Video describing charging standards

[electriceddy]

An educational video on the charging standards with details on the pin outs on a CCS type connector starting at 10:20 :
https://insideevs.com/news/388076/no-level-3-ev-charger/

 

[davidtm]

This is timely for me. I just learned of the option to select connection types when searching for EV chargers in Google Maps. They list CCS Combo 1 and CCS Combo 2 in the options. I chose both options, but I am unsure if only one or both should work on my Niro EV.

 

[ericy]

This is timely for me. I just learned of the option to select connection types when searching for EV chargers in Google Maps. They list CCS Combo 1 and CCS Combo 2 in the options. I chose both options, but I am unsure if only one or both should work on my Niro EV.

Type 1 is really North America. Type 2 is Europe. Which oversimplifies a lot, but in any one country you will only find one or the other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Charging_System#Global_acceptance

The main difference is that in Europe, they support using 3-phase power for AC charging, so the basic J plug needed 2 more connectors, and it needed to be made larger to account for this. By the time this design change was being made, the type-1 was already deployed in enough places in the U.S. that they decided to stick with that, and very few homes in the U.S. have 3-phase power.

 

[hobbit]

There's apparently some amount of type 2 in the US, or something very
close to it, to support 3-phase "AC fast charging" for fleets and such.

. https://chargedevs.com/features/ac-fast-charging-the-right-fit-for-medium-duty-evs/

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[KiwiME]

... in any one country you will only find one or the other.

So, here's a new installation here in NZ with (2) Type 2 and (1) Type 1. Australia has even more of a mix from what I've seen.