This new charger lets all EVs plug in without an adapter

The Omni Port has a Tesla-style J3400 plug as well as a CCS1 plug.

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[Readercathead]

Wait, is this “new” new, or like its 2020 and America is kinda embracing chip and pin cards “new”?

Because we’ve had chargers with both connections and a pair of cables here just across the border in BC for years. Not every charger, but most that I’ve had to use are either the dual type, or Tesla superchargers.

So unless I’m missing something due to lack of caffeine this morning, I’m not seeing anything revolutionary here

Nope, I don’t think you are missing anything. The state of the EV ecosystem in America has been hamstrung by a weak federal government (by slave-state founder design!) Thanks to Musk and the Japanese refusing to adhere to the standard here the way they did in Europe we have a mishmash of crap payment systems and three charging plugs. Charging stations have been allowed to get away with malicious compliance, minimal viable product, and zero maintenance.

Notice it’s also news that the chargers have cables long enough to reach the cars’ plugs.

Talking about malicious compliance, all the car makers have been sabotaging their own EV sales by producing ugly overpriced econoboxes, selling only in certain states, removing stalks and buttons and handles, even reinventing the wheel.

 

[Readercathead]

One complaint regarding the CCS Combo 1 plug and socket was that the weight of the cable could cause poor connectivity with the control pins, resulting in various errors. Both the Tesla and CCS Combo 2 plugs and sockets use a better locking mechanism, so they have fewer connectivity problems.

Given how common Tesla chargers are in Canada, Mexico, and the US and how rare residential three-phase AC power is in much of North America, that was a big factor driving the change.

What about the other CCS charging standard in Europe that Tesla uses there?