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They can't make it compatible with superchargers without some sort of integration with Tesla's system. When you go to a supercharger on a Tesla, all you have to do is to plug the car. No apps, not sign up, no credit card. The supercharger recognizes your car and the bill shows up on your Tesla account. This alone is ages ahead the competition.

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> No apps, not sign up, no credit card

We have a BMW i3, and while there's a decent amount of CCS chargers around here in Norway, every other seems to be from a different company.

I exaggerate, but it truly is a pain to deal with, especially since they all have different prices and price structures. For

example our i3 can only handle 50kW charging, what happens when I plug it into a 150kW charger? Depends on who owns the charger, some charge per kWh delivered, some per minute. So for some it's gonna be OK, for others it's gonna cost more than filling up a gas tank.

They can if they work with Tesla (and share development costs) but so far none of them have.

There are some, according to Elon's response to this tweet: https://twitter.com/MKBHD/status/1340846145929670656

I belive this is mostly in the EU where they already have the CCS2 connector. I have not yet seen any North American car with a Tesla connector except _maybe_ the new prototype Aptera.

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