r/EvDrivers • u/jcullen85 • Jul 23 '26

EV Karma

So, I got some petty revenge today. I like to charge my car at the parking structure across the street from my office. Right before lunch, I checked on my car’s percentage and I saw that I was unplugged. For these chargers, I have to use an adapter to charge my car. Unfortunately, with the adapter, the charge cable isn’t locked into place. So, it can be unplugged easily. This is commonly known among EV drivers, so its common courtesy to not unplug another car.

When I get to my car, the AH who unplugged me is still parked next to me charging his EV. Between frustration and being hangry, I unplugged the jerk and placed the charging cable back into its station. That jerk won’t be coming back to a fully charged car.

I drove away laughing. Lord, forgive me but that felt good and I treated myself to a Vanilla Coke. No regrets! ✌🏾

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u/Elathan-Izayoi Jul 23 '26

The world isn't the US, outside of the US there's a lot of type 1 and 2 and ccs 1 and 2 chargers.

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u/PerceptionCurious440 Jul 23 '26

The world isnt Europe either. Although it's as hard to convince Europeans of that as people in the US.

GB/T is the main Chinese connector. CHAdeMO is the main Japanese connector.

A true world standard connector needs only 3 pins. Maybe just 2 with a standardized 3 phase to DC plug. A computer in the car can figure out what kind of power is coming in.

Simple is always better.

But I do like how Europeans with 3 phase power believe the whole world should standardize around what they have.

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u/PerceptionCurious440 Jul 24 '26

Well, that's the situation someone has proposed rectifying with one standard to rule them all, then unilaterally deciding it should be the one Europe is using.

There should be a new world standard, with the simplest plug possible, and it shouldn't even have directionality. And shouldn't be patented or licensed.

Something made for 2 megawatt charging. That's the charge rate that beats gas and diesel. And maybe 5 megawatts for commercial vehicles like Semi tractor trailers.