CCS, or Combined Charging System, was the standard in North America and used by every automaker except for Tesla, which ...

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so its choice of charge port location was important and influential. Peter Rawlinson was the chief designer of Tesla’s Model S, its first EV designed from the ground-up. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has ...

they’re ultimately doing so because of a choice that dates back to Musk’s early days with Tesla. To that point, even though Lucid’s first model, the Air sedan, has the charge port behind the ...

Earlier this month, the Out of Spec Reviews YouTube channel shared a video showing a 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 casually beating a 2025 Tesla Model 3 LR ... with a front charge port, thanks to the ...

Recently Rawlinson sat down with PC Magazine and detailed how Musk chose the spot for Tesla's charging ports. In his meeting with Musk, Rawlinson suggested that the charging port for the Model S ...

Bi-directional charging has become an important ... Thankfully, a new device aims to unlock V2L on any Tesla model simply by plugging it into the car's NACS port. As the weather becomes more ...

Rawlinson said he told Tesla CEO Elon Musk that the Model S charging port should be on the left front fender, between the wheel and the driver’s door. “Most Americans drive nose in rather than ...

Fast charging today is shifting to refer to connectors capable of delivering 150 kw or more. Many charging station connectors ...

Lucid also located the Gravity’s charge port on the rear driver’s side for easier access to Tesla Superchargers, which is the same location as on the Model Y. High-power DC fast chargers can ...