Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won't anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won’t anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

  • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Maybe. I know it’s a different scale but in the EU there’s a standard connector for all electric cars (CCS Type 2 Combo) and that’s become the defacto standard for most cars in most countries, but Tesla maintains their own connector in non-EU territories. I wouldn’t put it past Apple is all I’m saying: controlling the charge port is very important to companies that profit from tight vertical integration.

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      To be fair a three-phase connector doesn’t make sense in the US with their bonkers electrical system where you get either 110V to neutral or -110V to +110V.

      Separate DC charging standards make no sense at all, though. From what Technology Connections says Tesla at least switched the signalling to be compatible, so all you need is a physical adapter. Maybe they figured that they don’t want to fight all the other manufacturers, or make additional money from non-Tesla drivers using their network, or something.