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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[LDA 6502]

I don't understand why people are so against the bulk of the CCS plug. Sure the Tesla is sexier but it's not like I'm carrying the thing around with me all day-- it's attached to the charger.

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 to NACS instead of Combo 2.

edit: clarification

 

[LDA 6502]

Honestly there isn't a huge need for a global standard on connectors although it would be nice. How many cars do people drive from Europe to North America? It is a hell of a lot more of a problem with boats which actually do cross oceans from time to time and yet we have survived.

There are actually a number of places in the world where both Type-I/J1772 and Type-II usage overlap: Central America, Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Ukraine, and the Caribbean are the notable ones. So it is a bigger problem than you suggest. And GB/T is now common in Costa Rica, just to add another wrinkle.

 

[LDA 6502]

CCS predates NACS, because NACS is nothing more than a repinned CCS charger with a piece of plastic on the end that matches the Tesla proprietary charge port. Tesla proprietary charging is not the same as NACS, despite them sharing the same connector.

This. People forget that NACS/J3400 is not the same as the original Tesla spec, even though they both use the same physical connectors. The former uses IEC 61851 for communications, same as CCS, while the latter uses a Tesla proprietary CANBus protocol.

 

[LDA 6502]

While you are correct that NACS is basically a Tesla connect using the CCS standard, which is why passive adapters are possible, it really isn't relevant to the Telsa should have used a standard discussion. Tesla's original fast charging standard was out before CCS and they increased the power quicker than other standards. Once CCS caught up they added the ability for their vehicles to speak CCS so Tesla owners could use the sort of cheap passive adapter that CCS vehicles are now able to use for NACS.

Given that Tesla was required to use CCS in Europe, my guess is that it was a relatively minor change to get IEC 61851 working on their vehicles in other markets.