XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: lars@beagle-ears.com   
      
   On 2025-12-01, Daniel70  wrote:   
   > I was out and about yesterday afternoon and pulled up into a local   
   > Supermarket car-park near a string of about six Tesla Car re-chargers   
   > .... but there was a MG plugged in getting Re-charged.   
   >   
   > I'd never thought about this before but I was expecting Tesla branded   
   > car-chargers to only recharge Tesla branded cars but, apparently that is   
   > not the case. I spoke to the cars owners for a couple of minutes and   
   > they said there were at least two different types of Chargers that they   
   > knew of.   
   >   
   > Who would have thought!!   
      
   1) in the EU, the commission made Tesla open the charging network   
      to others.   
   2) in the USA, Ford, GM and VolksWagen (I think) made a deal with Tesla   
      to switch to the Tesla interface standard beginning with   
      (I think) the 2026 model year   
      
   As a result, firmware uddates and plug adapters are now available.   
   Some Tesla chargers now have more than one type of plug.   
   But there are many variations. In some cases only "Level 2"   
   charging is available from the "wrong" type or brand of charging   
   station. That is only 8 kW ... roughly 30 miles of range per charging   
   hour.   
   --   
   Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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