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Originally Posted by island911 View Post
So the charger port... is that IP that Tesla doesn't let others play with? -- I mean I hear stories of Musk giving away patents (not because they are worthless, but because he's so dreamy)

So what's the deal with the Tesla proprietary charger IP?
I figured someone HAD to be making an adapter. It is just electricity, and that can easily be converted.

https://insideevs.com/news/336319/ev-charging-adapter-wars-which-side-are-you-on/

I suspect like Betamax vs VHS eventually we will have an single standard country wide. In the meantime charging adapters can't be too hard to make. I will not need one for many years, but any obvious market like an adapter will find a vendor pretty quick.

It would be like having a car that can only fill up at Conoco stations and nowhere else.
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