Mercedes-Benz adopts Tesla's NACS charging standard - eviltoast

Starting in 2024, Mercedes-Benz will offer a NACS adapter for the company’s existing CCS BEVs.

  • MehStrongBadMeh@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not really gonna simplify vehicle designs much, the door still needs to be bigger to support CCS2 in Europe, Chademo in Japan, and whatever China is using. It is easier to have a big door that fits any socket type than it is to have to restructure that entire area between countries.

    • Nugget_in_biscuit@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      NA is a big enough market that lots of models already use specific variations. I could see that happening in the future with charge ports