Subject: Re: OT ... Tesla Car Chargers ....... (Re: Windows 10 end of life is pushing users towards Apple Mac devices - is it time for you to make the big jump?)

On 2025-12-01, Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

I was out and about yesterday afternoon and pulled up into a local Supermarket car-park near a string of about six Tesla Car re-chargers
.... but there was a MG plugged in getting Re-charged.

I'd never thought about this before but I was expecting Tesla branded car-chargers to only recharge Tesla branded cars but, apparently that is
not the case. I spoke to the cars owners for a couple of minutes and
they said there were at least two different types of Chargers that they
knew of.

Who would have thought!!

1) in the EU, the commission made Tesla open the charging network
to others.
2) in the USA, Ford, GM and VolksWagen (I think) made a deal with Tesla
to switch to the Tesla interface standard beginning with
(I think) the 2026 model year

As a result, firmware uddates and plug adapters are now available.
Some Tesla chargers now have more than one type of plug.
But there are many variations. In some cases only "Level 2"
charging is available from the "wrong" type or brand of charging
station. That is only 8 kW ... roughly 30 miles of range per charging
hour.
--
Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California

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Subject: Re: OT ... Tesla Car Chargers ....... (Re: Windows 10 end of life is pushing users towards Apple Mac devices - is it time for you to make the big jump?)

On Dec 1, 2025 at 5:14:53?AM MST, "Daniel70" wrote <10gk0s1$1a6l0$1@dont-email.me>:

On 22/11/2025 10:19 am, Brock McNuggets wrote:

<Snip>

Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) is found in vehicles by Toyota, Subaru,
Mercedes?Benz, Ford, GM, Tesla, and I am sure more.

As you mention Tesla ....

I was out and about yesterday afternoon and pulled up into a local Supermarket car-park near a string of about six Tesla Car re-chargers
.... but there was a MG plugged in getting Re-charged.

I'd never thought about this before but I was expecting Tesla branded car-chargers to only recharge Tesla branded cars but, apparently that is
not the case. I spoke to the cars owners for a couple of minutes and
they said there were at least two different types of Chargers that they
knew of.

Who would have thought!!

At some point this will have to be unified... just as any car that uses standard gas can use a common gas station.

On a side note, to have fun, I was in a store a while back and saw next to the check out "USB Car Chargers". I asked the cashier how long it takes a USB Car Charger to charge a car? She thought for a minute and said she should ask her manager because she was not sure.

I stopped her to let her know I was joking. Some people just are... special!

--
It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with you.

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Subject: Re: OT ... Tesla Car Chargers ....... (Re: Windows 10 end of life is pushing users towards Apple Mac devices - is it time for you to make the big jump?)

Brock McNuggets wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:

<Snip>

On a side note, to have fun, I was in a store a while back and saw next to the
check out "USB Car Chargers". I asked the cashier how long it takes a USB Car Charger to charge a car? She thought for a minute and said she should ask her manager because she was not sure.

I stopped her to let her know I was joking. Some people just are... special!

Watt are volts?

<https://www.tiktok.com/@rickytox/video/7320033084794047786>

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The makers may make
and the users may use,
but the fixers must fix
with but minimal clues

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Subject: Re: OT ... Tesla Car Chargers ....... (Re: Windows 10 end of life is pushing users towards Apple Mac devices - is it time for you to make the big jump?)

Daniel70 wrote:

I'd never thought about this before but I was expecting Tesla branded >car-chargers to only recharge Tesla branded cars but, apparently that is
not the case. I spoke to the cars owners for a couple of minutes and
they said there were at least two different types of Chargers that they
knew of.

Who would have thought!!

There are adaptors for existing cars, and the industry is now
standardizing on the Tesla plug. At least in the US.

--
"Freeloaders, thieves and general scroungers will indeed take
advantage. It's why the most used commercial SW projects in the world
do not give out their source codes as a general rule." - "True Linux advocate" Hadron Quark

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