walterbays
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It's not even a single charge plug. It's two plugs glued together, with trivial saving of space in the charge port. You'll only ever use one of the two plugs at a time, but will have to manhandle the cumbersome dual plug device into place, while dragging the weight of double the needed amount of copper wire.kubel said:Sorry guys, but I'm with SAE. We need a single charge port. It's unfortunate that they aren't coming up with a replacement first before shooting CHAdeMO down though. Makes it look like they are purposefully trying to sabotage quick charging. It's like the home entertainment industry ruling out Betamax, but with no VHS to be seen.
I can imagine three valid possible reasons for a new quick charge standard: 1) If the CHAdeMO association will not license their specifications and patents at a reasonable price, barring new entrants to the market to impede competition; 2) If the CHAdeMO connector is inherently trouble prone, as with the Mitsubishi HQ connector lever breaking a couple of times; or 3) If the CHAdeMO protocol is inherently trouble prone, as with it taking so long for the San Bernadino 7-11 station to come on line.
So far I haven't found any indication of (1) patent extortion, (2) people have reported another style of CHAdeMO connector that is less error prone, and (3) the experience of a thousand Japanese and European charging stations argues against any fundamental flaws in the specifications.