scootergrisen
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What causes a scooter manufacturer to use a home made connector for charging their scooters instead of using some standard?
I was looking at Ather a electric scooter from india and they seem to have used they own connector that looks a bit like mennekes type 2.
Pictures at https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/motorbikes/207826-e-motional-connect-my-ather-450-a.html
Surely this will be a silly thing in the future if each manufacturer have their own connector and own charger and own charging station etc.
I am not sure but it seems the Ather connector might have both AC and DC.
AC for slow home charging.
DC for the fast charging station.
I havent seen the connector from a Ather fast charger but i am guessing the bottom to pins are used for DC.
Could they not have used this connector instead?
IEC62196-3 FF or whatever its called.
Then have mennekes type 2 connector for home charging which almost looks the same as the connector they are using.
And then use Combined Charging System Combo 2 connector at the fast charging station for DC.
Sure the design of Combined Charging System Combo 2 looks like crap but maybe its more fun that it looks like crap and be able to charge then it looks so pretty and not be able to charge.
Or how about having both the home made Ather connector and the Combined Charging System Combo 2 connector on the scooter.
That way you have more options.
I was looking at Ather a electric scooter from india and they seem to have used they own connector that looks a bit like mennekes type 2.
Pictures at https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/motorbikes/207826-e-motional-connect-my-ather-450-a.html
Surely this will be a silly thing in the future if each manufacturer have their own connector and own charger and own charging station etc.
I am not sure but it seems the Ather connector might have both AC and DC.
AC for slow home charging.
DC for the fast charging station.
I havent seen the connector from a Ather fast charger but i am guessing the bottom to pins are used for DC.
Could they not have used this connector instead?
IEC62196-3 FF or whatever its called.
Then have mennekes type 2 connector for home charging which almost looks the same as the connector they are using.
And then use Combined Charging System Combo 2 connector at the fast charging station for DC.
Sure the design of Combined Charging System Combo 2 looks like crap but maybe its more fun that it looks like crap and be able to charge then it looks so pretty and not be able to charge.
Or how about having both the home made Ather connector and the Combined Charging System Combo 2 connector on the scooter.
That way you have more options.