Electric-Car Fast Charging: California CCS Sites Two Years Behind CHAdeMO

BMW i3 and Volkswagen e-Golf electric cars using Combined Charging System (CCS) DC fast charging

DC fast-charging stations greatly increase the convenience of owning an electric car–but they’re still far scarcer than slower, 240-volt Level 2 charging sites. Even where fast-charging stations can be found, there’s a three-way split among the CHAdeMO, Combined Charging Standard (CCS), and Tesla Supercharger standards that cuts the number of… …read more