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Was the limitation of superchargers to specific brands a US thing? In Europe there is always cars of all makes and models charging at the Tesla chargers?


In the EU, it is required to use a specific type of plug at chargers and in electric cars. This made everything compatible.

So it not working wasn't a US thing. It working was an EU thing.


Tesla's cars and Superchargers in the EU all use the CCS2 standard (similar to CCS1 in the US, but the plug doesn't have a latch sticking out).

NACS is really only a North American thing.




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