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In the spirit of assuming good intent...what the heck are you talking about?

The NACS standard is public, and any auto or charger manufacturer is free to equip them, or make as many as they'd like.

Then there's the separate issue of whether or not a given car will communicate with a charger -- that is using the CCS standard, which is managed by a standards group.

So you have a free connector design, the ability to anybody and their dog to make adapters (although you probably shouldn't use a dog-designed adaptor), and the important part (the charging protocol) being controlled by the consortium you seem enamored by.

Tesla has already said their charging network will become EV-agnostic, making that an open standard.

You have to be strangely self-centered to proclaim that you can't understand why people are excited, and somewhat unwilling to read.



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