ChadeMo at risk in the US?

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SmoothJ

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Since Ford, GM, Audi, BMW, and etc, have all settled on the SAE fast charge standard for North America...does that mean that KIA and Nissan (and possibly others) are at risk of not getting new ChadeMo chargers? Just today I wanted to top off in my Kia at a hotel, and saw the two fast chargers were only SAE type.
 
Most I've seen do both. Interestingly the ioniq is sae combo. But unless the Leaf changes I think chadamo is safe for the coming years.
 
Hopefully most DCFC stations will be installed with both connectors. I would, however, be willing to spend up to $1000 for a modification of the J-1772 inlet to be converted to SAE combo so that it wouldn't matter what type of station is available, either one would do.
 
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