Personal thoughts

In the US, Tesla is currently in the process of testing their market power and imposing their proprietary plug on everyone else. Overall, however, it is much more complicated than it looks. Above all, many still do not understand the difference between a standard and a de facto standard.
When Tesla introduced the plug 15 years ago, it was the only plug on the market suitable for long-distance electric cars. To understand how Tesla got their plug, you have to look a bit into the past.

Since I work full-time in the charging infrastructure industry myself, I would like to show you where Tesla's NACS came from and why it is unfortunately no longer up to date. I also want to address why there will be no benefit to the consumer from a switch to NACS.
Because the plug does not solve the actual problem with the US charging infrastructure. No matter whether CCS, NACS or a completely different plug will become the US standard...

I asked you what you appreciate about smart and what bothers you. That's what this article is about.

What do you think?
How could smart get their customer service under control?

The electric drive powertrain is clearly superior to the combustion engine. No question.

However, this is now causing a real hype, which is probably why there is currently a bubble. The underlying phenomenon is not new, history is full of examples from which we can learn: I am thinking of the Dot-com bubble of 2000 and the Video Game Crash of 1983-1985.
In this article I would like to explain to you how I come to this conclusion. I will also show why this will shake up the sector sooner or later and why it will not harm it in the long term. Actually, quite the opposite is right: The bursting of the bubble will clean the market again and make it even more consumer-friendly. But until then, some caution is required.

A few weeks ago I noticed that the clock on the on-board computer of my smartEQfortwo is exactly 2 hours behind and that I cannot change anything. I take this as an opportunity to talk about software in modern cars and what impact it has on premium vehicles. Ultimately, things come full circle and it becomes clear why smart will focus on the vehicle's operating system in the future.