It's now been nearly two months since the first mainstream automakers announced their intent to make a switch in North America from CCS Type 1 to NACS - North American Charging Standard (Tesla Supercharger Plug).

In the time since, we've discussed what we know about the change, and what will need to happen for a successful transition to NACS.

Today? We're going to explain why NACS won't fix everything that's wrong with fast charging today.

00:00 - Introduction 02:06 - CCS Type 1 is unweildy - NACS is less so 03:14 - ...but NACS cables will need to get longer 04:08 - Fast Charging is Unreliable... 05:22 - Parts Reliability and availability 06:11 - Poor Vs Better Management 06:58 - Remote Diagnostics currently suck 08:59 - Locations of charging stations aren't good 10:48 - Many fast charging sites have poor accessiblity 11:47 - Equity of charging is poor 14:08 - Education about how to use EV fast charging is poor 15:42 - End free charging! 16:26 - We don't have the luxury of having just one charging provider 18:15 - Thanks, and Goodbye! 20:05 - Classic Mac Segment

See our previous video on the successful transition to NACS: https://youtu.be/DbC9oTppNhw

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Script: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield, Kate Walton-Elliott Presenter: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Editor, Colorist: Michael Horton Art and Animation: Erin Carlie Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield © Transport Evolved LLC, 2023

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