XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 2/12/2025 12:38 am, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   The people I spoke to said they get about 350km (200 miles) per charge.   
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   Daniel70   
      
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