The broader point the poster was making is that people are able to and do buy different ICEVs that require different fuels that you might not be able to get at every gas station. I once went to a “gas” station in New Brunswick that only sold diesel and had to drive a mile down the road to another one that only sold gas.

People care so little about it, that even the article quote forgot about the different nozzles and made a factually incorrect statement.
And the tiresome “All cars should use the same plug” argument forgets about it.

All we actually need is good charging networks. Yes, a single standard would make it easier to get to that point, but no it’s not necessary as the diesel v regular v premium at gas stations shows. Currently the best charging is at Tesla’s network because the core principles were built right from the start:
– Multiple chargers per location
– Fast
– “Plug and charge”, no need for a smartphone or card to operate it.
The one gap is that is there’s no credit card reading, but that’s because it Tesla -> account -> credit card, which is built into their system.

And that’s the key point for this. It’s been adopted as the standard, but the government isn’t dictating what individual companies can do. All that they’re doing is setting _minimum_ requirements for _taxpayer-funded_ chargers. Basically don’t require an account, and include a CCS plug and you can get some money (and for main highway chargers they want 4+ 150kW+ plugs).

Tesla has done dual cable before, so if they want Federal money the challenge is just account-free use.

Do Tesla EVs run on different electricity than do other EVs?

my point was is that while it would be nice if all EVs used the exact same connector, port placement etc, that the world has been able to deal with multiple type of fuel at every gas station do not a deal breaker. Reminds me of an old saying, “Standards are such a good thing, everyone should have their own”……