jlsoaz
Well-known member
Hi all:
- Nissan has been taking action to help deploy charge stations, with the rationale that it wasn't a business they necessarily wanted to be in, but that it would help support their EVs. Nissan's approach has not been the same as Tesla's, but has in some ways helped create a more drive-able ecosystem for some Leaf drivers.
- It always impressed me about Tesla that their own build-out of higher power charge stations targeted in many case some inter-city locations that were seemingly obscure.
- I don't know if Nissan has supported that approach as strongly. I have seen them focus on putting in DCQC at dealers and have discussed this a bit with a few folks. A good side of this is that it arguably expedites charge station deployment, leveraging the already-deployed dealership network. Negatives would seem to include that sometimes the charge stations aren't available to Leaf drivers when and where they're really needed: some Leaf drivers don't drive by needing energy during dealership hours, and some don't drive routes where the dealership location is that helpful as a re-energizing point.
- Even with Tesla and Nissan getting behind charge stations in general and some DCQC, I guess I'm frustrated with the pace of deployment, and I guess a decent amount of this frustration relates back to my own Leaf driving experience. I can't justify that large companies or fellow drivers should care that much about one driver's experience, especially if it is outside the mainstream geographically.
- Still it has got me to wondering:
A) I wonder if Tesla might be willing to help sponsor deployment of more CHAdeMO and SAE throughout the US? (Or maybe they do?).
B) Any updates on the Tesla CHAdeMO adapter? Is there an SAE adapter? (Either of these I suppose might help Tesla have a more direct incentive to help their own drivers leverage the DCQC network outside of the supercharger stations.
PS/edit/addendum: I tried to figure out where discussion of charge station networks should go, as it is not the same thing as EVSE. At a few minutes' search, to see where it might be located, I didn't see that much network discussion on MNL, though I'm sure I must have missed something.
- Nissan has been taking action to help deploy charge stations, with the rationale that it wasn't a business they necessarily wanted to be in, but that it would help support their EVs. Nissan's approach has not been the same as Tesla's, but has in some ways helped create a more drive-able ecosystem for some Leaf drivers.
- It always impressed me about Tesla that their own build-out of higher power charge stations targeted in many case some inter-city locations that were seemingly obscure.
- I don't know if Nissan has supported that approach as strongly. I have seen them focus on putting in DCQC at dealers and have discussed this a bit with a few folks. A good side of this is that it arguably expedites charge station deployment, leveraging the already-deployed dealership network. Negatives would seem to include that sometimes the charge stations aren't available to Leaf drivers when and where they're really needed: some Leaf drivers don't drive by needing energy during dealership hours, and some don't drive routes where the dealership location is that helpful as a re-energizing point.
- Even with Tesla and Nissan getting behind charge stations in general and some DCQC, I guess I'm frustrated with the pace of deployment, and I guess a decent amount of this frustration relates back to my own Leaf driving experience. I can't justify that large companies or fellow drivers should care that much about one driver's experience, especially if it is outside the mainstream geographically.
- Still it has got me to wondering:
A) I wonder if Tesla might be willing to help sponsor deployment of more CHAdeMO and SAE throughout the US? (Or maybe they do?).
B) Any updates on the Tesla CHAdeMO adapter? Is there an SAE adapter? (Either of these I suppose might help Tesla have a more direct incentive to help their own drivers leverage the DCQC network outside of the supercharger stations.
PS/edit/addendum: I tried to figure out where discussion of charge station networks should go, as it is not the same thing as EVSE. At a few minutes' search, to see where it might be located, I didn't see that much network discussion on MNL, though I'm sure I must have missed something.