CCS to Tesla Adapter?

The challenge is the charging port controller needs the handshake routines to communicate with either CCS-1 or CCS-2 chargers. The best approach is to ask Tesla Service if the controller in that car, need the VIN, supports the CCS adapter(s). There is a difference in the connector for CCS-1 and CCS-2.

Bob Wilson

 

It shows in car see circled in yellow:

 

Also Tesla’s adapter has dropped to $175.
https://shop.tesla.com/product/ccs-combo-1-adapter

 

My 2019 Model 3 requires changing the charging port ECU. I'm waiting on the announcement of this option.

Bob Wilson

 

I also just realized you said ship to the AU. What year model three does she have? And does it have the Tesla style (NACS*) plug or a CCS type 2?
* would it be called NACS outside of North America?

 

I wonder, given all the flap last week, if / when Tesla will start selling an adapter that goes the other way,
to market to CCS vehicle owners who want supercharger access. I would kind of trust something Tesla
makes or OEMs rather than some offshore knockoff...

_H*

 

In one respect, the "magic dock" Supercharger station has a locking, CCS1_EV-to-Tesla adapter. I don't know if Tesla is selling them to CCS-1 owners.

I did find the TYPHOON PLUG:


There remains the problem of getting a Tesla charger to negotiate the handshake and give a charge.

A couple of months ago, I saw a Nissan trying to get a charge at the Huntsville SuperCharger station. In friendliness, I suggested they needed to go to Athens, the nearest CCS-1 station. In exasperation they claimed their adapter didn't work. I didn't see their adapter.

Bob Wilson

 

Maybe they had one of the generic level-2 destination adapters, expecting it to work on SC. Not
without the two honkin' extra pins, of course..

_H*

 

Oh, question related to this: I've heard that the Tesla-branded adapter has active thermal monitoring of
the power pins. If that's true, how does the necessary circuitry get power? Not likely that it's going to
run a thermistor monitor from 400 VDC. Also, how would it report a problem, and to the car or the charger?

_H*

 

I don’t know about the adapter but the Tesla plug has one as well as some unknown number in the cable.

In a pinch, I would use the pilot or the presence pins. Pilot could protect it from excessive heat easily enough.

Bob Wilson

 

I would also like to ask you guys about the car, my car is a 2023 Model 3, recently I have learned about a site CMST feel pretty good, anyone know about this site and purchased products from this site? (The website is as follows)

CMST website: https://cmstracing.com/collections/tesla?tags=CMST&page_num=1