jadnashuanh said:
GM, Ford, Audi, BMW, MB, and probably others, have all settled on the SAE fast charge standard for NA...so, if anything, expect to see more of those show up than ChadeMO in the future. I would expect them to eclipse the number of ChadeMo units installed fairly quickly in the next 18-months.
Good luck with that dream.
The CCS Combo2 is doing well in Europe because every German auto company backs it (without exception), yet no other car company anywhere in the world will use it.
Not too surprising, Combo2 is enforced through regulatory compliance. The German car makers tried VERY hard to outlaw all the competition, and came very close. Thankfully, CHAdeMO, Tesla Supercharger and Chameleon managed to escape being outlawed, so even in the hotbed of "Frankenplug", Combo2 isn't going to take over.
In the USA, only General Motors (GM) promotes the SAE CCS Combo1 (which does not interchange with Combo2). There is no regulatory enforcement to support GM. GM only produces pure electric vehicles in South Korea at dozens per month, imported to the US strictly for California Air Resources Board (CARB) Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) compliance, sold in California and Oregon only (both are CARB-ZEV states). GM makes no effort to install compatible SAE CCS Combo1 stations.
Neither US based manufacturer Ford, nor Fiat/Chrysler have announced any plans to use SAE CCS Combo1. Neither manufacturer plans to install SAE CCS Combo1 anywhere, at any time.
No regulatory help is pending, or being promoted in any US state or at the US federal level in support of SAE CCS combo1.
The largest electric vehicle US based auto manufacturer, Tesla Motors, has zero plans to ever use SAE CCS Combo1, and is very quickly building out their own nationwide Supercharger network.
USA DC Charging Standards:
DC fast charging system standards IEC 61851-23 gives the requirements for "DC chargers" and provides the general requirements for the control communication between a DC fast charger and an EV. IEC 62851-24 defines digital communication between a DC fast charger and an EV.
1) CHAdeMO (IEC System A)
2) GB/T (IEC System B)
3) SAE CCS COMBO1 (IEC System C)
4) Menekkes CCS COMBO2 (IEC System C)
5) Tesla Supercharger (not recognized by IEC)
Neither GB/T nor Menekkes CCS-Combo2 are offered outside of their home markets of China and Europe respectively
USA Quick Charge data, sometimes colloquially referred to as "L3"
1. SAE CCS Combo1, or "J1772 DC" - approximately 23 in the USA (and worldwide)
http://standards.sae.org/j1772_201210/
up to 100kW eventually, probably limited to 62.5kW
Uses a different plug in Europe (Menekkes CCS Combo2) than the plug used in USA
EVs compatible include:
*GM Spark EV - less than 1000 cars
*BMW i3 - 3000 cars through Oct 1, 2014
*VW eGolf (coming 2014)
2. CHAdeMO - 3800 worldwide, 700 in the USA, adding about 1 per day
http://www.chademo.com
up to 100kW eventually, currently limited to 62.5kW
Uses the same plug worldwide
EVs compatible with CHAdeMO include:
*Nissan LEAF - over 60,000 in the USA and over 140,000 worldwide
*Nissan e-NV200 (coming 2015)
*Citroen C-Zero - not sold in USA
*Citroën Berlingo - not sold in USA
*Mitsubishi i-MiEV - over 30,000 worldwide with its variants C-Zero & iON
*Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (coming 2015)
*Mitsubishi Fuso Canter truck
*Peugeot iON - not sold in USA
*Peugeot Partner - not sold in USA
*Kia Soul EV (coming Oct 2014)
*ZERO motorcycles
*Tesla except Roadster with Tesla supplied adaptor
3. Supercharger - 200 worldwide, 120 stations in the USA, each with 4-8 stalls, growing fast
http://www.teslamotors.com/supercharger
up to 135kW eventually, currently limited at some sites to 120kW
Uses a different plug in Europe than the one used in North America and Japan
EVs compatible with Supercharger include:
*Tesla only, except Roadster - 55,000 worldwide
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