I-North American Charging Standard (NACS) Yabhengezwa yiTesla

ITesla igqibe ekubeni yenze isigqibo esinesibindi, esinokuthi sibe nefuthe elikhulu kwimarike yokutshaja ye-EV yaseMntla Melika. Le nkampani ibhengeze ukuba isixhobo sayo sokutshaja esiphuhliswe ngaphakathi siya kufumaneka kushishino njengomgangatho woluntu.

Le nkampani icacisa ithi: “Ekufezekiseni uthumo lwethu lokukhawulezisa utshintsho lwehlabathi oluya kumandla azinzileyo, namhlanje sivula uyilo lwethu lwezixhumi ze-EV kwihlabathi.”

Kwiminyaka engaphezu kwe-10 edlulileyo, inkqubo yokutshaja yeTesla esetyenziswa ngokukodwa kwiimoto zeTesla (iModel S, iModel X, iModel 3, kwaye ekugqibeleni kwiModel Y) zombini ii-AC (isigaba esinye) kunye ne-DC charging (ukuya kuthi ga kwi-250 kW kwimeko yee-V3 Superchargers).

ITesla iqaphele ukuba ukusukela ngo-2012, izihlanganisi zayo zokutshaja zitshaje ngempumelelo iimoto zeTesla malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-20 zeebhiliyoni, nto leyo eyaba “yeyona nkqubo iqinisekisiweyo” eMntla Melika. Ayipheleli apho, inkampani ithi yeyona sisombululo sixhaphakileyo sokutshaja eMntla Melika, apho iimoto zeTesla zininzi kuneCCS ezimbini-to-one kwaye inethiwekhi yeTesla Supercharging “inezithuba zeNACS ezingaphezulu ngama-60% kunazo zonke iinethiwekhi ezixhotyiswe yiCCS zidibene”.

Kunye nokuvulwa komgangatho, iTesla ikwabhengeze igama layo: iNorth American Charging Standard (NACS), nto leyo esisiseko senjongo yenkampani yokwenza iNACS ibe sisixhobo sokutshaja esigqibeleleyo eMntla Melika.

I-Tesla imema bonke abaqhubi benethiwekhi yokutshaja kunye nabavelisi bezithuthi ukuba bafake isixhumi sokutshaja se-Tesla kunye nesango lokutshaja, kwizixhobo zabo kunye nezithuthi zabo.

Ngokwengxelo yabezindaba, abanye abaqhubi benethiwekhi sele “benezicwangciso zokufaka i-NACS kwiitshaja zabo”, kodwa akukho nto ikhankanyiweyo okwangoku. Kwimeko yabavelisi be-EV, akukho lwazi, nangona u-Aptera wabhala wathi “Namhlanje lusuku oluhle lokwamkelwa kwe-EV kwihlabathi liphela. Silangazelela ukwamkela isixhumi esiphambili seTesla kwii-EV zethu zelanga.”

Kaloku, intshukumo yeTesla isenokuguqula yonke imakethi yokutshaja ye-EV, kuba i-NACS yenzelwe ukuba ibe sisisombululo sokutshaja se-AC kunye ne-DC eMntla Melika, nto leyo eya kuthetha ukuba yonke eminye imigangatho iyayeka – i-SAE J1772 (AC) kunye nohlobo lwayo olongezelelweyo lokutshaja kwe-DC: i-SAE J1772 Combo / aka Combined Charging System (CCS1). Umgangatho we-CHAdeMO (DC) sele uphela kuba akukho zixhobo zintsha ze-EV ngesi sisombululo.

Kusekutsha kakhulu ukutsho ukuba abanye abavelisi baza kutshintsha ukusuka kwi-CCS1 ukuya kwi-NACS, kodwa nokuba baya kutshintsha, kuya kubakho ixesha elide lotshintsho (mhlawumbi iminyaka eli-10 nangaphezulu) kunye neetshaja ezimbini zeentloko (i-CCS1 kunye ne-NACS), kuba iinqwelo ze-EV ezikhoyo kufuneka zisaxhaswa.

ITesla ithi iNorth American Charging Standard inako ukutshaja ukuya kuthi ga kwi-1 MW (1,000 kW) DC (malunga nokuphindwe kabini kuneCCS1), kunye nokutshaja i-AC kwiphakheji enye encinci (isiqingatha sobukhulu beCCS1), ngaphandle kokuhambisa iindawo kwicala leplagi.

I-Tesla ikwaqinisekisa ukuba i-NACS ayizukuba yingxaki kwixesha elizayo ngokuseta izinto ezimbini – esisiseko se-500V, kunye nenguqulelo ye-1,000V, ehambelana nomatshini – “(oko kukuthi, ii-inlets ze-500V zinokudibana nezihlanganisi ze-1,000V kunye nezihlanganisi ze-500V zinokudibana nezi-inlets ze-1,000V).”.

Ngokuphathelele amandla, iTesla sele ifikelele kumandla angaphezu kwe-900A (ngokuqhubekayo), nto leyo eya kubonisa amandla e-1 MW (xa sicinga ukuba yi-1,000V): “ITesla isebenze ngempumelelo iNorth American Charging Standard engaphezulu kwe-900A ngokuqhubekayo nge-inlet yesithuthi esingekho lulwelo.”

Bonke abanomdla kwiinkcukacha zobugcisa ze-NACS banokufumana iinkcukacha zomgangatho ofumanekayo ukuze ukhutshelwe.

Umbuzo obalulekileyo ngowokuba yintoni ekhuthaza iTesla ukuba ivule umgangatho ngoku – emva kweminyaka eli-10 yaziswa? Ngaba ngumsebenzi wayo nje “ukukhawulezisa utshintsho lwehlabathi oluya kumandla azinzileyo”? Kaloku, ngaphandle koMntla Melika (ngaphandle kwezinye izinto) inkampani sele isebenzisa umgangatho owahlukileyo wokutshaja (iCCS2 okanye iChinese GB). EMntla Melika, bonke abanye abavelisi beemoto zombane bamkele iCCS1, nto leyo eya kushiya umgangatho ukhethekile kwiTesla. Kusenokuba lixesha elifanelekileyo lokwenza intshukumo ngandlela thile ukuze kumiselwe umgangatho wokutshaja ii-EV, ingakumbi kuba iTesla ingathanda ukuvula inethiwekhi yayo yeSupercharging kwii-EV ezingezizo zeTesla.