Overnight only, Tesla dropped the price of its CCS Combo adapter to $175, which certainly gives most Tesla owners the prospect of easier access -- fast charging at DC fast charging stations can become more popular faster.
This adapter was previously priced at $ 250, which means a 25% discount. Drive Tesla Canada reports that the price in Canada has also dropped from $ 340 to $ 240. Strangely, however, the company did not publicize the price reduction. Some analysts said that the price reduction was part of an agreement between Tesla and Biden's government to accelerate the popularization of electric vehicles. Within two years, it is estimated that there will be 7,500 supercharging stations open to all electric vehicle owners. Tesla hopes to provide more charging options for its car owners by providing CCS adapters at more affordable prices.
However, not all Tesla cars are compatible with this adapter-older cars may need to be modified. As far as we know, cars built before 2020 (and some cars built in 2020) do not have hardware to support CCS communications -- it's likely they don't have a power line communications (PLC) chip.
In 2022, the company said it "will increase the eligibility of Model S and Model X vehicles, as well as older Model 3 and Model Y vehicles that are currently designated as requiring a retrofit. The conversion is expected to be available in early 2023.
The compatibility of the Tesla vehicle with the adapter can be checked in the Control/Software/Other Vehicle Information menu: "Enabled" or "Not Installed".
In the near future, Tesla is expected to open its network of super charging stations to non-Tesla electric vehicles, although the charger (or car) must be equipped with an opposite adapter-between CCS 1 and Tesla's proprietary charging plug (NACS).
Tesla unifies charging standards
Just in November last year, Tesla opened the patent of charging gun, which attracted the attention of the whole industry.
At present, the global charging standard is the combined charger system (CCS), but this standard has been questioned and complained by a large number of practical experience, and many people think that it is not the best charging standard.
When Tesla renamed its standard as the North American Charging Standard, or NACS, its ambition was obvious.
Tesla announced that the American charging network operator plans to incorporate NACS in its stations, and the design and specification documents of NACS can now be downloaded from Tesla's official website.
On November 17,2022, Tesla officially announced the launch of a pilot project of super charging in Italy. The pilot program allows third-party electric vehicle owners to charge at any superstation in Tesla, and the charging power ranges from 150 to 250 kilowatts.
For the market, it is only a matter of time before the standards are unified. And judging from the demand for charging piles, with the increase of the popularity of the tram market, the current charging piles are far from meeting the travel demand, especially in the case of non-uniform charging guns and lack of adapters. The established charging piles can only be used for their own trams, and the charging market will be greatly limited.
So, who is going to stand out? The charging gun and charging interface are a unified standard of electric vehicles, and perhaps only Tesla can do this thing.
It can be predicted that once this standard is implemented, the electric vehicle market in North America will truly become Tesla's world.
Is the Tesla CCS adapter actually good for you?
Talking about the feeling of using it, the majority of netizens unanimously said, "fast charging speed, flexible and convenient". Some users even said, "I can't wait to try it".
The process of supercharging embodies Tesla's core technology.
When charging with Tesla's super charging stick, the sensor in the charging gun will detect the temperature change of the battery inside the car at any time. If the battery temperature is too high, the charging gun will immediately send a signal to reduce the charging intensity, thus reducing the battery temperature; At the same time, the cooling system inside the battery panel will also respond accordingly, and the cooling intensity will be strengthened simultaneously.
In other words, Tesla's charging gun seems to have a "nerve", which can sense the temperature change of the battery in the car and automatically adjust the charging intensity according to the temperature of the battery. Tesla's simple charging process is the charging gun, battery cooling system and the charging pile. The current works together with a high degree.
A brief introduction to the use of the Tesla charging gun.
- Find the corresponding charging pile with Tesla QR code on the wall, and scan the code to unlock. Use the car system to navigate and find the corresponding super charger, the code will appear on it, fill in the code into the scanned page, and the ground lock will open automatically.
- Press the small round button on the charging gun head, pull out the charging gun, and Tesla's cover will open.
- Insert the charging gun head into the lid and start charging, the blue light turns green.
- When the screen shows that the motor stops charging, unplug the charging gun, and the charging is complete.
The answer to the question whether we should buy a Tesla CCS adapter is quite obvious.