Tesla Bidirectional Charging, Open “Select” Turbocharger for CCS, USPS E-Transits: Today’s Car News
Tesla opens 10 Supercharger locations to charge CCS. USPS buys Ford E-Transits. And two-way charging is coming to Tesla models. This and more, at Green Car Reports.
On Wednesday’s Investment Day, Tesla revealed that it will be rolling out the ability to charge your vehicle two-way in the next two years. The technology will be part of the company’s retooling of power electronics. That said, CEO Elon Musk still doesn’t believe electric vehicles with two-way charging would be good for home backup and points to Tesla’s Powerwall on that.
Tesla also confirmed on Wednesday that it is open “select” Turbochargers for fast charging EVs of other brands use the CCS standard—as long as they use the Tesla app. The company late in the day on an Investor Call confirmed the effort now includes 10 locations in the US. Meanwhile, the company is also starting to roll out an adapter and retrofit that will allow some of their vehicles to charge with CCS.
The United States Postal Service announced that it plans to buy 9,250 electric trucks Ford E-Transit—effectively filling the electric delivery gap while the Postal Service waits even longer for its custom-built delivery vans to be ready in EV form. The announcement also includes the rollout of 14,000 supporting charging stations.
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