Plug&Charge: The missing link to a breakthrough
Is the industry ready to plug and play?
In the coming year, more and more charging stations will be Plug&Charge-capable, thanks to several steps that have been taken behind the scenes. This lays the groundwork from which the automotive industry at large should now benefit. That being said, for the technology to be widely used, one main thing is still missing: a large number of Plug&Charge-enabled vehicles.
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Yes, Tesla has again shown the way. Simply plug the cable into the car at a Supercharger, and the charging process begins automatically, billing automatically without any further action on the part of the user. Tesla has a significant advantage here because the proprietary solution only has to be able to communicate and bill between Tesla vehicles and Tesla charging stations. A temporary software glitch this year showed that other cars could also charge at the CCS Superchargers, but weren’t billed.