>owners likely already have a CCS1 Level 1 or Level 2 home charger to top up their cars’ batteries overnight. That same charger can be used to feed electricity to a Tesla-made EV with the help of an adapter, as long as it’s not a Cybertruck
This is incorrect. Cybertruck owners can still use their old home chargers.
According to the video[0] they tested the Tesla CCS1 adapter, which is only used for Level 3 charging. Level 1 and Level 2 "CCS1" is better known as J1772, and the included J1772 adapter works fine with Cybertruck.[1]
Road and Track already corrected their story,[2] but apparently InsideEVs hasn't done so yet.
It’s not. In 2025 basically all US EVs sold are planned to be on NACS. A simple adapter will support CCS vehicles. NACS will be the North American standard. It literally can’t be any simpler for people buying cars then.
CCS1, the physical connector used in North America, yes. CCS the wire protocol, no. NACS is a physical Tesla connector using the CCS protocol.
The CCS adapter used here not working basically tells you the Cybertruck doesn't want to talk CCS yet. A CCS charger with a Tesla adapter is essentially equivalent to what NACS will be. This also means that as it currently stands the Cybertruck won't be able to charge on non-Tesla NACS chargers without an update.
On Superchargers this is not relevant. Superchargers can talk Tesla's own protocol (which is not in NACS, and is CAN-based) to the Cybertruck and can talk the NACS/CCS protocol (PowerLAN) to NACS cars / CCS cars with an adapter.
According to the video[0] they tested the Tesla CCS1 adapter, which is only used for Level 3 charging. Level 1 and Level 2 "CCS1" is better known as J1772, and the included J1772 adapter works fine with Cybertruck.[1]
Road and Track already corrected their story,[2] but apparently InsideEVs hasn't done so yet.
[0] https://youtu.be/9tAq5hbIWs0?t=2328
[1] https://shop.tesla.com/product/sae-j1772-charging-adapter
[2] https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a46277148/teslas-ccs-charg...