- Tesla has launched a brand new Common Wall Connector with a built-in adapter for each Tesla (NACS) and J1772 plugs for EV charging.
- The Common unit additionally permits management and monitoring of charging historical past and vitality use by way of the Tesla app, a characteristic new to the Wall Connector.
- Its $595 worth is barely larger than the present Wall Connector, it is out there for order now, and Tesla says it would begin transport in October.
At the moment Tesla introduced a brand new Common Wall Connector, a Degree 2 EV charger that is supposed for house use in addition to in Tesla’s 40,000-strong public Degree 2 chargers it refers to as vacation spot charging. Which means that house owners of any non-Tesla EVs will have the ability to use this newest Tesla charging tools with no separate adapter.
With a essential mass of automakers not too long ago saying that they are going to be switching from the J1772 plug to Tesla’s NACS receptacle within the 2025 timeframe, this is not a stunning transfer. Now Tesla stands not solely to profit from non-Tesla house owners paying to cost at its Superchargers, but additionally will probably promote much more home-charging items. In the meantime, the opposite huge gamers in house charging, equivalent to ChargePoint, are speeding so as to add Tesla’s NACS plug to their choices.
What’s Totally different
The brand new unit appears virtually equivalent to its third-generation Wall Connector that’s presently on sale, and all of the specs carry over as properly, with two key variations. The primary is a built-in adapter to permit seamless switching between plugging in to a automobile with Tesla’s North American Charging Commonplace (NACS) plug, which is presently discovered solely on Teslas, and the spherical, J1772 plug that’s used to cost almost each different EV within the U.S. That is just like the so-called Magic Dock adapter the corporate has constructed into a few of its newest Supercharger stations to have the ability to have the ability to quick cost non-Tesla EVs. The opposite main change is that, by way of the Tesla app, customers will have the ability to schedule or cease and begin charging and think about charging historical past and vitality utilization for the primary time.
The present Wall Connector already has Wi-Fi connectivity for firmware updates and to have the ability to community a number of items collectively to share energy from the identical circuit with out exceeding a peak programable energy draw. Whereas Tesla house owners can monitor their charging historical past by way of the automobile and a third-party app equivalent to TeslaFi, there’s presently no possibility for non-Tesla house owners to trace their charging, one thing that has stored the Wall Connector from being our high decide in our EV charging take a look at.
Price and When You Can Get One
Tesla presently sells Wall Connectors with both the NACS ($475) or J1772 ($550) plugs, whereas the value of the brand new Common unit is up barely, to $595. Each the present and new Common Wall Connector have a most output of 11.5 kW, a 24-foot cable that’s thinner than these of the competitors, and are available solely as a hardwire possibility.
The Common Wall Connector is obtainable to order now, and whereas Tesla says the app performance will not launch till late August or early September, that should not matter, as the corporate says the brand new items will begin transport in October. Tesla is sending us one to attempt, so we’ll be again with a overview quickly.
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Dave VanderWerp has spent greater than 20 years within the automotive trade, in various roles from engineering to product consulting, and now main Automobile and Driver‘s vehicle-testing efforts. Dave obtained his very fortunate begin at C/D by occurring to submit an unsolicited resume at simply the best time to land a part-time street warrior job when he was a pupil on the College of Michigan, the place he instantly grew to become enthralled with the world of automotive journalism.
