2023-08-11

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Technology Connections

A surprisingly good series of events have unfolded, and this video is my mea culpa. Also, Sorry, John!

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00:00 Intro

02:25 What is NACS?

08:43 Technical pros (and cons)

11:51 A little history

13:59 Tesla opens it up, for realsies

15:38 Best of all, it will speak CCS

19:36 The many reasons we are switching

27:01 Why I'm cool with it

30:38 800V cars present a wrinkle

33:52 My spicy thoughts on the future of charging networks

43:22 Plug-and-charge for slow charging

46:54 A footnote on V2X technology and the NACS connector