srs5694
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FWIW, ChargePoint announced NACS support about two weeks ago:It appears to me that this will happen in fairly short order. One of the larger third party providers of public chargers, ChargePoint made this announcement today.
ChargePoint Announces Availability of NACS Solutions for New and Existing EV Charging Deployments Enabling Customers to Continue to Serve Any EV in Any Parking Space | ChargePoint
Also, and just for chuckles, look at the photo carefully:
That's a DC fast charger, not a Level 2 EVSE. It's a unit that's been installed for a while, and the guy holding the cable is making sure that a good chunk of that cable is blocked by his legs, with his right arm and hand also out of view in the same area. It looks like a bog-standard Telsa-manufactured plug. The holster for the plug is also largely obscured by the guy's left hand. My guess is that the unit has a CHAdeMO plug, and that's plugged into Tesla's CHAdeMO-to-Tesla adapter, with the adapter handle and CHAdeMO plug hidden behind the guy's leg.
I'm not going to sue them for false advertising or anything, since I do believe they're sincere in wanting and planning to bring NACS support. I just thought it was amusing that they were desperate enough to get a photo that they'd do it in this way.
As to the bigger question of when NACS will start appearing at public Level 2 stations, remember that a supplier like ChargePoint making NACS plugs available doesn't necessarily mean that site hosts will choose NACS over J1772. The latter has a much bigger installed base than does CCS, thanks to the existence of PHEVs, CHAdeMO EVs, and the handful of BEVs that were sold without any sort of fast charging. Every Tesla comes with a J1772 adapter (unless Tesla's cheaped out recently on that). Thus, J1772 is the much safer choice for public Level 2 charging, and that will likely remain true for a while. Maybe if J1772 adapters don't come with Teslas and other NACS-equipped cars in the future, NACS will become the safer choice in three or four years, but even then I'm sure a lot of people may buy the adapters. To be sure, I think that J1772 is doomed, but it'll likely linger for much longer than CCS.