mainland Europe only, but in the UK Nissan is also installing various CHAdeMO chargers.
I also guess the same is happening in the USA (couldn't find a map of it..).
No, these chargers won't be able to charge a Model S with a 85kWh battery within 45 min, but it's a LOT quicker than a 40A charge. (Which isn't possible in Europe).
A the CHAdeMO chargers are being rolled out, one would assume Tesla would support CHAdeMO, but currently they are not.
I'd like to discuss the likelihood of an adapter coming out for the Model S.
The current guess is that the Model S will support the new SAE J1772 DC protocol which has a different signaling then CHAdeMO does.
How hard will it be to produce such an adapter and would it be possible that a 3rd party company would bring out such an adapter? (Or even the 'community'?)
In this thread: Ads which illustrate why I am so pissed about Tesla's marketing of the 160 it came up again and I felt it deserves a dedicated thread.
With the Nissan Leaf quick/fast chargers started being installed on various locations. In Europe (NL, BE, DE, CH & UK) a lot of those chargers are being installed. Nissan recently announced that they will donate 400 50kW CHAdeMO chargers.
In the Netherlands BP also announced that they are going to install CHAdeMO chargers along motor ways.
This is mainland Europe only, but in the UK Nissan is also installing various CHAdeMO chargers.
I also guess the same is happening in the USA (couldn't find a map of it..).
No, these chargers won't be able to charge a Model S with a 85kWh battery within 45 min, but it's a LOT quicker than a 40A charge. (Which isn't possible in Europe).
A the CHAdeMO chargers are being rolled out, one would assume Tesla would support CHAdeMO, but currently they are not.
I'd like to discuss the likelihood of an adapter coming out for the Model S.
The current guess is that the Model S will support the new SAE J1772 DC protocol which has a different signaling then CHAdeMO does.
How hard will it be to produce such an adapter and would it be possible that a 3rd party company would bring out such an adapter? (Or even the 'community'?)
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