CCS2 to CHAdeMO adapter

joe1303l

TB has a decent YT review on one of these adapters but again not cheap;

https://youtu.be/xPDKXUuElR8?si=aBvTHB3lQDoDGfM0

Red Silurian

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123701978#Comment_123701978

What's the main benefit of this software flash in your own opinion?

zg3409

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123702994#Comment_123702994

It's risky and may brick your hardware. If you read all the details it's not compatible with all hardware so may stop working hardware from working at all.

The main benefit is that dozens or hundreds of interested people can share their logs of working and failed sessions and that say half a dozen software volunteers and tweak the software to say work on Irish easygo, or Irish ESB ecars or Irish BP pulse. Often the chargers are already dodgy and don't work with all cars (BP pulse cannot charge an mg4 with CCS) and that the software versions on the chargers vary from UK to Ireland and that different batches of chargers may have different software, even ecars have multiple different brands and batches installed different time frames. Thus tweaks may be needed to get towards 99% compatibility.

It may also mean we move towards an adapter standard for hardware, with the software being open source and free, possibly means more competition with copies of existing models and say someone running a batch of 5000 units and selling them cheap. In theory it could be updated over the air with say a Bluetooth dongle and a phone app, meaning logs could be automatically shared, updates automatically applied, and improve the experience for all.

That said I avoided buying a leaf 8 years ago as even then Chademo was obsolete technology.

Flinty997

I don't have a leaf because of Chademo. But this is a cool project and I hope it gets better and cheaper.

Red Silurian

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123704997#Comment_123704997

8 years ago was 2017, if you wanted to go electric at that time it was pretty much leaf or Tesla

Even in 2020 when I bought my leaf it was one of few cars out there especially in the second hand market

zg3409

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123705435#Comment_123705435

Second hand ioniq 28kWh was the option I went for. That has CCS.

Red Silurian

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123706028#Comment_123706028

I was looking at that at the time, yes, if memory serves it was about 5-6k more expensive than the equivalent Leaf 40

Laviski

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123706080#Comment_123706080

it was more like 7-8 and couldn't justify. so i would have no issue in getting one of these adapters when/if my need arises.

bought in early 2020 myself, no regrets. my reliance on fast chargers is about 15 times a year. never an issue when planned and fully charged when setting off. i would always consider 2/3 options on long trips in case one becomes faulty or other unforeseen issue. There is a good selection of chademo out there, just west Mayo and Galway is bleak and probably kerry/Donegal can be added to that too.

Red Silurian

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123706266#Comment_123706266

The situation today is far better than it was even 2 years ago. Before you'd have to make the journey between Limerick and J14 on one charge, then the ESB installed proper charging at Portlaoise and Moneygall! One terrifying ordeal I had a few years ago on that road, the car was even showing 0%

Flinty997

I think even though most new chargers are CSS2 there's still new Chademo going in here and there. A lot less but still an improvement.

Nyland said as much in his video even there. He didn't need the CSS adapter on his 500k run.