A non Tesla vehicle cannot charge at a Tesla station even with an adapter.

But wait, there is more...

https://www.autoblog.com/2020/02/18/singapore-ban-gasoline-diesel-2040/

Existential or perceived existential threats...

Disruption

Tech storm

opportunity abounds

I haven't read anything about the charger profile itself, interesting question.

The way I understand some of the other bits of the story is that the connector / use of the supercharger network was offered to a couple other manufacturers, but they asked for Tesla to modify it certain ways and were then declined with a take it or leave it.

No idea what that was, etc.

Also, there was something around using some of the other standards that were issues at the time for billing or this and that, and up until a couple years ago, Tesla had unlimited supercharging. They just recently sorted out billing, so maybe avoiding all that stuff was an expediency decision.

The J1772 adapter is cheap, and one of the others is mid-priced, but the CCS I think is several hundred dollars. So there may also be some syncing or id logic that needs to be included and translated also. Not quite as easy as wall plugs.

there is a move to world create std.s for charging - the engineers are arguing about it as we speak

The adapter would have to be pretty sophisticated, as the plug-in is a com port as well as a power port. I think initially Tesla made charging free, so naturally the power supply had to know it was connected to a Tesla. Now I think you get 1000 miles a year (or month?) free to Tesla owners. The power cord needs to know what it is plugged into for billing purposes if nothing else.

I think most of the arguing is about how much information the power supply sucks out of the car. The charger is in the car, so calling anything hanging on a wall a charger is a misnomer. The thing you plug in is a power supply and a communication link. The power part is pretty simple. It's the communication - driver's privacy and billing that are the stumbling blocks AFAIK.

For Model 3 (and upcoming Y) owners, you only get free mileage for referring another buyer and only once they take delivery. I referred a friend and it’s taking me forever to get through the free 2000 miles since most charging is done at my home.

I believe S and X still have free charging but Elon has already stated that isn’t a sustainable business model.

The car and the app are all tied into a credit card so you just pull up to the charger and press the button to open the charging port, put it in, then walk away and do whatever. It’s a bit big brother-ish as Tesla basically can monitor your every move but I guess it’s not terribly different than most luxury cars. Hell, my wife’s Subaru had some fault code and the dealership emailed and called her within the hour to drop in for service.

Correct

AC delivered to the car and the onboard charger converts it to DC

S-T-D's? Oh wait, standards.

The car is constantly connected to the internet via LTE. The car and Tesla know everything about your driving habits, right down to how frequently you keep or don’t keep your hands on the wheel.

what have you been doing to those wall "chargers"????!!!!

Bringing SaaS to our transportation... Yikes! No thanks.

Proprietary charging...

I'm starting to see why Tesla has been selling cars at a loss for so long.

They force owners to buy power from only them. (just declare that 3rd party chargers are too risky) Use software to enforce.

Tesla owners can buy power from non Tesla chargers at the same price a non Tesla owner pays. Tesla supplies adapters with each car. Non Tesla autos can't use a Tesla charger at any price. They could hook up to Tesla chargers but the charger won't allow them to "fill up".

I can and have charged at all the major third party providers with the included adapter. 98% of my charging is simply done at my house.

Nearly 2 billion internal combustion expected to be produced over the next 20 years - I wouldn't be worried...

Very good explanation why you shouldn't be worried!

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In case no one noticed.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/4/21164513/gm-ev-platform-architecture-battery-ultium-tesla

I read an article last week about GM "Firing a shot across Tesla's bow". A lot of GM EV coming out the next year. It mentioned the battery.

GM is infamous for testing unproven design on the public. I hope this battery change isn't the latest in their rush to market products that aren't right. If they did score on a good idea, everyone will jump on it soon.

Um, what do you think that Tesla has been doing for 12 years?