Car companies like Honda, BMW, and Hyundai are banding together to build an EV-charging network bigger than Tesla’s Supercharger empire::Tesla has been building out its Supercharger network for over a decade. Now legacy car companies are taking a page from Elon Musk’s playbook.

  • TheMusicalFruit@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’m glad they plan on having both major charging plugs on the stations. But, this would be an ok time for some government regulation to dictate a plug format nationwide. Not having to worry about whether you will be able to charge your vehicle at a charging station would make the experience less stressful for new EV owners.

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      11 months ago

      Agreed. Only took the EU a couple decades to tell cellphone manufacturers (Apple) to use a standard plug.

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        11 months ago

        To be fair, it’s been far less than a decade since a non shitty standard plug came out.

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        11 months ago

        There were some Japanese manufacturers still selling cars with CHAdeMO the last time I checked. But they may have switched over by now, that was a couple years ago.