And here's another drawback to letting old people run our societies. As technology advances, laws aren't keeping up because the people writing laws still think computers are a fad. There really needs to be some sort of independent lobbying group that tries to educate lawmakers about technology and effective methods of regulation (as opposed to the nonsense, uninformed half measures they take today).

You can have the right to repair, but almost nobody can except people that specifically know how

that's a completely wrong comparison. A person isn't born automatically being able to do math. Computer processors all have Arithmetic logic units.

7500 ain't shit. Open them all or ban Teslas from using CCS chargers (as they currently do).

BTW, as is standard Musk practice he promised they would open up chargers in the US to other makes by the end of last year. But Tesla didn't do it.

Lies about "by the end of this year" are practically a Tesla trademark.

Tesla is going to charge them money to charge, just like they do with Teslas.

The fees cover the costs of people wearing down the chargers (and then some).

> Is there any reason to think that Tesla owners, may not like this idea?

Who cares about them?

Tesla started selling adapters so Teslas can use non-Tesla chargers late last year. No one asked the non-Tesla drivers if they wanted Tesla drivers at their chargers.

EV infrastructure is too important to allow any company or group to monopolize it.

The maintenance costs of chargers should be covered by the charge paid to use them no? So they will be covered regardless.

This will only make that problem worse for Tesla owners, but better for all other EV owners.

Yeah, why stop at farming equipment?

I don't know... My car is old but runs very well. My Prius is from 2009, and it's probably gonna run for 5-10 years more at least.

Feel like this will cause a bunch of issues with tesla drivers and people charging their cars who aren’t tesla drivers but I could be wrong

The comments below this so far is why people think having a Reddit account is a red flag. Go outside.

Can think of at least one third-party software option that claims dealer level interface. Tier IV is the cause of a lot of the problems, DEF is one of my least favorite liquids when it's -20 out.

JD service advisor is like $1500 for the cable then $250/mo or something on the software. Makes a guy wish he'd paid when it was a one time.

With the increased usage from non-Tesla cars comes increased wear, which means increased maintenance of the chargers. I hope that the non-Tesla EV makers will pitch in with maintenance costs. Otherwise, Tesla is going to get screwed over.

Work in the heavy equipment industry. Don’t know how hard and expensive JD’s software is to get for the end-user but we have multiple companies that have our software for their field-techs.

I’d assume most large operations have shops that have JD’s software. Having said that, yeah it’s total horseshit their software is proprietary. Especially for small operations. Tier IV has made it hard enough to work on your own equipment let alone not being able to access the data from the ECM.

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Weird. Would have thought math to be the easiest for it

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Park it on the street in a major city and your prayers will be answered.

But this has been a problem with tesla in certain plances already.

We're very happy with our Hyundai Kona Electric. It's basically the perfect vehicle - for our use case. I emphasize that because everyone's needs are different. Overnight charging on regular house current in the garage has sufficed for the year we've had it.

So they're going to add the different adapters? (If it's in the article, I apologize. I'd rather not give clicks to Forbes)

Nothing like going out and trying to do soil conditioning before season starts. To only discover your tractor won’t start because the JDLink won’t connect after sitting all winter.

John Deere is okay with soil depletion and less nutrient rich food because my tractor needs to be “serviced”.

I think the bigger reason most won't like it is that many chargers are constantly busy now - this is just going to make that problem worse.

I'm a current Tesla owner, looking to move to a different EV for my next car. Will now be looking for one that can charge nearly as rapidly as a Tesla.

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery...

I actually have a legit question but know I will get hammered for this. I don't own an EV yet, just curious.

Is there any reason to think that Tesla owners, may not like this idea? I can only assume they love seeing their own cars at chargers, maybe even have a certain level of respect. But once we start having every day people using their chargers, teens hanging out charging. Farmer Bob with pigs in the back of the truck etc. Will be interesting.