The transition away from CCS and toward NACS (North American Charging Standard) in the U.S. and Canada has caused quite a lot of speculation over the future of EV charging.

And on this channel, while we've pointed out that the transition to NACS won't solve every issue (https://youtu.be/N17vaZrRQ98) we've also outlined some of the things that are required for such a transition to be smooth (https://youtu.be/DbC9oTppNhw)

At the start of this week, we were fairly convinced the news over charging had started to slow down. That was until a new joint partnership between seven large automakers promised to establish a new nationwide charging network that's larger than Tesla and Electrify America combined (and then some).

More confusion or a good piece of news? Let's get stuck in.

00:00 - Introduction 02:16 - Appology from Wednesday's Video 02:59 - A new charging network announced 03:43 - CHAdeMO is missing :( 04:41 - Sparse Details 05:21 - Size promises 06:40 - How canopies help 08:23 - Locations 09:15 - Why do we know so little? 09:49 - No Volkswagen? 10:38 - Why CCS + NACS (not just NACS)? 11:59 - Why is it good for Tesla (and everyone else?) 12:59 - The need for intentionality 14:12 - Conclusion 14:27 - Thanks, and Goodbye!

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