Nekota said:This is an improvement ? No locking mechanism apparent
I don't think there is anything simple about a connector swap on the Leaf with this thing. It just does not look like it would fit vertically under the current Leaf charge port door. A pigtail adapter might work but I think it would be a massive and expensive adapter. If the protocol does change hopefully all would be needed on the Leaf is a firmware update but I am not holding my breath.UhClem said:To me, it's more disturbing that it appears that the new SAE proposal uses a different signalling protocol than CHAdeMO, which means that a simple connector swap won't be enough to get the new stuff working with the LEAF.
I probably should have put "simple" in quotes, or added a :roll: or twoSpies said:I don't think there is anything simple about a connector swap on the Leaf with this thing.
Indeed. Let's hope they can't 'agree' to anything for many years to come. Then it'll be too late and the world standard will simply become the defacto standard here.GaslessInSeattle said:Fut Bucking Ugly! If I hated electric cars and wanted to make sure they grew in popularity as slowly as possible, I would make the plug as intimidating and monstrous as possible! Come on SAE, go back to the drawing board for another year or two or three and the problem will take care of itself.
JPWhite said:Europe and the REST OF THE WORLD adopted GSM, the USofA adopted CDMA. So if you want to travel from country to country you can if you have a GSM phone, but if you have a CDMA phone you are stuck to North America, (unless you spend extra bucks and have a dual band phone).
TickTock said:Wow. Is this a joke? Looks like something Dr. Doofenshmirtz cooked up. An anti-simple-plug-inator!
Actually, if it DOES become the standard and is picked up by the automakers, your new LEAF (and mine) will likely take about a 30% hit in resale value, especially if Nissan doesn't offer a low-cost retrofit. And of course it will instantly kill any CHAdeMO fast-charger rollout here in the USA. So I think the impacts may be felt sooner than you think, perhaps even before it's standardized.mitch672 said:It's not really going to affect much at all, so I wouldn't worry about it. Also, by the time its deployed, the 2nd generation of EVs will be out, say around 2014-2015 time frame, its nothing to get your pantys in a bunch about now
Enter your email address to join: