Is CHAdeMO Dead? (And Should You Try To Avoid CHAdeMO Cars?)

As the earliest rapid charging technology to catch on in any volume, CHAdeMO helped early electric cars like the Nissan LEAF and Mitsubishi I-Miev tackle long-distance trips. But now, as every major automaker has dropped the standard outside of Europe, and Electrify America has committed to not install CHAdeMO stations at new locations it's got us thinking: Is CHAdeMO dead? And what does it mean for those wanting to (or already owning) a CHAdeMO car? 00:00 - Introduction 01:20 - CHAdeMO Cars 04:01 - History of CHAdeMo 06:11 - Technical capabilities 07:39 - Automakers didn’t like CHAdeMo - So made CCS 08:30 - CHAdeMO Vehicle to Home 10:15 - DIY cracked CHAdeMO - and now CCS! 11:13 - CHAdeMO’s strong hold in Japan (and China) 11:45 - Elsewhere, it’s CCS 12:42 - What about adaptors? 13:05 - The reality of CHAdeMO today 14:28 - Should you buy a CHAdeMO car today? 15:44 - Thanks, and Goodbye! Watch how CCS in Europe will make it super easy to open up the Tesla Supercharger network: - https://youtu.be/legOn3ZIy0E Presenter: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Script: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Produced: Transport Evolved T-Shirt: Transport Evolved Pride Logo. --------------------------------- This video was made possible thanks to the kind donations of our supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi. Join them in supporting us. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved Buy the team a coffee -- or a meal! https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved Donate using bitcoin: BC1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH Support us by buying some merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/shop Follow our 'second' channel - Transport Evolved Take Two, at https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 Check out our 'TE Shorts' channel at - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCvnxYvHjCg_Vw-dOFnzpTQ/featured Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/U3tnkGNfCA Follow the show on Mastodon: https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/ -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "2023 Kia Niro EV: Why You'll Want To Drive This" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNHN810lDBI -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-